20/08/2019 Quiz: Week 3 Homework

Week 3 Homework
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Started: Aug 20 at 2:22pm

Quiz Instructions
Please answer all the questions below.

Question 1 1 pts

(Lesson 2.10: Conditional Expectation.) BONUS: Suppose that

for . Hint (you may have seen this someplace): the

marginal p.d.f. of turns out to be

for . Find the conditional p.d.f. of given that .

a.

b.

c.

d.

Question 2 1 pts

(Lesson 2.10: Conditional Expectation.) BONUS: Again suppose that

for . Hint (you may already have seen this someplace): the
the marginal p.d.f. of turns out to be for . Find
.

a.

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b.

c.

d.

Question 3 1 pts

(Lesson 2.10: Conditional Expectation.) BONUS: Yet again suppose that for
. Hint (you may already have seen this someplace): the the marginal
p.d.f. of turns out to be for . Find .

a. 1/2

b. 2/3

c. 3/4

d. 1

Question 4 1 pts

(Lesson 2.11: Covariance and Correlation.)

Suppose that the correlation between December snowfall and temperature in Siberacuse,
NY is . Further suppose that 100 in and (degrees F) .
Find (in units of degree inches, whatever those are).

a. -25

b. -5

c. 5

d. 25

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Question 5 1 pts

(Lesson 2.11: Covariance and Correlation.) If and both have mean and
variance 4, and , find .

a. 34

b. 36

c. 40

d. 41

Question 6 1 pts

(Lesson 2.12: Probability Distributions.)

You may recall that the p.m.f. of the Geometric distribution is

If the number of orders at a production center this month is a Geom(0.7) random variable,
find the probability that we'll have at most 3 orders.

a. 0.027

b. 0.14

c. 0.86

d. 0.973

Question 7 1 pts

(Lesson 2.12: Probability Distributions.) Suppose the SAT math score of a University of
Georgia student can be approximated by a normal distribution with mean 400 and
variance 225. Find the probability that the UGA Einstein will score at least a 415.

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a. 0.5

b. 0.1587

c. 0.975

d. 0.8413

Question 8 1 pts

(Lesson 2.13: Limit Theorems.)

What is the most-important theorem in the universe?

a. Eastern Limit Theorem

b. Central Limit Theorem

c. Central Limit Serum

d. Central Simit Theorem (simit is a tasty Turkish bagel)

Question 9 1 pts

(Lesson 2.13: Limit Theorems.) If are i.i.d. from some distribution with
mean 1 and variance 400, find the approximate probability that the sample mean is
between 0 and 2.

a. 0.1587

b. 0.3174

c. 0.6826

d. 0.8413

Question 10 1 pts

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(Lesson 2.14: Estimation.)

Suppose we collect the following observations: 7, , 1, 6. What is the sample variance?

a. 13

b.

c. 18

d. 28

Question 11 1 pts

(Lesson 2.14: Estimation.) BONUS: Consider two estimators, and , for an unknown
parameter . Suppose that the , , , and
. Which estimator might you decide to use and why?

a. - it has lower expected value

b. - it has lower MSE

c. - it has lower variance

d. - it has lower MSE

Question 12 1 pts

(Lesson 2.15: Maximum Likelihood Estimation.) BONUS: Suppose that

are i.i.d. . Find , the MLE of . (Don't panic --- it's not that difficult.)

a.

b.

c.

d.

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Question 13 1 pts

(Lesson 2.15: Maximum Likelihood Estimation.) BONUS: Suppose that we are looking at
i.i.d. Exp( ) customer service times. We observe times of 2, 4, and 9 minutes. What's
the maximum likelihood estimator of ?

a. 5

b. 1/5

c. 25

d. 1/25

Question 14 1 pts

(Lesson 2.16: Confidence Intervals.) BONUS: Suppose we collect the following

observations: 7, , 1, 6 (as in a previous question in this homework). Let's assume that
these guys are i.i.d. from a normal distribution with variance . Give me a
two-sided 95% confidence interval for the mean .

a.

b.

c.

d.

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