04/03/2011 Review Test Submission: Coursework1

ECON10062 Introductory Statistics 2010-11 2nd Sem ester Course Content Coursew ork 1 Review Test Subm ission: Coursew ork1

ECON10062 Review Test Submission: Coursework1

Introductory
Statistics 2010-11
2nd Semester User Shu Lim
Noticeboard Submitted 04/03/11 20:24

Name Coursework1
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Score 4 out of 10 points
Communication
Course Information Time 34 minutes and 10 seconds out of 2 hours.
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Assessment
Instructions Read the instructions file that was published in the relevant Blackboard Folder.
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Follow the instructions given in that file BEFORE you start this test. You will be
presented with 10 questions which are randomly drawn from a larger pool of
Learning Resources questions. Each question has only one correct answer and is worth one point. This
assessment will contribute 5% of your overall grade.
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Question 1 0 out of 1 points
This question refers to the infstudy and the cjspolb variables of the British Crime
Survey dataset on Blackboard. What is the observed joint probability of picking a
respondent that is not full-time student and not confident (this includes 'not very'
and 'not at all') that the police is effective at catching criminals?
Selected 0.47232
Answer:

Correct 0.00855
Answer:

Answer wrong. This is P(not confident) = P(not very confident) + P(not

Feedback: at all confident).

Response revise the structure of joint frequency and probability tables. Also
Feedback: remember that you can add the probabilities of two (or more)
mutually exclusive categories.

Question 2 1 out of 1 points

You have the following sample observations for the variable X: 45,78,56,74,63
and 45. Which of the following are correct describtive statistics?

Selected Answer: Mean = 60.1667, variance = 198.9667, skewness =

0.1418

Correct Answer: Mean = 60.1667, variance = 198.9667, skewness =

0.1418

Answer correct
Feedback:

Response Feedback: well done

Question 3 0 out of 1 points

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This question refers to variable (fairatt5) in the British Crime Survey dataset on
Blackboard, ignoring all respondents that do not answer the question. Which of
the following statements is correct?
Selected About 40.8% of respondents believe that the British Criminal
Answer: Justice System is too soft on those accused of crime.

Correct More than 80% of respondents believe that the British Criminal
Answer: Justice System is too soft on those accused of crime.

Answer Incorrect, 40.8% is the proportion of respondents that strongly

Feedback: agree 'that the CJS is soft on accused offenders'. However there is
another 39.9% who tend to agree with this statement. You should
add these two categories.

Response These are ordinal data. Once you established the frequency for the
Feedback: responses 1 to 4, and then calculated the corresponding
probabilities you should easily answer this question.

Question 4 1 out of 1 points

You have the following sample observations for the variable X: 45,78,56,74,63
and 45. What are the standardised Z value for the 3rd and 4th of these
observations?

Selected Answer: Z(X3) = -0.2954, Z(X4) = 0.9807

Correct Answer: Z(X3) = -0.2954, Z(X4) = 0.9807

Answer Feedback: correct

Response Feedback: well done

Question 5 1 out of 1 points

Which of the following statements regarding measures of central tendency is
correct?
Selected When a distribution is symmetric the mean and median
Answer: will be very similar.

Correct When a distribution is symmetric the mean and median

Answer: will be very similar.

Answer correct
Feedback:

Response Feedback: good work

Question 6 0 out of 1 points

What is the correct measure of central tendency for the variable fairatt5 of the
British Crime Survey? Ignore all respondents that did not answer.
Selected Either Median = 2 or Mean = 1.8217
Answer:

Correct Either Median = 2 or Mode = 1

Answer:

Answer Incorrect, these are categorical (ordinal) data. The mean cannot be
Feedback: interpreted. The Median was correctly calculated

Response revise how to calculate measures of central tendency and ensure

Feedback: you know when the mean can be calculated

Question 7 0 out of 1 points

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You have the following joint frequency table for the two variables pubeve (PV,
asks for frequency of visits to a pub, 1=no visits, 2=less than once a week,
3=once to twice a week, 4=at least 3 times a week) and nchil (NC, asks for
number of children under 16 in household):

pubeve
nchil 1 2 3 4
none 4374 2037 1491 591 8493
one 603 501 218 88 1410
at least 2 749 593 267 57 1666
5726 3131 1976 736 11569

What is the probability distribution for number of children (NC) conditional on the
respondent going to the pub at least three times a week (PV = 4)?

Selected P(NC=0|PV=4) = 0.0511, P(NC=1|PV=4) = 0.0076,

Answer: P(NC=2|PV=4) = 0.0049

Correct P(NC=0|PV=4) = 0.8030, P(NC=1|PV=4) = 0.1196,

Answer: P(NC=2|PV=4) = 0.0774

Answer wrong, you report the joint probabilities, e.g. P(PV=1 AND NC=2).
Feedback: This cannot be a probability distribution as the probabilities do not
sum to one.

Response revise how to derive conditional probabilities from a

Feedback: frequency table.

Question 8 0 out of 1 points

This question refers to the infstudy and the cjspolb variables of the British Crime
Survey dataset on Blackboard. What is the probability of a respondent being fairly
confident in the police (being effective at catching criminals) conditional on the
respondent not being a full-time student?
Selected 0.4754
Answer:

Correct 0.4844
Answer:

Answer wrong, you multiplied P(fairly confident) with P(not student). That is
Feedback: not the observed conditional probability.

Response revise the structure of joint frequency and probability tables and
Feedback: the definition of conditional probabilities.

Question 9 1 out of 1 points

Which of the following statements regarding historical probabilities is correct?

Selected Historical probabilities can be a guide for the probability of

Answer: future events if they have been derived from a large sample that is
representative for the circumstances considered.

Correct Historical probabilities can be a guide for the probability of

Answer: future events if they have been derived from a large sample that is
representative for the circumstances considered.

Answer correct
Feedback:

Response Feedback: well done

Question 10 0 out of 1 points

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You have the following joint frequency table for the two variables pubeve (asks for
frequency of visits to a pub, 1=no visits, 2=less than once a week, 3=once to
twice a week, 4=at least 3 times a week) and nchil (asks for number of children
under 16 in household):

pubeve
nchil 1 2 3 4
none 4374 2037 1491 591 8493
one 603 501 218 88 1410
at least 2 749 593 267 57 1666
5726 3131 1976 736 11569

What is the probability distribution for number of pub visits (PV) conditional on
there being at least two children in the household (NC = 2)?

Selected P(PV=1|NC=2) = 0.0647, P(PV=2|NC=2) = 0.0513,

Answer: P(PV=3|NC=2) = 0.0231, P(PV=4|NC=2) = 0.0049

Correct P(PV=1|NC=2) = 0.4496, P(PV=2|NC=2) = 0.3559,

Answer: P(PV=3|NC=2) = 0.1603, P(PV=4|NC=2) = 0.0342

Answer wrong, you report the joint probabilities, e.g. P(PV=1 AND NC=2).
Feedback: This cannot be a probability distribution as the probabilities do not
sum to one.

Response revise how to derive conditional probabilities from a

Feedback: frequency table.

Friday, 4 March 2011 20:25:23 o'clock GMT

OK

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