STATISTICS SECTION 1 ‘Time—1 hour and 30 minutes Number of questions —40 Percent of total grade—S0 Directions: Salve each of the following problems, using the available space for sratchwork. Decide which is the best of the choies given and fll i the corresponding oval on the answer sheet. No credit wll be given for anything ‘wren inte t5t book. Do not spend too mack time on any one problem. 1. Which ofthe following ie key distinction between well designed experiments and observational studies? (A) More subjocts are available for experiments than for observational studies. (B) Ethical constrains prevent large-scale observational statis. (©) Experiments are lst costly to conduct than observational studies. (D) An experiment ean show a dtet cause-and-effect relationship, whereas an observational sty cannot, () Tests of significance cannot be used on data collected from an observational study 2. A manufacturer of balloons claims that p, the proportion ofits balloons that burst when inflated toa dismeter Fup to 12 inches, is no more than 0.05. Some customers have complained thatthe balloons sre basting mare frequently Ihe customers want to conduct an experiment totes the manufacturer's claim, which ofthe Tellowing hypotheses would be eppropriat? (A) Ho: p # 005,11: p = 005 (B) Ho: p = 005,12 p > 005 (©) Ho: p = 005.1: p # 005 (D) Hy: p = 005,38: p< 005 © He: p< 005,1,: p = 005 yar page ee (GO ONTO THE NEXT PAGE 223, Lauren is enrolled in a vey larg college calculus class. On the fist exam, the class mean was 75 andthe ‘tandard deviation was 10. On te second exam, the class mean was 70 and the stanéard deviation was 15. ‘Lauren scored 85 on both exam. Assuming the scores on each exam were approximately normally distributed, ‘on which exam did Lauren score beter relative tothe rest ofthe class? (A) She scored much beter onthe first exam- (B) She scored meh beter onthe second exam. (©) She scored about equally well on both exams. () Iti impossible o tell because the class size snot given. (Kes imposible o tell because te corelation between the two sets of exam scores isnot given 4, Suppose tat 30 percent ofthe subsribes toa cable television sevice wath the shopping channel atleast fonce a week Yow ave design simulation to estimate the probability that nope of five randomly selected subscribers watches the shopping channel atleast once a week. Which ofthe following assgarueats of he digits DO through 9 would be appropriate for modeling an individual subscribers behavior inthis simulation? (A) Assign “0, 1,2" as watching the shopping channel atleast once a week and "3, 4, 5, 6,7, 8, nd 9" a8 not watching. (B) Assign “0, 12,3 a8 waiching the shopping channel at least once a wosk and 4,5, 6,7, 8, and 9" a8 not (©) Assign “l 2,3,4, 5"as watching the shopping channel st lest once a week and "6,7, 8,9, and 0" ab not watching, (D) Assign “0” as watching the shopping channel a leat once a week and “I, 2 3,4, nd 5” as not watching; Fgnore digits “6,7, 8, and 9” (&) Assign "3" as wating the shopping channel atleast once a week and “0 1, 2, 4,5, 6,7, 8, and 9" as not ‘watching [Seva laisse G0 OW TOTHE Next PAGE 235, The number of sweatsics a vender sels daily has the flloing probability distribution NonberofSveauhine=|[ 0 | 1 [2 [3 | 4 | § Pa) oa | 03 | os | 01 | 00g | 002 If each sweats sells for $25, whats the expected daily total dolar amount taken in bythe vendor from the sale of sveatshins? (a) $5.00 @) S160 © $350 «) $38.00 ) $75.00 a 6, The correlation between two scores X end ¥ equals 08. Iboth the X scores and the ¥ scores are converted to eseores, then the coreation between the z-scores for X and the z-scores for ¥ would be ww -08 B) -02 © 090 @) 02 ® 08 [soos eons io 60 ON TOTHE NEXT PAGE [stenoots rises an 2a