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1.
Circle the most appropriate answer: [2 marks each]

a) Form a data set that consists of four integer numbers from 1 to 10 (inclusive,
without repeats).
Among all the possible data sets that can be formed (as described in the above),
which of the following statements is NOT correct?
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
The
The
The
The
set
set
set
set
of
of
of
of
numbers
numbers
numbers
numbers
1,
4,
1,
1,
2,
5,
5,
2,
3,
6,
6,
9,
4 gives the smallest possible standard deviation.

7 gives the smallest possible standard deviation.
10 gives the largest possible standard deviation.
10 gives the largest possible standard deviation.
b) The length of a ball of yarn is a random variable with mean 150 ft and standard
deviation 2 ft. The variance of the total length of three randomly chosen balls of
yarn will be
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
6 ft2
12 ft2
18 ft2
36 ft2
c) Sixty-four percent of the teenager population is nearsighted. Consider random

samples of 4 teenagers drawn from this population. The following are three statements about the sampling distribution of the sample proportion (of 4 teenagers)
who do not suffer from nearsightedness.
(I) The sampling distribution has a mean of 36%.
(II) The sampling distribution has a standard deviation of 24%.
(III) The sampling distribution follows the normal distribution approximately.
Which of the above statements is (are) correct?
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
Statement (I) only.

Statements (I) and (II) only.
All the three statements.
None of the three statements.
d) There are two urns. Each urn contains 1 black marble and 2 white marbles. You
randomly draw one marble from each urn. Let X be the number of white marbles
out of the two being drawn. Then
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
X
X
X
X
is
is
is
is
a Bin(2, 23 ) random variable.

not a Binomial random variable.
2. The following boxplots show left hand lengths. The boxplot on the left shows data
from left handers. The boxplot on the right shows data from right handers.
Which of the following statements is (are) correct about the distributions of the left
hand size data for the two handedness groups? Check all that apply. [4 marks]
The distribution among the right handers is skewed to the right.
For the distribution among the right handers, the first quartile is the same as the
third quartile.
The left and right handers have roughly the same mean left hand size.
More than 25% of the left handers have left hand sizes that are shorter than the
minimum left hand size of the right handers.
3. An M&Ms chocolate fan is interested in studying the color distribution of the sugar
coating of the chocolate candies. He opens a bag of M&Ms chocolate candies, and
classifies the candies according to the color of the coating. Check all statements that
are correct. [3 marks]
The color of the sugar coating is a categorical variable.
A bar chart can be used to display the distribution of the color variable.
A side-by-side boxplot can be used to compare the number of yellow coated candies
and the number of red coated candies.
4. C-section has been one of the many delivery methods used among pregnant women.
Let X represent the number of previous C-sections a randomly chosen pregnant woman
has had before, and the probability distribution of X is given below (assume that no
pregnant women underwent more than two previous C-sections):
x
0 1
P (X = x) 3a a
2
b
for some unknown positive constants a and b.

a) Find the values of a and b if E(X)=0.39. [6 marks]
b) Interpret the expected value E(X) = 0.39 in the context of this question. [2
marks]
c) Suppose two women are randomly chosen from all pregnant women. What is the
probability that both women have had at least one C-section before? [5 marks]
5. Your friend, Carl, has been doing a research project about the coffee drinking habit of
UBC students. Last Wednesday during 7:30-8:30 am, he stood next to the Starbucks
coffee counter in the SUB and interviewed 30 students who bought coffee there.
The average number of cups of coffee consumed daily by the interviewed students, 1.78,
is (check only one): [2 marks]
a population.
a sample.
a parameter.
a statistic.
6. The following table shows the breakdown of the annual salaries of university graduates
and the proportion of graduates falling in each income category.
Annual salary range
under $20k
$20k to $40k
$40k to $60k
$60k to $100k
above $100k
Proportion of university graduates

0.15
0.45
0.30
0.09
0.01
a) A university graduate is randomly chosen. Here are two events:

Event A : The chosen graduate has an annual salary under $20k.
Event B : The chosen graduate has an annual salary under $40k.
Are the two events independent?
Explain your reasoning. [4 marks]
Yes
No
b) Two university graduates are chosen at random. What is the probability that
one has an annual salary under $20k and the other has an annual salary between
$20k and $60k? [6 marks]
c) A random sample of 400 university graduates is drawn from all university graduates. Approximate the probability that 180 or fewer of the sampled graduates
earn more than $40k annually. State any assumption(s) you have made in the
calculation. [7 marks]
7. At the present time the noise level per jet takeoff in one neighbourhood near the airport
is believed to follow the normal distribution with mean 102 decibels and standard
deviation 5 decibels. Suppose a regulation is passed that requires jet noise in this
neighbourhood to be lower than 105 decibels 95% of the time. How much should the
mean noise level be lowered to comply with the regulation? [6 marks]
8. According to a research study of fish in the Tennessee River, the weights of fish in the
river follow the normal distribution with mean 950 grams and standard deviation 180
grams.
a) True or false? The average weight of a random sample of 36 fish drawn from the
Tennessee River follows the normal distribution. This is a result of the Central
Limit Theorem. [2 marks]
True
False
b) Find the probability that a random sample of 36 fish drawn from the Tennessee
River has an average weight of at least 980 grams. [5 marks]

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1.

Circle the most appropriate answer: [2 marks each]

4 gives the smallest possible standard deviation.

c) Sixty-four percent of the teenager population is nearsighted. Consider random

Statement (I) only.

a Bin(2, 23 ) random variable.

for some unknown positive constants a and b.

Proportion of university graduates

a) A university graduate is randomly chosen. Here are two events:

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