Math 203 Test #2

8/3/2011

1. An integral part of doing business in the dot-com culture of the late 1990s was frequenting the party circuit in San Francisco. Here, high-tech companies threw as many as ve parties a night to recruit or retain talented workers in a highly competitive job market. With as many as 700 guests at a single party, the food and booze owed with an average alcohol per guest of $15 to $18 and an average food bill of $75 to $150. A sample of guests at a dot-com party yielded the following data on number of alcoholic drinks consumed per person. 4 1 1 2 4 1 5 2 1 2 3 1 0 4 0 2 5 3 2 4

Find the mean, median, and mode of these data.

2. A scientic journal reported on a long-term study of the eects of hurricanes on tropical streams of the Luquillo Experimental Forest in Puerto Rico. The study shows that Hurricane Hugo had a signicant impact on stream water chemistry. The following table shows a sample of 10 ammonia uxes in the rst year after Hugo. Data are in kilograms per hectare per year. 96 116 66 57 147 154 147 88 175 154

Determine the range and sample standard deviation for the data set above.

3. Given the three distributions seen below (with identical scales), which has the greater standard deviation? For full credit, explain how you can tell it has a greater standard deviation.

4. A researcher investigated capital spending of telecommunications companies in the U.S. and Canada. The capital spending, in thousands of dollars, for each of 27 telecommunications companies is shown in the following table: 9,310 656 17,341 1,006 2,515 664 5,299 1,403 3,027 5,947 195 1,982 1,300 649 8,543 21 1,800 682 4,200 125 70 1,433 7,886 2,205 3,634 389 11,189

(a) Identify the ve-number summary of the given data. (absolutely use your calculator, if you can)

(b) Compute the InterQuartile Range (IQR).

(c) Construct a boxplot with the given data.

5. Which of the following numbers could not possibly be probabilities? Justify your answer. 5 , 6

0.462,

0.201,

1,

3.5,

6. According to the U.S. National Science Foundation, the distribution of graduate science students in doctorate-granting institutions is as follows (frequencies are in thousands): Field Physical sciences Environmental Mathematical sciences Computer sciences Agricultural sciences Biological sciences Psychology Social sciences Frequency 31.3 13.1 16.4 47.6 11.8 57.2 40.8 78.8

A graduate science student who is attending a doctorate-granting institution is selected at random. Determine the probability that the eld of the student obtained is: (a) psychology

(b) physical or social science

(c) not computer science

7. The following table provides a frequency distribution for the ages of adult women seeking pregnancy tests at public health facilities in Missouri during a 3-month period. Age 18-19 20-24 25-29 30-39 For one of these women selected at random, let A = event the woman is at least 25 years old B = event the woman is at most 29 years old C = event that the woman is between 18 and 29 years old, and D = event that the woman is at least 20 years old Describe the following events in words and determine the number of outcomes (women) that constitute each event. (a) (not A) Frequency 89 130 66 26

(b) (B & D)

(c) (C or A)

(d) (not C)

8. The U.S. Coast Guard maintains a database of the number, source, and location of oil spills in U.S. navigable and territorial waters. The following is a probability distribution for location of oil spill events: Location Atlantic Ocean Pacic Ocean Gulf of Mexico Great Lakes Other lakes Rivers and canals Bays and sounds Harbors Other Probability 0.011 0.064 0.229 0.014 0.005 0.223 0.151 0.118 0.185

Apply the special addition rule to nd the percentage of oil spills in U.S. navigable and territorial waters that: (a) occur in an ocean.

(b) occur in a lake or harbor.

(c) do not occur in a lake, ocean, river, or canal.

9. Characteristics of physicians are collected and recorded by the American Medical Association. The following is a contingency table for female physicians in the U.S., cross-classied by age and specialty. Under 35 A1 Family practice, S1 Internal medicine, S2 Obstetrics/gynecology, S3 Pediatrics, S4 Total 7,642 13,149 4,835 10,567 36, 193 5,149 10,442 11,205 36, 566 32,214 112, 046 35-44 A2 7,891 45 or over A3 6,441 Total 21,974 41,290

For the female physicians in the United States whose specialty is one of those shown in the table, (a) ll in the ve missing entries.

(b) how many are between 35 and 44 years old?

(c) how many are pediatricians under 35?

(d) how many are either pediatricians or under 35?

(e) how many are neither pediatricians nor under 35?

(f) how many are not in family practice?

10. One card is selected at random from an ordinary deck of 52 playing cards. Let A = event a jack is selected, B = event a face card is selected, and C = event a spade is selected. Find the following probabilities and express your results in words. Compute the conditional probabilities directly; do not use the conditional probabilities rule. (a) P (C)

(b) P (A or C)

(c) P (B|A)

(d) P (C|B)

(e) P (B)

(f) P (A|(not B))

11. There are many choices to make when buying a new car. The options for a Buick Rendezvous can be found on Buicks website including choices for color, drive type, and styles. During one year, the Rendezvous had two drive types (front wheel drive and all wheel drive), four styles (CX, CX Plus, CXL, and CXL Plus), seven exterior color choices, and two interior color choices. If you could choose the drive type, style, interior, and exterior colors of that years Rendezvous, how many dierent possibilities would there be?

12. The following data table presents a joint probability distribution for engineers and scientists by highest degree obtained.

(a) Determine P (T2 ), P (D3 ), and P (T2 &D3 ).

(b) Are T1 and D3 independent events? Explain your answer.

13. When a balanced quarter is tossed three times, eight equally likely outcomes are possible: HHH HHT Let A = event the second toss is tails, B = event the third toss is heads, and C = event the total number of tails is two. HTH HTT THH THT TTH TTT

(a) Compute P (A), P (B), and P (C).

(b) Compute P (B|A).

(c) Are A and B independent events? Explain your answer.

(d) Compute P (C|A).

(e) Are A and C independent events? Explain your answer.

14. Ten people attend a party. If each pair of people shakes hands, how many handshakes will occur?

15. A certain couple is equally likely to have either a boy child or a girl child. If the family has four children, let X denote the number of girls. (a) Identify the possible values of the random variable X.

(b) Determine the probability distribution of X. (Hint: There are 16 possible equally-likely outcomes. One is GBBB, meaning the rst born is a girl and the next three born are boys.)

16. Referring to the same couple from the previous question, use random-variable notation to represent each of the following events. Also, use the special addition rule and the probability distribution obtained in 15(b) to determine each events probability. What is the probability the couple has (a) exactly two girls

(b) at least two girls

(c) at most two girls

(d) between one and three girls, inclusive

(e) children all of the same gender

17. Evaluate the following binomial coecients: 5 (a) 3

(b)

10 0

(c)

8 3

(d)

9 4

18. The random variable Y is the sum of the dice when two balanced dice are rolled. Its probability distribution is as follows. y P (Y = y) 2
1 36

3
1 18

4
1 12

5
1 9

6
5 36

7
1 6

8
5 36

9
1 9

10
1 12

11
1 18

12
1 36

(a) Find and interpret the mean of the random variable.

(b) Draw a probability histogram for the random variable; identify the mean.

(c) EXTRA CREDIT: Obtain the standard deviation of the random variable by using the ugly formula we discussed in class.