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NAME________________________________ STUDENT NUMBER______________

STA220H5F L0101 University of Toronto Mississauga November 11, 2009
TERM TEST II
Duration 50 minutes
AIDS PERMITTED: Calculators, one 8.5 by 11" aid sheet
Statistical tables will be provided. The marks on this test add up to 50.
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(10 Marks)
I. If the statement is true circle T otherwise circle F.
A. The mean of the normal distribution is 0. T F
B. The mean of the Poisson distribution equals its standard deviation. T F
C. The normal approximation can be used for any binomial. T F
D. The confidence coefficient for a 90% Confidence Interval is 0.9 T F
E. The sampling distribution of means is approximately normal. T F
F. The width of a confidence interval equals 2 times SE. T F
G. For samples with n = 20 from the uniform distribution the sampling
distribution of 0 will be approximately normal. T F

H. We should correct for continuity when we compute the probability in
the uniform distribution. T F
I. If s = F then s is an unbiased estimator of F . T F
2 2 2 2
J. If we increase the sample size n then the width of the confidence
interval increases. T F
[10 marks]
II. A telephone company knows that long distance telephone bills are normally distributed.
A random sample of 45 customers is selected and the mean bill is $25 with a standard
deviation is $13.
A. Give a 99% confidence interval for :.
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B. Suppose the company wants to estimate the mean within $2 with 95% confidence.
How large a sample is required?
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C. The company gets another sample of 15 and the mean is $20 with a standard
deviation of $12. Find a 99% confidence interval for :.
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(10 marks)
III. Pulse rates for adults have a normal distribution with a mean of 70 beats per minute and
a standard deviation of 11.
A. What proportion of the population has pulse rates of less than 73?
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B. What proportion has pulse rates between 65 and 90?
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C. Find the 60th percentile.
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D. If 30 people are randomly selected what is the probability that the average pulse
rate for this group is more than 73?
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(10 marks)
IV. A. The weights of parrot fish are normally distributed with a standard deviation of 0.9
kg. A random sample of 34 parrot fish had a mean weight of 3.1 kg.
Test at " = 0.1 to see if the mean weight of these fish exceeds 2.9 kg.
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B. A four year study of various brands of bottled water found that 20% of the brands
of bottled water was just tap water. Let x = number of brands that are just tap
water. A random sample of 5 brands of bottled water is obtained.
i. Find P(x = 2)
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ii. Find the probability that at most one of the bottles is just tap water.
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iii. If the size of the random sample is 47
Find P(x # 16)
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[10 marks]
V. Computer repair times (in minutes) are exponentially distributed with 2 = 10 minutes.
A. Find the probability that the repair time is less than 15 minutes.
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B. What is the average repair time?
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C. Draw a sketch of the distribution of repair times.
D. If random samples of 100 repair times are taken draw a sketch of the sampling
distribution of 0.
E. Calculate the probability that the mean repair time 0 is no more than 8 minutes.
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