STAT 1P98 – Midterm Review

1. Determine whether the given value is a statistic or a parameter. Thirty percent of all dog
owners poop scoop after their dog.
a. Parameter
b. Statistic

2. There are many potential pitfalls that can cause problems when analyzing data. Which of
these choices are not classified as a potential pitfall?
a. Self-reported data
b. Order of survey questions
c. Nonresponse
d. Measured data

3. A ________ is the collection of data from every member of the population.

a. Placebo
b. Sample
c. Census
d. Statistic

4. Determine whether the given value is a statistic or a parameter. A sample of 120

employees of a company is selected, and the average age is found to be 37 years.
a. Parameter
b. Statistic

5. Determine whether the given description is an observational study or an experiment. A

political pollster reports that a candidate has a 10% lead in the polls; 10% are undecided.
a. Experiment
b. Observational study

6. Determine whether the given value is from a discrete or continuous data set. The time it
takes a computer to complete a task.
a. Continuous
b. Discrete

7. Determine whether the given value is a statistic or a parameter. After taking the first
exam, 15 of the students dropped the class.
a. Parameter
b. Statistic
Use the following statement and graph for the next two questions (8-9):

A nurse measured the blood pressure of each person who visited her clinic. Following is a
relative-frequency histogram for the systolic blood pressure readings for those people aged
between 25 and 40 years. The blood pressure readings were given to the nearest whole
number.

8. Approximately what percentage of the people aged 25-40 had a systolic blood pressure
reading between 110 and 139 mm Hg inclusive?
a. 39%
b. 89%
c. 59%
d. 75%

9. What class width was used to construct the relative frequency distribution?
a. 9 mm Hg
b. 11 mm Hg
c. 10 mm Hg
d. 100 mm Hg

10. Using the histogram below, the shape of the distribution can be described as

a. Skewed left: The data is mostly on the left, with a longer tail to the right
b. Skewed left: The data is mostly on the right, with a longer tail to the left
c. Skewed right: The data is mostly on the left, with a longer tail to the right
d. Skewed right: The data is mostly on the right, with a longer tail to the left
 11. Identify the cumulative frequency distribution that corresponds to the given frequency
distribution:

a. b.

c. d.

Use the following statement and graph for the next two questions (12-13):

The frequency distribution below summarizes employee years of service for Alpha Corporation.

12. Find the class midpoint for class 21-25.

a. 4.0 years
b. 25.0 years
c. 23.0 years
d. 23.5 years

13. Determine the width of each class.

a. 5 years
b. 4 years
c. 10 years
d. 6 years
14. The frequency distribution below summarizes the home sale prices in the city of
Summerhill for the month of June. Determine the width of each class.

a. 28.0
b. 30.9
c. 30.0
d. 31.0

15. Find the variance for the given sample data. Round your answer to one more decimal
place than the original data: 7 7 2 5 1
a. 7.8
b. 7.7
c. 11.8
d. 6.2

16. If the standard deviation for a set of data is 0, which of the following must be true?
a. All of the data values are identical.
b. All of the data values are negative.
c. All the data values equal 0.
d. None of the above must be true since standard deviation cannot be equal to 0.

17. The number of vehicles passing through a bank drive -up line during each 15-minute
period was recorded. The results are shown below. Find the median number of vehicles
going through the line in a 15-minute period.

25 27 25 28 28 25 30 27 35 31 31 29 24 31 25 20 15 27 27 27
a. 31 vehicles
b. 28 vehicles
c. 27 vehicles
d. 26.85 vehicles

18. Find the standard deviation for the given sample data. Round your answer to one more
decimal place than is present in the original data: 22.6 16.1 36.1 36.0 23.8 20.3
a. 4347.7
b. 36.1
c. 3999.0
d. 8.35
19. The mean height of a basketball team is 6 feet with a standard deviation of 0.2 feet. The
team's center is 6.9 feet tall. Find the center's z score. Is his score unusual? Consider a
score to be significant if its z score is less than -2.00 or greater than 2.00.
a. 4.5, yes
b. 3.83, no
c. 4, no
d. 4.95, yes

20. Use the given sample data to find Q1: 44 54 52 54 82 64 57 55

a. 52.0
b. 54.0
c. 53.0
d. 55.0

21. The heights of the adults in one town have a mean of 67.1 inches and a standard
deviation of 3.5 inches. What can you conclude from Chebyshev's theorem about the
percentage of adults in the town whose heights are between 60.1 and 74.1 inches?
a. The percentage is at most 95%.
b. The percentage is at least 95%.
c. The percentage is at least 75%.
d. The percentage is at most 75%.

22. A firm uses trend projection and seasonal factors to simulate sales for a given time
period. It assigns "0" if sales fall, "1" if sales are steady, "2" if sales rise moderately, and
"3" if sales rise a lot. The simulator generates the following output:

0102200123202022123122203002121

Estimate the probability that sales will rise at least moderately.

a. 0.613
b. 0.452
c. 0.516
d. 0.512

23. A study conducted at a certain college shows that 65% of the school's graduates find a
job in their chosen field within a year after graduation. Find the probability that 11
randomly selected graduates all find jobs in their chosen field within a year of
graduating. Round to the nearest thousandth if necessary.
a. 7.150
b. 0.169
c. 0.009
d. 0.013
 24. Refer to the table which summarizes the results of testing for a certain disease.

A test subject is randomly selected and tested for the disease. What is the probability
the subject has the disease given that the test result is negative.
a. 0.094
b. 0.028
c. 0.221
d. 0.972

25. 8 basketball players are to be selected to play in a special game. The players will be
selected from a list of 27 players. If the players are selected randomly, what is the
probability that the 8 tallest players will be selected?
a. 1 / 40,320
b. 1 / 213,127,200
c. 8 / 27
d. 1 / 2,220,075

Use the following statement and table for the next two questions (26-27):

The table below shows the soft drinks preferences of people in three age groups.

26. If one of the 255 subjects is randomly selected, find the probability (in fractional form)
that the person is over 40 and drinks cola.
a. 32/51
b. 4/51
c. 4/17
d. 4/19

27. If one of the 255 subjects is randomly selected, find the probability (in fractional form)
that the person is over 40 or drinks cola.
a. 32/51
b. 4/51
c. 4/17
d. 4/19
28. How many ways can 6 people be arranged in a line if there are 8 people to choose from?
a. 20,160
b. 40,320
c. 48
d. 720

29. Find the mean, µ, for the binomial distribution which has the stated values of n and p.
Round answer to the nearest tenth. n = 676; p = 0.7
a. µ = 474.9
b. µ = 471.7
c. µ = 474.5
d. µ = 473.2

30. Assume that a procedure yields a binomial distribution with a trial repeated n = 30
times. Use the binomial probability formula to find the probability of x = 5 successes
given the probability p = 1/5 of success on a single trial. Round to three decimal places.
a. 0.198
b. 0.172
c. 0.067
d. 0.421

31. In one town, the number of burglaries in a week has a Poisson distribution with a mean
of 1.9 burglaries. Find the probability that in a randomly selected week the number of
burglaries is at least three. Use the Poisson Distribution to find the indicated probability.
a. 0.1710
b. 0.1253
c. 0.7037
d. 0.2963

32. The probability that a call received by a certain switchboard will be a wrong number is
0.02. Use the Poisson distribution to approximate the probability that among 150 calls
received by the switchboard, there are at least two wrong numbers.
a. 0.8009
b. 0.1991
c. 0.5768
d. 0.2240

33. A tennis player makes a successful first serve 51% of the time. If she serves 9 times, what
is the probability that she gets exactly 3 successful first serves in? Assume that each
serve is independent of the others.
a. 0.154
b. 0.00184
c. 0.0635
d. 0.133
34. A test consists of 10 true/false questions. To pass the test a student must answer at least
6 questions correctly. If a student guesses on each question, what is the probability that
the student will pass the test? Round to three decimal places.
a. 0.828
b. 0.377
c. 0.172
d. 0.205

35. Mars, Inc. claims that 20% of its M&M plain candies are orange. A sample of 100 such
candies is randomly selected. Find the mean and standard deviation for the number of
orange candies in such groups of 100.
a. µ = 20,  = 4.0
b. µ = 0.20,  = 4.0
c. µ = 20,  = 0.20
d. µ = 0.020,  = 0.20

36. If z is a standard normal variable, find P(z > 0.97).

a. 0.8340
b. 0.1685
c. 0.1922
d. 0.1660

37. If z is a standard normal variable, find the probability that z lies between -2.41 and 0.
a. 0.0948
b. 0.5080
c. 0.4920
d. 0.4910

38. For women aged 18-24, systolic blood pressures are normally distributed with a mean of
114.8 mm Hg and a standard deviation of 13.1 mm Hg. If 23 women aged 18-24 are
randomly selected, find the probability that their mean systolic blood pressure is
between 119 and 122 mm Hg.
a. 0.0577
b. 0.0833
c. 0.9341
d. 0.3343

39. The lengths of human pregnancies are normally distributed with a mean of 268 days and
a standard deviation of 15 days. What is the probability that a pregnancy will last at least
300 days?
a. 0.9834
b. 0.4834
c. 0.0166
d. 0.0179
40. Scores on a test are normally distributed with a mean of 63.2 and a standard deviation
of 11.7. Find P81, which separates the bottom 81% from the top 19%.
a. 0.291
b. 0.88
c. 73.5
d. 66.6

41. Assume that the red blood cell counts of women are normally distributed with a mean
of 4.577 million cells per microliter and a standard deviation of 0.382 million cells per
microliter. Approximately what percentage of women have red blood cell counts in the
normal range from 4.2 to 5.4 million cells per microliter?
a. 16.11%
b. 17.69%
c. 82.31%
d. 4.09%

42. The weights of college football players are normally distributed with a mean of 200
pounds and a standard deviation of 50 pounds. If a college football player is randomly
selected, find the probability that he weighs between 170 and 220 pounds.
a. 0.2257
b. 0.3811
c. 0.1554
d. 0.0703
Answer key:

Chapter 1: Chapter 5:

1. A 29. D
2. D 30. B
3. C 31. D
4. B 32. A
5. B 33. A
6. A 34. B
7. A 35. A

Chapter 2: Chapter 6:

8. D 36. D
9. C 37. C
10. B 38. A
11. C 39. C
12. C 40. C
13. A 41. C
14. D 42. B

Chapter 3:

15. A
16. A
17. C
18. D
19. A
20. A
21. B

Chapter 4:

22. C
23. C
24. B
25. D
26. B
27. A
28. A