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AQR Stats - 5.3 to 5.4 Apr 6

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

434 Company pack coffee in bags marked as 250 g

A large number of packs of coffee were weighed and the mean and standard deviation were calculated as 255 g and 2.5 g respectively.

Assuming this data is normally distributed, what percentage of packs are underweight?

a)

2.5%

b)

3.5%

c)

4%

d)

5%

2.

The ages of the population of people living in Meru area in Ipoh are Normally distributed with mean 43 and standard deviation 14


The town has a population of 5,000.

How many would you expect to be aged between 22 and 57?


You can use this Standard Normal Distribution curve:

a)

1750

b)

3860

c)

3870

d)

4330

3.

68% of the marks in a test are between 51 and 64

Assuming this data is normally distributed, what are the mean and standard deviation?

a)

Mean = 57

S.D. = 6.5

b)

Mean = 57

S.D. = 7

c)

Mean = 57.5

S.D. = 6.5

d)

Mean = 57.5

S.D. = 13

4.

Given a mean of 75 and a standard deviation of 7, what percentage of scores are greater than 68?

a)

34%

b)

84%

c)

95%

d)

68%

5.
The average waist size for teenage males is 29 inches with a standard deviation of 2 inches. 
If waist sizes are normally distributed, determine the z-score of a teenage male with a 33 inch waist.  
a)
2
b)
1
c)
-2
d)
-1
6.
The mean temperature in Glens Falls for the month of February is 23 degrees with a standard deviation of 4.2 degrees.  What is the z-score for a temperature of 17 degrees?  
a)
b)
1.43
c)
-1.43
d)
11.5
7.
Pat and Chris both took a spatial abilities test (mean = 80, std. dev. = 8).  Pat scores a 76 and Chris scored a 94.  What percent of individuals would score between Pat and Chris? 
a)
26.8%
b)
96%
c)
65.1%
d)
4%
8.
The z-score represents.....
a)
the amount of standard deviations a data value is above or below the mean.
b)
the percentile the data value is above or below the mean.
c)
the amount of standard deviations a data value is above or below the median.
d)
the percent the data value is above or below the mean.
9.
Find the cumulative area that corresponds to a z-score of 1.25. 
a)
0.89
b)
0.01
c)
0.79
d)
0.12
10.
The mean and standard deviation of a population are 400 and 40, respectively. Sample size is 25. 
What is the mean of the sampling distribution?
a)
400
b)
40
c)
25
d)
8
11.
The weights of unicorns are given by N(1000, 25). What is the probability that a unicorn weighs less than 975 pounds?
a)
15.87%
b)
84.13%
c)
46.02%
d)
12.05%
12.
What happens to the shape of a sampling distribution of sample means as n increases?
a)
It becomes narrower and bimodal.
b)
It becomes narrower and more normal.
c)
It becomes wider and skewed right. 
d)
It becomes wider and more normal. 
13.
Which sample size for a sampling distribution will have the SMALLEST standard deviation?
a)
n = 10
b)
n = 200
c)
n = 400
d)
n = 1000
14.
Calculate μx-bar and σx-bar if μ = 794, σ = 48, and n = 64
a)
μx-bar = 794, σx-bar = 0.75
b)
μx-bar = 12.4, σx-bar = 0.75
c)
μx-bar =794, σx-bar = 6
d)
μx-bar = 99.25, σx-bar = 6
15.
The mean distance an OHS student travels to school is 5.6 miles with a standard deviation of 1.7 miles. Is it more likely to find one student that travels more than 6 miles to school or a mean of a sample of 29 students that travel more than 6 miles? 
a)
It is more likely to find 1 student that travels more than 6 miles to school
b)
It is more likely to find a sample of 29 students whose mean is greater than 6 miles
c)
Both equally likely
d)
There is not enough information to answer this question