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The document contains a series of questions categorized into Descriptive Statistics, Probability, Inferential Statistics, Random Variables and Distributions, Combinatorics and Counting, and Sampling and Data Collection. Each category includes multiple-choice questions testing knowledge on statistical concepts such as mean, median, variance, probability, hypothesis testing, and sampling methods. The questions aim to assess understanding of fundamental statistics and probability principles.

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Stat and Prob

The document contains a series of questions categorized into Descriptive Statistics, Probability, Inferential Statistics, Random Variables and Distributions, Combinatorics and Counting, and Sampling and Data Collection. Each category includes multiple-choice questions testing knowledge on statistical concepts such as mean, median, variance, probability, hypothesis testing, and sampling methods. The questions aim to assess understanding of fundamental statistics and probability principles.

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Statistics and Probability

Category: Descriptive Statistics

1. Which of the following measures is used to describe the middle value in a data set?

a) Mean
b) Median
c) Mode
d) Range

2. The mean of the following data set: 4, 7, 9, 10, 15, is:


a) 9
b) 10
c) 11
d) 12

3. What is the mode of the data set: 3, 5, 7, 5, 9, 2, 5?


a) 2
b) 5
c) 7
d) 9

4. Which of the following is the correct formula to calculate the variance for a population?
a)
b)
c)
d)

5. The range of the data set: 12, 15, 7, 9, 3 is:


a) 3
b) 7
c) 9
d) 12

Category: Probability

6. What is the probability of getting a heads when flipping a fair coin?


a) 0
b) 0.5
c) 1
d) 2

7. If two dice are rolled, what is the probability of getting a sum of 8?

a. 5/36 b. 1/6 c. 1/8 d. 7/36

8. Which of the following events are mutually exclusive?


a) Rolling a 3 or a 5 on a die
b) Drawing a red card or a black card from a deck
c) Both a and b
d) None of the above
9. What is the probability of drawing an Ace from a standard deck of 52 playing cards?

a)1/13 b)1/4 c) 1/52 d) 4/52

10. The probability of an event happening is 0.75. What is the probability of the event not
happening?
a) 0.75
b) 0.50
c) 0.25
d) 1

Category: Inferential Statistics

11. In hypothesis testing, what is the null hypothesis?


a) The assumption that there is no effect or no difference
b) The assumption that there is a significant effect or difference
c) The assumption that data are normally distributed
d) The alternative hypothesis
12. In a survey of 100 students, the mean height is 150 cm with a standard deviation of 10 cm.
What is the z-score for a student with a height of 160 cm?
a) 1 b) 2 c) -1 d) 0.5
13. A 95% confidence interval means that:
a) There is a 95% chance the true parameter lies within the interval
b) The probability of the true parameter being outside the interval is 5%
c) 95% of the sample data fall within the interval
d) Both a and b
14. What is the p-value used for in hypothesis testing?
a) To measure the effect size
b) To determine if the null hypothesis can be rejected
c) To calculate the mean of a sample
d) To estimate the population standard deviation
15. Which of the following is true for a normal distribution?
a) Mean, median, and mode are equal
b) It is skewed to the right
c) The tails do not approach zero
d) The distribution is bimodal

Category: Random Variables and Distributions

16. Which of the following is an example of a discrete random variable?


a) Height of a student
b) Number of heads when flipping 3 coins
c) Time taken to finish a race
d) Weight of a person
17. The expected value of a random variable is:
a) The sum of all possible values
b) The probability of an event occurring
c) The long-term average value
d) The range of the variable
18. Which of the following distributions is used to model the number of successes in a fixed
number of trials?
a) Normal distribution
b) Binomial distribution
c) Poisson distribution
d) Exponential distribution

19. What is the variance of a binomial distribution with parameters and ?


a) 2.5
b) 5
c) 4.5
d) 3.5
20. The standard deviation of a Poisson distribution with is:
a) 2
b) 1.5
c) 4
d) none of the above

Category: Combinatorics and Counting

21. How many different 4-digit numbers can be formed using the digits 2, 3, 5, 7, and 9, if
repetition of digits is not allowed?
a) 120
b) 24
c) 60
d) 15
22. In how many ways can 3 boys and 2 girls be arranged in a row?
a) 10
b) 5
c) 120
d) 60
23. A committee of 4 people is to be formed from a group of 10 people. How many different
committees can be formed?
a) 210
b) 120
c) 252
d) 5040
24. In how many ways can a password of 3 digits be formed using the numbers 0 to 9, with
repetition allowed?
a) 100
b) 1000
c) 10000
d) 100000
25. How many different ways can 5 books be arranged on a shelf?
a) 120
b) 24
c) 60
d) 15

Category: Sampling and Data Collection

26. Which of the following is a characteristic of a simple random sample?


a) Every member of the population has an equal chance of being selected
b) The sample is divided into subgroups
c) The selection process is based on judgment
d) Data is collected from a convenience sample
27. Which of the following methods of sampling is likely to introduce bias?
a) Simple random sampling
b) Stratified sampling
c) Systematic sampling
d) Convenience sampling

Category: Sampling and Data Collection (Continued)

28. A researcher selects every 5th student on a list of 100 students. This is an example of
which sampling method?
a) Simple random sampling
b) Stratified sampling
c) Systematic sampling
d) Cluster sampling

29. Which type of sampling method divides the population into groups and then selects a
random sample from each group?
a) Simple random sampling
b) Stratified sampling
c) Systematic sampling
d) Convenience sampling

30. Which of the following is an advantage of using random sampling?


a) It is more cost-effective
b) It ensures that every subgroup in the population is represented
c) It removes the possibility of bias
d) It can be done without a list of the entire population

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