In New York State, 48% of all teenagers own a skateboard, 45% own roller blades, and 39% of all

teenagers own a skateboard and roller blades. What is the probability that a teenager owns roller blades given that the teenager owns a skateboard? Answer Selected Answer: 0.8125 Correct Answer: 0.8125 Response Feedback: Conditional probability Question 2 1 out of 1 points Only 20% of the applicants for new positions at a large company are females. Assuming that two positions will be filled independently of each other, if the first position is filled by a male, what is the probability that the second position will also be filled by a male? Answer Selected Answer: 0.80 Correct Answer: 0.80 Response Feedback: Conditional probability Question 3 0 out of 1 points The following table shows data from a cross sectional study showing the prevalence of hay fever and eczema in 11 year old children (Bland and Altman, BMJ 2000). Based on the table, the odds of hay fever for children with eczema is 0.336 (1:2.98). That means that: Hay Fever Eczema Yes No Total Yes 141 420 561 No 928 13,525 14,453 Total 1,069 13,945 15,014 Answer Selected Answer: There is 33.6% chance that a child with eczema will have hay fever Correct Answer: For every child with eczema that has hay fever, there are 2.98 children with eczema that do not have hay fever. Response Feedback: Odds Question 4

0 out of 1 points The following table shows data from a cross sectional study showing the prevalence of hay fever and eczema in 11 year old children (Bland and Altman, BMJ 2000). Based on the table, what are the odds in favor of Eczema for the children who did not have Hay fever? Hay Fever Eczema Yes No Total Yes 141 420 561 No 928 13,525 14,453 Total 1,069 13,945 15,014 Answer Selected Answer: 0.031 Correct Answer: 1:32.2 Response Feedback: Odds Question 5 0 out of 1 points A manufacturer obtains computer modems from three different subcontractors: 25% from A, 40% from B, and 35% from C. Past experience has shown that the defective rates for these subcontractors are 3%, 1%, and 4% respectively. If a modem is returned to the manufacturer by a customer because it was found to be defective, what is the probability that it came from subcontractor C? Answer Selected Answer: .350 Correct Answer: .549 Response Feedback: Tree diagram Question 6 0 out of 1 points My sock draw has 5 blue socks, 3 green ones, 2 purple ones and a blue one. If I pull out a purple sock, decide I don't like it, put it back and draw out another sock what are the chances that I get a purple sock again? Answer Selected Answer: None of the above. Correct Answer: 2/11 Response Feedback:

Independent events Question 7 1 out of 1 points Suppose that 12% of adults are classified as hypertensive. Forpeople that are truly hypertensive the probability of a positive test is 0.85. Also, for people that are not truly hypertensive the probability of a positive test is 0.24. What is the sensitivity of the new test? Answer Selected Answer: 0.85 Correct Answer: 0.85 Response Feedback: Sensitivity of screening test Question 8 0 out of 1 points The data in the table below is information about infant birth weights and mortality among white infants in New York City in 1974. Based on the table, what is the risk of dying for the children who had normal birth-weight? Birth Weight Dead Alive Total low 618 4,597 5,215 Normal 422 64,093 64,515 Total 1,040 68,690 69,730 Answer Selected Answer: 1:0.0065 Correct Answer: 0.0065 Response Feedback: Risks Question 9 1 out of 1 points If the two events A and B are disjoint, which of the following statement is not true? Answer Selected Answer: The two events are independent. Correct Answer: The two events are independent. Response Feedback: Disjoint events Question 10 0 out of 1 points

If E and F are two independent events, then the sum of P(E) and P(F) cannot exceed 1. Answer Selected Answer: True Correct Answer: False Response Feedback: Independent events