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    This document contains 5 questions from a TA review on statistics concepts: 1. A social security number is an example of a qualitative variable. 2. The stem-and-leaf display of employee ages has a leaf unit of 1. 3. Frequency, cumulative frequency, and relative frequency distributions are constructed for student test grades. 4. Various probability calculations are performed using data on dining out frequencies. 5. A probability calculation is done to find the likelihood someone lives in a house given they own a business, based on housing and business ownership percentages.

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    This document contains 5 questions from a TA review on statistics concepts: 1. A social security number is an example of a qualitative variable. 2. The stem-and-leaf display of employee ages has a leaf unit of 1. 3. Frequency, cumulative frequency, and relative frequency distributions are constructed for student test grades. 4. Various probability calculations are performed using data on dining out frequencies. 5. A probability calculation is done to find the likelihood someone lives in a house given they own a business, based on housing and business ownership percentages.

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    This document contains 5 questions from a TA review on statistics concepts: 1. A social security number is an example of a qualitative variable. 2. The stem-and-leaf display of employee ages has a leaf unit of 1. 3. Frequency, cumulative frequency, and relative frequency distributions are constructed for student test grades. 4. Various probability calculations are performed using data on dining out frequencies. 5. A probability calculation is done to find the likelihood someone lives in a house given they own a business, based on housing and business ownership percentages.

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    This document contains 5 questions from a TA review on statistics concepts: 1. A social security number is an example of a qualitative variable. 2. The stem-and-leaf display of employee ages has a leaf unit of 1. 3. Frequency, cumulative frequency, and relative frequency distributions are constructed for student test grades. 4. Various probability calculations are performed using data on dining out frequencies. 5. A probability calculation is done to find the likelihood someone lives in a house given they own a business, based on housing and business ownership percentages.

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    TA Review 1

    1.

    2003.11.5

    In an application for a credit card, potential customers are asked for their social security
    numbers. A social security number is an example of a
    a.

    qualitative variable

    b.

    quantitative variable

    c. qualitative or quantitative variable, depending on how the respondents answered the


    question
    d.

    ratio variable

    e.

    None of these answers is correct.

    ANSWER:

    2. You are given the following data on the ages of employees at a company. Construct a
    stem-and-leaf display. Specify the leaf unit for the display.
    26

    32

    28

    45

    58

    52

    44

    36

    42

    27

    41

    53

    55

    48

    32

    42

    44

    40

    36

    37

    ANSWER: Leaf Unit = 1


    2|6

    3|2

    4|0

    5|2

    3. The grades of 10 students on their first management test are shown below.
    94

    61

    96

    66

    92

    68

    75

    85

    84

    78

    a.

    Construct a frequency distribution. Let the first class be 60 - 69.

    b.

    Construct a cumulative frequency distribution.

    c.

    Construct a relative frequency distribution.

    ANSWERS:
    a.
    Class

    Frequency

    b.

    c.

    Cumulative

    Relative

    Frequency

    Frequency

    60 - 69

    0.3

    70 - 79

    0.2

    80 - 89

    0.2

    90 - 99

    10

    0.3

    Total

    10

    1.0

    3. A sample of twelve families was taken. Each family was asked how many times per
    week they dine in restaurants. Their responses are given below.
    2

    Using this data set, compute the


    a.

    mode

    b.

    median

    c.

    mean

    d.

    range

    e.

    interquartile range

    f.

    variance

    g.

    standard deviation

    h.

    coefficient of variation
    ANSWERS:

    a.

    b.

    1.5

    c.

    1.25

    d.

    e.

    1.5

    f.

    0.75

    g.

    0.866

    h.

    69.28%

    by IRQ=Q3-Q1

    by cov

    s
    100%
    x

    4. You are given the following information on Events A, B, C, and D.

    P(A) = .4

    P(A D) = .6

    P(B) = .2

    P(A B) = .3

    P(C) = .1

    P(A C) = .04
    P(A D) = .03

    a.

    Compute P(D).

    b.

    Compute P(A B).

    c.

    Compute P(A C).

    d.

    Compute the probability of the complement of C.

    e.

    Are A and B mutually exclusive? Explain your answer.

    f.

    Are A and B independent? Explain your answer.

    g.

    Are A and C mutually exclusive? Explain your answer.

    h.

    Are A and C independent? Explain your answer.


    4.

    ANSWERS:
    a.

    0.23

    by P(A D) = P(A)+ P(D)- P(A D)

    b.

    0.06

    by P(A B) =P(A B) P(B)

    c.

    0.4

    by P(A C) = P(A C)/ P(C)

    d.

    0.9

    by P(C c ) =1-P(C)

    e.

    No, P(A B) 0

    f.

    No, P(A B) P(A)

    g.

    No, P(A C) 0

    h. Yes, P(A C) = P(A)


    5. In a city, 60% of the residents live in houses and 40% of the residents live in apartments.
    Of the people who live in houses, 20% own their own business. Of the people who live in
    apartments, 10% own their own business. If a person owns his or her own business, find
    the probability that he or she lives in a house.
    ANSWER:

    0.75

    P ( a person lives in a house| a person owns business )=


    (0.6)(0.2)
    0.75
    (0.6)(0.2) (0.4)(0.1)

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