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University of Bahrain

College of Science

Department of Mathematics

First Semester 2022/2023

Test#1: Stat 271

Date: 15/03/2023 Time: 2:30 – 3:30

Instructor: Dr. Majeda Salman

Student Name:

Student ID: Section: Serial No.:

Instructions:

1. Carefully write your name, ID number, and serial number.


2. Please note that the exam consists of two parts: Part I (2 questions)
problem solving and part II (10 questions) MCQ.
3. Write all MCQ answers on Page 2.

Part I Score Part II Score Total


Max. 20 Marks Max. 20 Marks 40 Marks

☺☺ G O O D LUCK ☺☺

1
Each of the following questions counts (2) Marks

a b c d
Question 1
Question 2
Question 3
Question 4
Question 5
Question 6
Question 7
Question 8
Question 9
Question 10

2
PART I: ANSWER EACH QUESTION SHOWING YOUR WORK (46 PTS)

Questions 1 (11 Marks):

The following data show the number of hours worked by 20 students in a statistics
course:

Class Limit Frequency


2−8 4
9 − 15 5
16 − 22 8
23 − 29 3
Find
a) the sample variance. [4]

b) the median. [3]

c) the cumulative “less than” distribution [4]

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Questions 2 (9 Marks):

Given below the double-stem-and-leaf plot for the life span, in seconds, of 50 fruit
flies subject to a new spray in a controlled laboratory experiment. The symbols L
and H are associated, respectively, with leaves 0 through 4 and 5 through 9.

0L 3 3 4 4 4
0H 6 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9
1L 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
1H 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 9
2L 0 0 2 2 3 4
2H 7 8
3L 2 4

a) Find the inter-quartile-range, IQR. [3]

b) Draw a boxplot. [4]

c) Find the 20% trimmed mean. [2]

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PART II: CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER (20 PTS)

1) Find the sample variance of the sample data 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, 8.

a) 2.97 b) 3.20 c) 4.80 d) 6.87

2) How many distinct permutations can be made from the letters of “arabic”?

a) 720 b) 540 c) 280 d) 360

3) In a study of reaction times of dogs to a specific stimulus, an animal trainer


obtained the following data. Find the proportion of observation more than 3.6.

Class limits Frequency


2.3 – 2.9 10
3.0 – 3.6 12
3.7 – 4.3 6
4.4 – 5.0 8
5.1 – 5.7 4

a) 0.45 b) 0.75 c) 0.25 d) 0.35

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4) If 90% of the salaries in a company are below BD1500, then BD1500
represents for the salaries:

a) the 10% trimmed mean.


b) the maximum.
c) the 90th percentile.
d) the third quartile.

5) If a multiple-choice test consists of 5 questions, each of which with 3 possible


answers of which only 1 is correct, in how many ways can a student check one
answer to each question?

a) 18 b) 36 c) 243 d) 1024

6) How many three-digit odd numbers can be formed from the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6 if each digit can be used only once?

a) 20 b) 60 c) 120 d) 40

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7) A college of computer science offers 8 Mathematics courses and 6 English
courses. In how many ways can a student register 5 courses such that they
include at most one English course.

a) 70 b) 126 c) 240 d) 476

8) In how many ways can 9 people be lined up to get on a bus if three specific
persons, among 9, follow each other?

a) 362880 b) 30240 c) 282240 d) 241920

9) In how many ways one A, two B’s, three C’s, and one D can be distributed
among seven students taking a course in mathematics.

a) 840 b) 530 c) 420 d) 750

10) If the sample variance of a set of data is 9 and the coefficient of variation is
12%, then the corresponding sample mean is

a) 25 b) 0.36 c) 75 d) 1.08

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