Probability and Statistics

Progress Test 2

Class: SE1322
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1. What is the mean of the following series : 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 8, 11, 13, 16 and 18?
(a) 7.4615 (b) 5.3637 (c) 2 (d) 28.7314

2. The following data are direct solar intensity measurements (watts/m2 ) on different days at a
location in southern Spain: 562, 869, 708, 775, 775, 704, 809, 856, 655 and 856. The sample
standard deviation is:
(a) 95.1472 (b) 99.5193 (c) 751.9 (d) 9052.989

3. The 5 measurements that follow are furnace temperatures recorded on successive batches in a
semiconductor manufacturing process: 953, 950, 948, 952, 951. Which the following statement
is FALSE?
(a) Mode = 950 (b) Sample Mean = 950.8
(c) Sample Variance = 3.7 (d) Sample Standard Deviation = 1.9235

4. Based on the scores 1, 2, 7, 3, 6, 1, 2, 6, 2, 2, and 10, a score of 2 is the...

5. Suppose a study of houses that have sold recently in your community showed the following
frequency distribution for the number of bedrooms: Based on this information, what is the mode
for the data?

Bedrooms 1 2 3 4 5
Frequency 2 15 4 8 15

(a) 3 (b) 15 (c) 2 and 5 (d) 40

6. Suppose that sample of size n = 81 are selected at random a normal population with mean 10
and standard deviation 2. What is the probability that the sample mean less than 13? Let
P (Z < 1) = 0.84134, P (Z < 2) = 0.97725, P (Z < 3) = 0.99865
(a) 1 (b) 0.0214 (c) 0.13591 (d) 0.14649

7. A synthetic fiber used in manufacturing carpet has tensile strength that is normally distributed
with mean 150 psi and standard deviation 15 psi. What is the probability that a random sample
of n=16 fiber specimens will have sample mean tensile strength that exceeds 155 psi? Let
P (Z ≤ 0.075) = 0.52989; P (Z ≤ 1.33) = 0.9082
(a) 0.091 (b) 0.47011 (c) 0.9082 (d) 0.72575

8. A normal population has a mean of 770 and variance of 90. How large must the random sample
be if we want the standard error of the sample mean to be 1.5?
(a) 40 (b) 62 (c) 63 (d) 108

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 9. The compressive strength of concrete is normally distributed with µ = 120 psi and σ = 20 psi. A
random sample of n = 64 specimens will have a sample mean diameter that falls in the interval
from 101 psi to 123 psi. what is the standard deviation of the sample mean?
(a) 3.75 (b) 0.46875 (c) 2.5 (d) None of the others

10. The life in hours of a 1500-watt light bulb is known to be normally distributed with standard
deviation of 20 hours. A random sample of 100 bulbs has a mean life of 1025 hours. Construct a
92% two - sided confidence interval on the mean life. Let z0.04 = 1.755; z0.08 = 1.41; z0.005 = 2.58.
(a) (1021.49, 1028.51) (b) (1017.9, 1032.1) (c) (1019.1, 1030.9) (d) (1023.5, 1026.5)

11. Of 1000 randomly selected cases of lung cancer, 160 resulted in death within 8 years. Calculate
a 95% CI on the death rate from lung cancer. Let z0.025 = 1.96; z0.05 = 1.65.
(a) (0.137, 0.183) (b) (0.141, 0.179) (c) (0.6716, 0.7284) (d) 0.7

12. The daily intakes of milk (in ounces) for ten randomly selected people were: 22, 12, 23, 26, 10, 26,
27, 29, 39, 39. Find a 99% confidence interval for the population variance. Let χ20.005,9 = 23.59;
χ20.995,9 = 1.73
(a) (3.929, 14.507) (b) (34.764, 474.035) (c) (4.141,15.292) (d) None of the others

13. Of 1000 randomly selected cases of lung cancer, 610 resulted in death within 10 years. How large
a sample would be required if we wanted to be at least 95% confident interval on the death rate
from lung cancer that the error in estimating is less than 0.05? Let z0.025 = 1.96; z0.05 = 1.65.
(a) 366 (b) 260 (c) 1537 (d) 385

14. An engineer who is studying the tensile strength of a steel alloy intended for use in golf club
shafts knows that tensile strength is approximately normally distributed with standard deviation
of 40 psi. A random sample of 16 specimens has a mean tensile strength of 1450 psi. Test the
hypothesis H0 : µ = 1500 vs H1 : µ 6= 1500. Use α = 0.01. Let z0.005 = 2.58; z0.01 = 2.33
(a) z-test = -5, reject the null hypothesis
(b) z-test = -5, do not reject the null hypothesis
(c) z-test = 5, reject the null hypothesis
(d) p-value = -5, do not reject the null hypothesis

15. A random sample of 300 circuits generated 18 defectives. Use the data to test H0 : p = 0.04
versus H1 : p 6= 0.04. Let z0.025 = 1.96; use α = 0.05.
(a) z-test = 1.77, fail to reject the null hypothesis
(b) z-test = 0.88, reject the null hypothesis
(c) z-test = 0.79, fail to reject the null hypothesis
(d) z-test = 0.79, reject the null hypothesis

16. A bearing used in an automotive application is supposed to have a nominal inside diameter of
1.490 inches. A random sample of 100 bearing is selected and the average inside diameter of these
bearing is 1.495 inches. Bearing diameter is known to be normally distributed with standard
deviation σ = 0.05 inches. Test the hypotheses H0 : µ = 1.490 versus H1 : µ 6= 1.490. What is
the p-value? Let P (Z < −1) = 0.15866, P (Z < 1) = 0.84133.
(a) 0.31734 (b) 0.15866 (c) 0.84133 (d) None of the others

17. Which of the following situations is a correctly stated hypothesis testing problem
(a) H0 : µ = 10, H1 : µ < 10 (b) H0 : p = 0.1, H1 : p = 0.2
(c) H0 : s2 = 0.3, H1 : s2 6= 0.3 (d) H0 : µ 6= 30, H1 : µ = 30

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18. A manufacturer of car batteries claims that life of his batteries is approximately normally dis-
tributed with a standard deviation equal to 0.8 year. A random sample of 10 of these batteries
has a standard deviation of 1.5 years. Test the hypothesis: H0 : σ = 0.8 against H1 : σ > 0.8 at
a level of significance of 0.05. Let χ20.05,9 = 16.92.
(a) χ2 −test = 31.64, reject H0 (b) χ2 −test = 25, fail to reject H0
(c) χ2 −test=27.8, reject H0 (d) χ2 −test = 15, fail to reject H0

19. When conducting a t test for the correlation coefficient in a study with 22 individuals, the degrees
of freedom will be ...
(a) 20 (b) 21 (c) 22 (d) 23

20. Five following data pairs show that price sale depends on taxes : (3, 11), (4, 17), (5, 19), (6, 18), (7, 25),
where the first value is tax. Find the equation of the regression line.
(a) ŷ = 2.9x + 3.5 (b) ŷ = 2.9 + 4.9x
(c) ŷ = 2.3992 + 0.1806x (d) ŷ = 2.3992x + 0.1806

21. Two different tests are designed to measure employee productivity and dexterity. Several em-
ployees are randomly selected and tested with these results.

Productivity 3 5 8 2 1 4
Dexterity 9 3 9 4 2 5

Find coefficient of determination: r2

22. Which correlation coefficient represents the strongest association between the X and Y variables?
(a) r = +0.25 (b) r = +0.61 (c) r = −0.52 (d) r = −0.91

23. Given a sample with r = 0.823, n = 18 and α = 0.05, determine the standardized test statistic t
necessary to test the claim ρ = 0.
(a) 5.795 (b) 4.098 (c) 2.891 (d) None of the others

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Answer Key:
1. (a) 7.4615

2. (b) 99.5193

3. (a) Mode = 950

4. (c) mode

5. (c) 2 and 5

6. (a) 1

7. (a) 0.091

8. (a) 40

9. (c) 2.5

10. (a) (1021.49, 1028.51)

11. (a) (0.137, 0.183)

12. (b) (34.764, 474.035)

13. (d) 385

14. (a) z-test = -5, reject the null hypothesis

15. (a) z-test = 1.77, fail to reject the null hypothesis

16. (a) 0.31734

17. (a) H0 : µ = 10, H1 : µ < 10

18. (a) χ2 −test = 31.64, reject H0

19. (a) 20

20. (a) ŷ = 2.9x + 3.5

21. (b) 0.3256

22. (d) r = −0.91

23. (a) 5.795

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