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    1. This document summarizes a midterm examination on statistics and probability. It contains multiple choice questions, identification questions to classify variables as discrete or continuous, and problems evaluating probabilities and constructing sampling distributions. 2. The multiple choice section contains 10 questions testing concepts like random variables, probability distributions, means, variances, and the normal distribution. 3. The identification section requires classifying 10 variables as discrete or continuous. 4. The evaluation and solving sections contain problems calculating probabilities, finding means and variances, counting sample spaces, and constructing sampling distributions from population data.

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    1. This document summarizes a midterm examination on statistics and probability. It contains multiple choice questions, identification questions to classify variables as discrete or continuous, and problems evaluating probabilities and constructing sampling distributions. 2. The multiple choice section contains 10 questions testing concepts like random variables, probability distributions, means, variances, and the normal distribution. 3. The identification section requires classifying 10 variables as discrete or continuous. 4. The evaluation and solving sections contain problems calculating probabilities, finding means and variances, counting sample spaces, and constructing sampling distributions from population data.

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    1. This document summarizes a midterm examination on statistics and probability. It contains multiple choice questions, identification questions to classify variables as discrete or continuous, and problems evaluating probabilities and constructing sampling distributions. 2. The multiple choice section contains 10 questions testing concepts like random variables, probability distributions, means, variances, and the normal distribution. 3. The identification section requires classifying 10 variables as discrete or continuous. 4. The evaluation and solving sections contain problems calculating probabilities, finding means and variances, counting sample spaces, and constructing sampling distributions from population data.

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    1. This document summarizes a midterm examination on statistics and probability. It contains multiple choice questions, identification questions to classify variables as discrete or continuous, and problems evaluating probabilities and constructing sampling distributions. 2. The multiple choice section contains 10 questions testing concepts like random variables, probability distributions, means, variances, and the normal distribution. 3. The identification section requires classifying 10 variables as discrete or continuous. 4. The evaluation and solving sections contain problems calculating probabilities, finding means and variances, counting sample spaces, and constructing sampling distributions from population data.

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    MIDTERM EXAMINATION

    STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY

    Name:________________________________
    Year & Section: ________________________ Score: _______

    I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Direction: Write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided.
    (10pts.)

    1. Which of the following is a discrete random variable?


    a. The average amount of electricity consumed b. The number of patients in a hospital
    c. The amount of paint used n repainting a building d. The average weight of
    female athletes
    2. If two coins are tossed, which is not a possible value of the random variable for the
    number of heads?
    a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3
    3. Which of the following is NOT a true statement?
    a. The value of a random variable is determined by an intentional event.
    b. A random variable is a function that associates a real number to each element in the sample
    space.
    c. The probability of the value of a random variable could be zero.
    d. The sum of all the probabilities in a probability distribution is always equal to one.
    4. Which of the statement is NOT true about Mean?
    a. There are two versions of the mean formula in math—the sample and population formulas.
    b. The most frequently occurring number found in a set of numbers.
    c. It summarizes an entire dataset with a single number representing the data's center point or
    typical value.
    d. It is frequently called the “average.”
    5. Which formula gives the probability distribution shown by table?
    X 2 3 6
    P(x) 3 2 1
    a. P(X) = 1/x b. P(X) = x/6 c. P(X) = 6/x d. P(X) = 1/6

    For numbers 6 – 8, refer to the probability distribution shown below.


    X 0 1 2 3
    P(X) 1/8 3/8 3/8 1/8
    6. What is the mean of the probability
    distribution? a. 1.5 b. 1.2 c. 1.6 d.
    1.8
    7. What is the variance of the probability distribution?
    a. 0.75 b.1.00 c. 1.25 d. 0.50
    8. What is the standard deviation of the probability
    distribution? a. 1.00 b. 0.87 c. 1.12
    d. 0.71
    9. What is the shape of a Normal Probability Distribution?
    a. curve b. bell c. circle d. semi- circle
    10. The total area under a standard normal curve is_____.
    a. - 1 b. 0 c. 1 d. 10

    II. IDENTIFICATION. Direction: Identify whether the given variable is discrete or continuous. Write
    “THEM” if it is discrete and “YOURS” if it is continuous. Write your answer on the blank before
    each item. (10 pts.)
    1. The number of books in the library.
    2. The lifetime in hour of 15 flashlights.
    3. The number of tourists each day in museum.
    4. The capacity of water dams in a region.
    5. The weight of grade 1 pupils.
    6. The number of female athletes.
    7. The number of deaths per year attributed to lung cancer
    8. The amount of sugar in a cup of coffee.
    9. The number of voters favoring a candidate.
    10.The time needed to finish the test.

    III. EVALUATE
    A. Show your solutions. (5 points)
    12 !
    1. 5! 4.
    9 !3!
    2. 9! 5. 9 C 4
    12 !
    3.
    (12−7)!

    B. Using the diagram below, find and Illustrate the area under the normal curve given by the
    following conditions. (2 points each)

    1. P (z<0)
    2. P (-1<z>1)
    3. To the right of z=-2
    4. To the left of z=-3
    5. Between z=-3 and z=2

    III. SOLVING. Direction: Show your complete solutions. (15 pts.)

    1. Find the mean, variance and standard deviation of the following probability distributions. (5 pts.)
    X 1 6 11 16 21
    P(X) 1/7 1/7 2/7 1/7 2/7

    2. How many different samples of size n = 3 can be selected from a population with the
    following sizes? Show your work. (2 pts.)
    a. N = 4 b. N = 8

    3. A population consists of five numbers 2,3, 6, 8, and 11. Consider samples of size 2 that
    can be drawn from this population. (8 pts.)
    a. List all the possible sample outcomes and corresponding means. (3 pts)
    SAMPLE MEAN

    b. Construct the sampling distribution of the sample means. (3 pts.)


    Sample Means Probability
    Frequency
    (x̄) P(x̄)

    c. Draw a histogram of the sampling distribution of the means. (2 pts.)

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