Review Questions for Midterm (Chap 1- 4)

1. A study is under way in Yosemite National Forest to determine the adult height of American pine trees. Specifically, the study is attempting to determine what factors aid a tree in reaching heights greater than 60 feet tall. It is estimated that the forest contains 25,000 adult American pines. The study involves collecting heights from 250 randomly selected adult American pine trees and analyzing the results. Identify the sample in the study. a) The 250 randomly selected adult American pine trees. b) The 25,000 adult American pine trees in the forest. c) All the adult American pine trees taller than 60 feet. d) All American pine trees, of any age, in the forest. 2. The classification of student class designation (freshman, sophomore, junior, senior) is an example of a) a categorical random variable. b) a discrete random variable. c) a continuous random variable. d) a parameter. TABLE 2-1 An insurance company evaluates many numerical variables about a person before deciding on an appropriate rate for automobile insurance. A representative from a local insurance agency selected a random sample of insured drivers and recorded, X, the number of claims each made in the last 3 years, with the following results. X f 1 14 2 18 3 12 4 5 5 1 3. Referring to Table 2-1, how many drivers are represented in the sample? a) 5 b) 15 c) 18 d) 50 TABLE 2-6 A sample of 200 students at a Big-Ten university was taken after the midterm to ask them whether they went bar hopping the weekend before the midterm or spent the weekend studying, and whether they did well or poorly on the midterm. The following table contains the result. Did Well in Midterm 80 30 Did Poorly in Midterm 20 70

Studying for Exam Went Bar Hopping

4. Referring to Table 2-6, _______ percent of the students in the sample went bar hopping the weekend before the midterm and did well on the midterm.

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15 27.27 30 50

5. According to the empirical rule, if the data form a "bell-shaped" normal distribution, _______
percent of the observations will be contained within 2 standard deviations around the arithmetic mean. a. 68.26 b. 88.89 c. 93.75 d. 95.44 6. Which of the following is NOT a measure of central tendency? a. The arithmetic mean. b. The median. c. The mode. d. The interquartile range. 7. According to the Chebyshev rule, at least what percentage of the observations in any data set are contained within a distance of 2 standard deviations around the mean? a. 67% b. 75% c. 88.89% d. 95% 8. If two events are collectively exhaustive, what is the probability that one or the other occurs? a. 0. b. 0.50. c. 1.00. d. Cannot be determined from the information given. 9. The collection of all possible events is called a. a simple probability. b. a sample space. c. a joint probability. d. the null set. 10. The probability that a new advertising campaign will increase sales is assessed as being 0.80. The probability that the cost of developing the new ad campaign can be kept within the original budget allocation is 0.40. Assuming that the two events are independent, the probability that the cost is kept within budget and the campaign will increase sales is: a. 0.20 b. 0.32 c. 0.40 d. 0.88