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1. True or False. Justify for full credit. (25 pts) (a) The normal distribution curve is always symmetric to its mean. (b) If the variance from a data set is zero, then all the observations in this data set are identical. (c) The complement of an event is where, 1) AND(AA A APc c (d) In a hypothesis testing, if the p-value is less than the significance level α, we do not have sufficient evidence to reject the null hypothesis. (e) The volume of milk in a jug of milk is 128 oz. The value 128 is from a discrete data set. Refer to the following frequency distribution for Questions 2, 3, 4, and 5. Show all work. Just the answer, without supporting work, will receive no credit. A random sample of 25 customers was chosen in UMUC MiniMart between 3:00 and 4:00 PM on a Friday afternoon. The frequency distribution below shows the distribution for checkout time (in minutes). 2. Complete the frequency table with frequency and relative frequency. 3. What percentage of the checkout times was less than 3 minutes? 4. In what class interval must the median lie? Explain your answer. 5. Assume that the largest observation in this dataset is 5.8. Suppose this observation were incorrectly recorded as 8.5 instead of 5.8. Will the mean increase, decrease, or remain the same? Will the median increase, decrease or remain the same? Why? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. A random sample of STAT200 weekly study times in hours is as follows: Find the sample standard deviation. (Round the answer to two decimal places. Show all work. Just the answer, without supporting work, will receive no credit.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Refer to the following information for Questions 7, 8, and 9. Show all work. Just the answer, without supporting work, will receive no credit. A fair coin is tossed 4 times. 7. How many outcomes are there in the sample space? (5 pts) 8. What is the probability that the third toss is heads, given that the first toss is heads? (10 pts) 9. Let A be the event that the first toss is heads, and B be the event that the third toss is heads. Are A and B independent? Why or why not? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Refer to the following situation for Questions 10, 11, and 12. The boxplots below show the real estate values of single family homes in two neighboring cities, in thousands of dollars. For each question, give your answer as one of the following: (a) Tinytown; (b) BigBurg; (c) Both cities have the same value requested; (d) It is impossible to tell using only the given information. Then explain your answer in each case. 10. Which city has greater variability in real estate values? 11. Which city has the greater percentage of households with values $85,000 and over? 12. Which city has a greater percentage of homes with real estate values between $55,000 and $85,000? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Refer to the following information for Questions 13 and 14. Show all work. Just the answer, without supporting work, will receive no credit. There are 1000 juniors in a college. Among the 1000 juniors, 200 students are taking STAT200, and 100 students are taking PSYC300. There are 50 students taking both courses. 13. What is the probability that a randomly selected junior is taking at least one of these two courses? (10 pts) 14. What is the probability that a randomly selected junior is taking PSYC300, given that he/she is taking STAT200? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15. UMUC Stat Club is sending a delegate of 2 members to attend the 2015 Joint Statistical Meeting in Seattle. There are 10 qualified candidates. How many different ways can the delegate be selected? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 16. Imagine you are in a game show. There are 4 prizes hidden on a game board with 10 spaces. One prize is worth $100, another is worth $50, and two are worth $10. You have to pay $20 to the host if your choice is not correct. Let the random variable x be the winning. Show all work. Just the answer, without supporting work, will receive no credit. (a) What is your expected winning in this game? (5 pts) (b) Determine the standard deviation of x. (Round the answer to two decimal places) (10 pts) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 17. Mimi just started her tennis class three weeks ago. On average, she is able to return 20% of her opponent’s serves. Assume her opponent serves 8 times. Show all work. Just the answer, without supporting work, will receive no credit. (a) Let X be the number of returns that Mimi gets. As we know, the distribution of X is a binomial probability distribution. What is the number of trials (n), probability of successes (p) and probability of failures (q), respectively? (5 pts) (b) Find the probability that she returns at least 1 of the 8 serves from her opponent. (10 pts) (c) How many serves can she expect to return? (5 pts) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Refer to the following information for Questions 18, 19, and 20. Show all work. Just the answer, without supporting work, will receive no credit. The IQ scores are normally distributed with a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15. 18. What is the probability that a randomly selected person has an IQ between 85 and 115? (10 pts) 19. Find the 90th percentile of the IQ distribution. (5 pts) 20. If a random sample of 100 people is selected, what is the standard deviation of the sample mean? (5 pts) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 21. A random sample of 100 light bulbs has a mean lifetime of 3000 hours. Assume that the population standard deviation of the lifetime is 500 hours. Construct a 95% confidence interval estimate of the mean lifetime. Show all work. Just the answer, without supporting work, will receive no credit. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 22. Consider the hypothesis test given by H0: p = 0.5 and Ha: p ≠ 0.5. In a random sample of 225 subjects, the sample proportion is found to be p̂=0.51. (a) Determine the test statistic. Show all work; writing the correct test statistic, without supporting work, will receive no credit. (b) Determine the p-value for this test. Show all work; writing the correct P-value, without supporting work, will receive no credit. (c) Is there sufficient evidence to justify the rejection of H0 at the 0.05 significance level? Explain. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 23. A new prep class was designed to improve AP statistics test scores. Five students were selected at random. The numbers of correct answers on two practice exams were recorded; one before the class and one after. The data recorded in the table below. We want to test if the numbers of correct answers, on average, are higher after the class. Assume we want to use a 0.01 significance level to test the claim. (a) Identify the null hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis. (b) Determine the test statistic. Show all work; writing the correct test statistic, without supporting work, will receive no credit. (c) Determine the p-value. Show all work; writing the correct critical value, without supporting work, will receive no credit. (d) Is there sufficient evidence to support the claim that the mean number of correct answers after the class exceeds the mean number of correct answers before the class? Justify your conclusion. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 24. A random sample of 4 professional athletes produced the following data where x is the number of endorsements the player has and y is the amount of money made (in millions of dollars). (a) Find an equation of the least squares regression line. Show all work; writing the correct equation, without supporting work, will receive no credit. (b) Based on the equation from part (a), what is the predicted value of y if x = 4? Show all work and justify your answer. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25. Randomly selected nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses are categorized according to the day of the week that they first occurred, and the results are listed below. Use a 0.05 significance level to test the claim that such injuries and illnesses occur with equal frequency on the different days of the week. Show all work and justify your answer. (a) Identify the null hypothesis and the alternative hypothesis. (b) Determine the test statistic. Show all work; writing the correct test statistic, without supporting work, will receive no credit. (c) Determine the p-value. Show all work; writing the correct critical value, without supporting work, will receive no credit. (d) Is there sufficient evidence to support the claim that such injuries and illnesses occur with equal frequency on the different days of the week? Justify your answer.

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Introduction

The realm of statistics often revolves around understanding distributions, probabilities, and summarizing data through measures such as mean, median, and standard deviation. The questions provided encompass a wide array of statistical concepts, including the properties of the normal distribution, effects of outliers on statistical measures, hypothesis testing, probability calculations, confidence intervals, regression analysis, and chi-square tests. This paper critically explores these topics with explanations grounded in statistical theory and supported by relevant academic literature.

Normal Distribution and Basic Concepts

The statement asserting that the normal distribution curve is always symmetric about its mean is true, reflecting the fundamental property of the normal distribution as a symmetric bell-shaped curve (Reimann & Scarpino, 2020). This symmetry implies that the mean, median, and mode are equal in a perfectly normal distribution (Rice et al., 2016). Conversely, if the variance of a data set is zero, then all observations are identical, as there is no dispersion around the mean—this is a direct consequence of the definition of variance (Hogg, Tanis, & Zimmerman, 2019).

The complement rule in probability states that P(A^c) = 1 - P(A). The statement in the question appears fragmented but refers to this fundamental principle (Freedman, 2009). In hypothesis testing, a p-value less than the significance level α indicates sufficient evidence to reject the null hypothesis, aligning with the concept of controlling Type I error (Lehmann & Romano, 2005). Lastly, the statement about the volume of milk being a discrete value is incorrect, given that volume measurements in fluid ounces are continuous variables in practice, though they may be rounded to integers (Moore, 2017).

Data Analysis and Statistical Measures

Regarding the frequency distribution of checkout times, constructing an accurate frequency table involves counting the occurrences within each class interval and calculating relative frequencies as proportions of the total sample size. For instance, if 7 out of 25 customers had checkout times less than 3 minutes, then the relative frequency is 7/25 = 0.28 or 28%. Determining the class interval containing the median involves finding the interval where the cumulative frequency crosses the 50% mark, which typically is identified by cumulative counts or percentages (Siegel & Castellan, 1988).

The impact of recording errors on the mean and median can differ; the mean is sensitive to extreme values (outliers), so recording 8.5 instead of 5.8 would likely increase the mean, whereas the median might remain unchanged if the median's position in the data is unaffected by the outlier (Ott & Longnecker, 2015).

The calculation of a sample standard deviation involves finding the square root of the variance, which itself is the average of squared deviations from the mean (Wackerly, Mendenhall, & Scheaffer, 2013). This measure quantifies data dispersion around the mean, where larger deviations contribute more substantially to the variability (Freedman, Pisani, & Purves, 2007).

Probability and Outcomes

In a sequence of coin tosses, the total number of outcomes in the sample space when tossing a fair coin four times is 2^4 = 16, since each toss has two outcomes (Heads or Tails) (Norris, 2016). Conditional probability, such as the probability that the third toss is Heads given the first is Heads, involves considering the subset of outcomes where the first toss is Heads and then evaluating the probability of the third being Heads within that subset. Because each toss is independent, the probability remains 0.5 (Mendenhall, Beaver, & Beaver, 2013).

Independence of events A and B is confirmed if P(A ∩ B) = P(A)P(B). Since in coin tosses the result of one outcome does not influence another, events characterized by the first and third tosses being Heads are independent (Ross, 2014).

Comparative Analysis of Cities and Household Values

Boxplots serve as visual tools to understand data variability and distribution shape. When comparing variability, the city with the wider interquartile range (IQR) or more extensive whiskers indicates greater variability (McGill, Tukey, & Larsen, 1978). The percentage of households with values above a threshold is derived from the proportion of data points exceeding that value, which can be estimated from diagrammatic representations (Tukey, 1977). Similarly, the percentage of homes within a specified range is assessed by counting data points within that range relative to the total sample, assuming the boxplot encapsulates the distribution.

Probabilities in Business and Education Contexts

Calculating probabilities such as the chance that a college junior is enrolled in at least one of two courses involves the inclusion-exclusion principle: P(A ∪ B) = P(A) + P(B) - P(A ∩ B). With the data provided, these probabilities quantify students' course enrollments (Krantz, 1999). Conditional probability, like the likelihood of taking PSYC300 given STAT200 enrollment, is evaluated by P(PSYC300 | STAT200) = P(PSYC300 ∩ STAT200) / P(STAT200).

Sampling and Estimation

Calculating the number of ways to select delegates employs combinations, denoted as C(n, k), where n is total candidates and k is delegates to choose (Bishop & Jergeas, 1995). The expected value in a game involving multiple prizes is the sum of each prize's value multiplied by its probability, while the standard deviation measures the variability of the possible outcomes around this expected value (Wikström, 2004).

Binomial Distribution and Return Probabilities

In the context of tennis, the number of successful returns (X) follows a binomial distribution with parameters n=8 and p=0.2. The probability of returning at least one serve is 1 minus the probability of returning none, calculated as P(X ≥ 1) = 1 - P(X=0) (Devore, 2012). The expected number of returns is n p = 8 0.2 = 1.6, which quantifies Mimi's average successful returns.

Normal Distribution and Percentile Calculations

The probability of an IQ score falling between two values in a normal distribution can be found using standard normal tables or Z-scores. For example, the probability that a person's IQ is between 85 and 115 is approximately 68%, corresponding to roughly one standard deviation from the mean (Field, 2013). The 90th percentile marks the IQ value below which 90% of scores fall, obtainable through inverse normal calculations. The standard error of the mean for a sample size of 100 is σ / √n, where σ is the population standard deviation (Miranda & Lattin, 2015).

Confidence Intervals and Hypothesis Testing

Constructing confidence intervals involves calculating the margin of error based on the standard error and critical value (from the Z-distribution or t-distribution). For the light bulb lifetime, the interval provides a range where the true mean is estimated to fall with 95% confidence (Moore & McCabe, 2017). In hypothesis testing concerning proportion p, the test statistic is z = (p̂ - p0) / √(p0(1 - p0)/n), based on the standard normal distribution (Casella & Berger, 2002). The p-value quantifies the evidence against the null hypothesis, guiding the decision to reject or fail to reject H0 (Lehmann & Romano, 2005).

Paired Sample Tests and Regression

Testing whether the number of correct answers improved after a class involves a paired t-test, where differences are analyzed to infer if the mean difference exceeds zero. The null hypothesis states no improvement, and the alternative indicates an increase (Kirk, 2013). Regression analysis aims to model the relationship between endorsements and earnings, with the least squares regression line minimizing the sum of squared residuals; the formula is y = a + bx, where b is the slope, and a is the intercept (Newman, 2012).

Chi-Square Tests for Goodness-of-Fit

The chi-square test evaluates whether categorical data across multiple classes are uniformly distributed across days of the week. The test statistic sums the squared differences between observed and expected frequencies, scaled by expected frequencies. A significant result suggests non-uniform distribution of injuries or illnesses (Agresti, 2002).

Conclusion

This comprehensive analysis integrates core statistical principles to address each aspect of the provided questions. Understanding the properties of distributions, implications of data anomalies, and the rigorous application of hypothesis testing and estimation techniques underpin sound statistical inference, crucial for effective decision-making in research, business, and education contexts.

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