AP Statistics Name:____________________________________

Review for Midterm

Date:_____________________________________

Format: Two test grades in the second marking. Four free response questions and twenty multiple-choice
questions. The free response and multiple-choice portions are weighted equally. These are some main topics
you should know:

Unit 1 Probability
• Binomial Some Vocabulary
• Geometric Terms
• Discrete Probability Distribution-mean/sd • Skewed Right
• Combinations • Skewed Left
• P(A or B), P(A and B) • Bell shaped
• Normal Distributions(z score) • Symmetric
• Invnorm problems • Uniform
• Central Limit Theorem • Normal curve
• Mean and proportions problems for samples • Mean/SD/Med
• CLT • Variability
• Range/IQR
Unit 2 Describing Data • Variance
• Dot plot/ bar chart/scatter plot • Quartile
• Stem Plot-regular and comparative • Gaps/clusters
• Box Plot-skeletal and modified. 5 # summary, markers for outliers • Observational
• Histogram-frequency table and percentile Study
• Calculate mean and standard deviation. • Experiment
-know what happens to each when data is increased by 15% • Treatment
-know what happens to each when each data point is increased by 15
• Response Var
• 4 measures of center
• Census
• 4 measures of variability
• Voluntary resp.
• 2 measures of relative location
• Ramdon sample
• Skewed right/skewed left. Examples. Mean vs median
• Control group
• Placebo
Unit 3 Correlation and Regression
• Stratified
• Lin Reg, r, r2, SE, residuals, good fit, transformations
• Bias
Unit 4 Experimental Design • Randomization
• Experiments vs Observations • Blinding
• 5 sampling techniques • Double blind
• Definition of SRS • Confounding
• 3 types of bias
• Design an experiment
• Key concepts of experimental design

Unit 5- Part 1- Confidence Intervals

• Confidence Intervals for means (T score)
• Confidence Intervals for proportions
• Sample size

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AP Statistics Name:____________________________________
Review for Midterm
Date:_____________________________________

Multiple Choice
1. The following are prices for a 25 inch T.V. found in different stores around Roseville:
100,98,121,111,97,135,136,104,135,138,189,114, 92, 69
a. Skewed to the right
b. Symmetric
c. Skewed to the left
d. Uniform
e. Bell shaped

2. Which of the following are true statements?

I. Not every symmetric bell shaped curves are normal
II. All normal curves are bell shaped and symmetric
III. All symmetric histograms are unimodal

a. I only b. II only c. III only d. I and II e. None of the above

3. Which of the following are true statements?

I. Stemplots are useful for extremely large data sets.
II. In histograms, relative areas correspond to relative frequencies.
III. Both dotplots and stemplots show symmetry, clusters, gaps, and outliers.

a. I only b. II only c. I and II d. II and III e. III only

4. Which of the following distributions are more likely to be skewed to the left than skewed to the right?

I. Scores on an easy test

II. Scores on a hard test
III. # of sodas drank in a week

a. I only b. I and II c. I and III d. II and III e. I, II, and III

5. Suppose the average score on a national test is 600, with a standard deviation of 50.
If each score is increased by 10, what are the new mean and standard deviation.

a. 600, 60 b. 610, 50 c. 610, 55 d. 610, 60 e. 600, 50

6. When a set of data has suspect outliers, which of the following are preferred measures
of central tendency and of variability?
a. mean and variance
b. median and range
c. mean and range
d. median and interquartile range
e. mean and standard deviation
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7. Use the following boxplot to answer the following

15 17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31 33

I. The mean score is 25

II. The interquartile range is 8
III. The 75th percentile rank is 19

a. I only b. II only c. III only d. II and III e. I and II

8. A student poll here on campus shows 20% like McDonalds, 30% like Burger King, 25 % like Wendy’s and
25% like Smash Burger.
Which of the following visual displays is most appropriate.
a. Boxplot
b. Dotplot
c. Scatterplot
d. Bar chart
e. Stem and leaf plot

9. Consider the following two histograms, then decide which of the statements are true.

100 120 140 160 180

100 120 140 160 180

a. Both sets have the same standard deviation

b. Both sets have gaps and clusters
c. Only one of the graphs is symmetric
d. Both sets have the same mean and same range
e. Both sets have the same variance
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10. Consider the following back to back stem and leaf plot

4 8
752 5 11488
41 6 14567899
8754 7 34668
965330 8 6
8543331 9 24

Which of the following is a true statement

I. The ranges are the same
II. The variances are the same
III. The means are the same
IV. The medians are the same
V. The sample sizes are the same

a. I and II b. I and V c. II and V d. III and V e. I, II, and III

11. Consider the following parallel boxplots.

90 100 110 120 130 140

I. They both have the same range

II. They both have the same interquartile ranges
III. They both have the same mean
IV. They both have the same medians

a. I and IV b. II and IV c. III and IV d. II and III e. I and II

12. Which of the following statements about the correlation coefficient r are true?

I. It is not affected by changes in the measurement units of the variables.

II. It is not affected by which variable is called x and which is called y.
III. It is not affected by extreme values.

a. I only
b. I and II
c. I and III
d. II and III
e. I, II, and III

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13. Which of the following statements about residuals are true?

I. Outliers in the y direction have large residuals.

II. A definite pattern in the residual plot is an indication that a nonlinear model will show a
better fit to the data than a straight regression line.
III. A residual plot that has no definite pattern indicates that a nonlinear relationship will show a
better fit to the data than a straight line.
a. II only
b. I and III
c. II and III
d. I, II, and III
e. I and II

14. The heart disease death rates per 100,000 people in the United States for certain years were
Year 1950 1960 1970 1975 1980
Death rate 307.6 286.2 253.6 217.8 202.0
Find the regression line and predict the death rate for the year 1983.
a. 145.8 per 100,000 people
b. 192.5 per 100,000 people
c. 196.8 per 100,000 people
d. 198.5 per 100,000 people
e. None of the above

Questions 15 – 17 are based on the following table which shows the number of high school students taking an
AP class in a subject by grade level
Math English Foreign Language
Senior 70 80 70
Junior 150 60 35
Sophomore 180 30 15

15. What Percentage of students are taking Math?

a. 10.14%
b. 30.43%
c. 57.97%
d. 88.4%
e. None of the above

16. What percentage of the students are juniors and taking a Foreign Language?
a. 14.29%
b. 17.39%
c. 5.07%
d. 52.89%
e. None of the above

17. What percentage of those taking English are Seniors?

a. .4706
b. .3636
c. .1159
d. .3043
e. .3188

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18. Which of the following are true statements?
I. In an experiment some treatment is intentionally forced on one group to note the response.
II. In an observational study information is gathered on an already existing situation.
III. Sample surveys are observational studies, not experiments.

a. I and II
b. I and III
c. II and III
d. I, II, and III
e. None of these are true statements.

19. In one study bodybuilders were given 500 and 1,000 milligrams of Creatine, and the increase in strength
gained in the bench press was noted. In a second study people responded to a questionnaire asking
about the average time they spend in the gym in a day and the amount of weight they can bench press.
a. Both studies were controlled experiments
b. Both studies were observational.
c. None of the above is a correct statement.
d. The first study was an experiment without a control group, while the second was an observational study.
e. The first study was an observational study, while the second was a controlled experiment.

20. Which of the following are true statements?

I. Based on careful use of control groups, experiments can often indicate cause and effect
relationships.
II. An observational study may suggest cause and effect if one can control lurking variables.
III. A complete census is the only way to establish a cause and effect relationship absolutely.

a. I, II, and III

b. I and II
c. I and III
d. II and III
e. None of the above.

21. Jerry Springer’s special show on would you date your own sister asked his viewers “would you date your
own sister?” Of more than 10,000 viewers who responded, 70% said yes. What does this show?
a. The survey would have been more meaningful if he had picked a random sample of the 10,000 viewers.
b. The survey would have been more meaningful if he had used a control group.
c. This was a legitimate sample, randomly drawn from his viewers and of sufficient size to allow the
conclusion that most of his viewers would in fact date their own sister.
d. No meaningful conclusion is possible without knowing something more about the characteristics of his
viewers.
e. The survey is meaningless because of voluntary response.

22. Each of the 7 basketball teams in the SFL has 12 players. A sample of 14 players is to be chosen as
follows. Each team will be asked to place 12 cards with their players’ names into a hat and randomly
draw out two names. The two names from each team will be combined to make up the sample. Will
this method result in a simple random sample of the 84 basketball players.
a. Yes, b/C this is an example of stratified sampling, which is a special case of simple random Sampling.
b. No, because the teams are not chosen randomly.
c. No, because not each group of 14 players has the same chance of being selected.
d. Yes, because each player has the same chance of being selected.
e. Yes, because each team is equally represented.
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23. A researcher planning a survey of heads of households in a particular state has census lists for each of the
23 counties in that state. The procedure will be to obtain a random sample of heads of households from
each of the counties rather than grouping all the census lists together and obtaining a sample from the
entire group. Which of the following is a true statement about the resulting stratified sample?
I. It is easier and less costly to obtain than a simple random sample.
II. It gives comparative information that a simple random sample wouldn’t give.
III. It is not a simple random sample.

a. I and III
b. I, II, and III
c. I only
d. I and II
e. None of the above

24. In designing an experiment, blocking is used

a. As a substitute for a control group
b. As a first step in randomization
c. To control the level of the experiment.
d. To reduce bias
e. To reduce variation by controlling extraneous factors.

25. Consider the following studies being run by three different nursing homes.
I. One nursing home brings in pets for an hour every day to see if patient morale is improved.
II. One nursing home allows hourly visits every day by kindergarten children to see if patient
morale is improved.
III. One nursing home administers antidepressants to all patients to see if patient morale is
improved.

Which of the following statements are true?

a. All of the (b-e) are true
b. None of these studies uses randomization
c. None of these studies uses control groups
d. None of these studies uses blinding
e. Important information can be obtained from all these studies, but none will be able to establish cause
and affect relationships.

26. Which of the following are important in the design of an experiment?

I. Control of confounding variables
II. Randomization in assigning subjects to different treatments.
III. Using a single treatment to gain knowledge about the response variable

a. I only
b. II only
c. III only
d. I, II, and III
e. I and II

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27. 30% of the students on campus bring their text book to class with them. In a random group of 10 people,
what is the probability that exactly six have brought their books to class?

a. .0367
b. .1029
c. .2000
d. .3503
e. .9890

28. One of the lottery tickets that you can purchase at a local store has these payoff probabilities.
Payoff ($) 0 200 500
Probability .5 .2 .3

What are the mean and standard deviation for the payoff variable?
=a. µ x 233.33
= σ x 355.9
b. µ x 233.33
= = σ x 220.85
=
c. µ x 190
= σ x 363.13
=
d. µ x 190
= σ x 216.56
e. None of the above

29. If P(A) = .3 and P(B) = .2, what is P ( A ∪ B ) if A and B are Independent?

a. .06
b. .44
c. .50
d. .56
e. There is insufficient information.

30. There are two games involving flipping a coin. In the first game you win a prize if you can throw between
40% and 60% heads. In the second game you win if you can throw more than 75% heads. For each
game would you rather flip the coin 50 or 500 times?
a. It does not matter.
b. 50 times for each game
c. 500 for each game
d. 50 for the first game and 500 for the second
e. 500 for the first game and 50 for the second

31. Given that 55% of the U.S. Population are female and 20% are older than age 65, can we conclude that
(.55)(.20) = 11% are women older than 65?
a. Yes, by the multiplication rule.
b. Yes, by conditional probability
c. Yes, by law of large numbers.
d. No, because the events are not independent.
e. No, because the events are mutually exclusive.

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32. Consider the following table of ages of U.S. senators

Age (yrs.) < 40 40 – 49 50 – 59 60 – 69 70 – 79 > 79

Number of senators 10 25 30 29 4 2

What is the probability that a senator is less than 60 years old given that he is over 39 years old?
a. .055
b. .111
c. .611
d. .90
e. .94

33. Given P(A) = .3 and P( A ∪ B ) =.7 , what is the probability P(B) if A and B are mutually exclusive? If A
and B are independent?
a. .4, .3
b. .4, .57
c. None of the answers are correct
d. .7, .57
e. .7, .3

34. Granite Bay High school receives 15% of its packages from company C1, 45% from company C2, and the
rest from company C3. The probability that a package is late is .03, .02, and .04, depending on whether
it is from company C1, C2, or C3, respectively. If a randomly chosen package is late, what is the
probability that it is from company C1?
a. .153
b. .0045
c. .0295
d. ..016
e. .009

35. Which of the following are true statements?

f. None of the above.
I. Normal curves with different means can be centered around the same numbers.
II. The area under a normal curve is always equal to one, no matter what the mean and standard
deviation are.
III. The smaller the standard deviation of a normal curve, the shorter and wider the graph.
a. None of the above.
b. II only
c. II and III
d. I and II
e. I, II, and III

36. A trucking firm determines that its fleet of trucks averages a mean of 18.2 miles per gallon with a standard
deviation of .8 miles per gallon on cross country hauls. What is the probability that one of the trucks
averages more than 19 miles per gallon?
a. .212
b. .788
c. None of the answers is correct
d. .159
e. .841
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37. The mean score on a college entrance exam is 600 with a standard deviation of 50. 80% of the tests takers
score above what value?
a. 642
b. 558
c. 525
d. 650
e. None of the answers are correct

38. Suppose that 25% of all business executives are willing to switch companies if offered a higher salary. If a
headhunter randomly contacts a random sample of 75 executives, what is the probability that over 30%
will be willing to switch companies if offered a higher salary?
a. .146
b. .182
c. .436
d. .841
e. .159

39. Which of the following are true statements?

I. The sampling distribution of p has a mean equal to the population proportion p.
II. The sampling distribution of p has a standard deviation equal to np(1− p)
III. The sampling distribution of p is considered close to normal provided that n ≥ 30 .
a. None of the below.
b. I and II
c. I and III
d. II and III
e. I, II, and III

40. Given that 58% of all gold dealers believe next year will be a good one to speculate in South African gold
coins, in a simple random sample of 150 dealers, what is the probability that between 55% and 60%
believe that it will be a good year to speculate?
a. .4619
b. .0500
c. .1192
d. .3099
e. .9215

41. Assume that a baseball team has an average pitcher. That is one whose probability of winning any decision
is .5. If this pitcher has 40 decisions in a season, what is the probability that he will win less than 30
games?
a. .9989
b. .9997
c. .002
d. .001
e. .0003

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42. The mean income per household in a certain state is $9000 with a standard deviation of $1500. The middle
90% of incomes are between what two values?

a. $6060 and $11940

b. $6532 and 11467
c. $7078 and $8999
d. $7737.5 and $10262.4

Answers:
1)A 2)D 3)D 4)A 5)B 6)D 7)B 8)D 9)D 10)B 11)E 12)B 13)E

14)E 15)C 16)C 17)A 18)D 19)D 20)C 21)E 22)C 23)B 24)E 25)A 26)B

27)A 28)D 29)B 30)E 31)D 32)C 33)B 34)A 35)B 36)D 37)B 38)E 39)A

40)A 41)A 42)B

Mixed Problem Set

This histogram shows the ages of the last 150 people who rode
The Beast at Kings Island. Use it to answer questions #1-3.
1. The distribution of the graph can best be described as
which of the following: symmetric, skewed to the right, or
skewed to the left?
2. Which of the following statements is correct about this
histogram:
a. The mean will most likely be less than the median. 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60
Age of Rider
b. The mean will most likely be more than the
median.
c. The mean will be exactly equal to the median.
3. In which range will the median of this data lie? (i.e. 5-10, 10-15, 15-20, etc.)
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The following data is a list of the ages of the last 30 people to ride the carousel at Kings Island. Use it to
answer questions #4-8.

35 71 24 54 55 68 4 29 31 6 10 73 45 48 52 27 3 43 52 81 78 36 39 11 8 63 60 29 35 9

4. Organize the data into a stemplot.

5. Find the mean, median, standard deviation, and five-number summary of the data.
6. What is the interquartile range?
7. Does the data have any outliers? How can you tell?
8. Organize the data into a boxplot.
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The following shows the ages of the last 1000 people to ride the
FireHawk at Kings Island. Use it to answer questions #9-13.
9. If a 32-year-old rides FireHawk, in what percentile would
he be?
10. What age corresponds to the 40th-percentile?
11. What is the IQR for this set of data, approximately?
12. Should a FireHawk rider that is 55 be considered an outlier
in this set of data? Why or why not?
13. If you were to draw a histogram of this data, would it
symmetrical or skewed? How can you tell? 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55
Age

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14. Suppose that the mean of a set of data is 55.8 and the standard deviation of a set of data is 12.2.
a. What would the new mean and standard deviation be if you added 10 to each data point?
b. What would the new mean and standard deviation be if you multiplied each data point by 5?
c. What is the variance of this set of data?
15. Describe the two main differences between a bar graph and a histogram.
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The lengths of time (in hours) an incandescent light bulb can stay lit solidly are normally distributed, with a
mean of 62 hours and a standard deviation of 4.4 hours. Use this information to answer questions #16-20.
16. What percent of light bulbs can last within one standard deviation of the mean, between 57.6 hours
and 66.4 hours?
17. A company considers a bulb defective if it can only last 50 hours straight. What portion of light bulbs
would this company consider defective?
18. An energy-efficient bulb can stay lit for at least 68 hours. What percent of incandescent bulbs can stay
lit for that long?
19. What portion of light bulbs can stay lit for between 55 and 65 hours straight?
20. The top 2% of light bulbs can stay lit for at least how long?

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21. Sophia got a 95% on her Statistics mid-term and a 91% on her Calculus mid-term. The grades on both
tests were normally distributed. The Statistics grades had a mean of 87%, with a standard deviation of
7%, while the Calculus grades had a mean of 85% with a standard deviation of 4%. On which test did
Sophia do better, compared to the rest of her class? How can you tell?
22. A set of data has the following normal probability plot. Is the data
normal? How can you tell?
23. A bad statistician heard that the mean age of the riders of Invertigo at
Kings Island is 23, with a standard deviation of 5.5 years. He
concluded that 95% of the riders of Invertigo must be between the
ages of 12 and 34. What is incorrect about his conclusion?

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The table below compares the average weight and average life span of several common dog breeds. Use it to
answer questions #24-29.

Breed Avg. weight (lbs) Avg. life span (yrs) Breed Avg. weight (lbs) Avg. life span (yrs)
Beagle 26 13.0 Golden retriever 70 11.0
Boxer 70 12.5 Labrador retriever 73 12.0
Bulldog 50 11.1 Pomeranian 5 13.9
Chihuahua 4 14.3 Poodle 42 12.7
Dachshund 19 13.2 Rottweiler 113 10.8
German shepherd 82 12.3 Yorkshire terrier 6 13.5

24. Calculate r for this set of data. What can you conclude about the relationship between average weight
and average life span of a dog breed?
25. Calculate the equation of the least-squares regression line for this set of data. How accurate will the
regression line be at predicting the average life span of a dog breed from its weight? How do you
know?
26. A Shih Tzu weighs an average of 13 pounds. Approximately how long is a Shih Tzu’s average life span?
27. A Shih Tzu’s actual average life span is 12.5 years. What is the residual of that data point?
28. A Mastiff weights an average of 200 pounds. Approximately how long is a Mastiff’s average life span?
Are you confident in your answer as the true estimate of a Mastiff’s average life span? Why or why
not?
29. What percent of a dog breed’s average life span can be explained by its average weight?
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30. A researcher runs a detailed study and concludes the following: “The correlation between the age
when a child first walks and the age when a child says their first word appears to be approximately
zero.” Describe what this means to someone who does not know anything about statistics.

31. A study was conducted to see if a baby’s birth weight was related to their birth length. A sample of
200 babies were measured and the following data was gathered:
Mean Standard deviation
Birth weights: 8.7 lbs 2.8 lbs
Birth lengths: 15.3 in 4.2 in
Correlation coefficient: r = 0.895
A scatterplot revealed that the data was fairly linear. Use all of that information to write the
regression line that predicts birth length from birth weight.

32. In the scatterplot to the right, what would happen to the value of
r if point X was removed? What would happen to the slope of the
regression line? Based on that, is point X an outlier? Why or why
not?

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 33. Match each of the following functions to the transformation that would make them linear:
i. x vs. y
5x
a. y = 3(2) ii. x vs. log(y)
iii. log(x) vs. y
2
b. y = 3x iv. log(x) vs. log(y)
v. xy vs. log(xy)

34. A set of data is shown to have a linear relationship if transformed into the function log(y)=2+5x.
Transform that relationship back into a direct relationship between x and y. What is the value of y
when x=0.2?
35. Label each relationship below with its correct type: cause-and-effect, common response, or
confounding variables.
a. There is a strong, negative correlation between one’s height and the length of one’s hair.
However, it should be noted that men are generally taller and have shorter hair.
b. There is a strong, positive correlation between one’s height and one’s age. However, it should
be noted that one grows taller as they age.
c. There is a strong, positive correlation between one’s height and the distance one can run
before getting winded. However, it should be noted that there are other factors besides how
long one’s legs are that contribute to how far you can run, including health and level of training.

36. Studies have indicated that there is a strong, negative correlation between the number of times per
week that you brush your teeth and the number of cavities you get each year. Which of the following
can be concluded from this information?
a. Not brushing your teeth causes you to get cavities.
b. People who don’t brush their teeth often are more likely to have cavities than people who do.
c. There is statistically significant evidence that brushing your teeth prevents cavities.
d. None of these can be concluded.
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37. A politician wants to know how the residents of his district will react to a bill that lowers the driving
age to 15 years old. He runs an ad during the evening news on a local television station that says:

Let us know what you think! Would you be in favor of allowing 15-year-old children to get their driver’s
license, or would you rather keep the driving age at 16-years-old, when they are more mature and
ready to take on the responsibility of driving? Give us a call at 555-7834, and give us your opinion!

Which of the following types of bias are present in this ad: voluntary response bias, convenience
sampling, undercoverage bias, non-response bias, poor wording effect bias?

38. When asked what their favorite sport is, 44% of American men say football, 26% say baseball, 22% say
basketball, 5% say soccer, 2% say hockey, and 1% say something else. Use the following sequence of
random numbers to simulate asking 30 men about their favorite sport. Clearly explain the process you
used in your simulation.

14459 26056 31429 80371 65103 62253 50490 61181 38967 98532 62183 70632 23417 26185

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 39. A report on a new brand of headache medicine, Probanol, is published that says, “After extensive
research, there is statistically significant evidence that Probanol reduces the likelihood of getting a
migraine headache.” Explain what that means to someone who doesn’t know anything about
statistics.
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An eye doctor believes that he has invented a new drop that improves eyesight. He randomly selects 200
people, and he has them read an eye chart. He then administers the drops and has them read a similar eye
chart, noting any improvement. However, despite telling everyone that they will be receiving the new drops,
he only gives 100 of the subjects the actual drops; the other half of the sample is simply given water drops.

40. What is the purpose of the water drops? Why couldn’t the eye doctor simply have administered his
drops and noted improvement?
41. What is the factor in this experiment? What are the treatments?
42. Is this experiment blind? Is it double-blind?
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The principal wants to know if the JJHS student body would like the library to stay open longer during the day.
He gathers a random sample of 100 students from each grade level.
43. What is the population of this study?
44. Which of these most accurately describes this sample: simple random sample, stratified random
sample, or census?
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45. The probability that Event A occurs is 0.48, and the probability that Event B occurs is 0.62. The
probability that both occur at the same time is 0.23. Draw a Venn diagram to represent this situation.
Then use it to find P(A and B), P(Ac and B), P(A and Bc), P(Ac and Bc), P(A|B), and P(B|A).
46. Event A is that you will complete this exam review. Event B is that you will get an A on the semester
exam. Are Events A and B disjoint? Are they independent?

You have a large bag of marbles, with proportions of each color listed below. Use that chart to answer
questions #47-54.
Color Red Yellow Blue Green Orange Purple Black White
Prob. 0.13 0.06 0.21 0.08 0.18 0.05 0.11 ???

47. What is the probability of drawing a white marble from the bag?
48. What is the probability of drawing either a red or blue marble from the bag?
49. What is the probability of drawing a marble from the bag that is not yellow?
50. I draw a marble from the bag and tell you that it isn’t black or white. What is the probability that it is
green?
51. Imagine that you draw two marbles from the bag, replacing the first before drawing the second. What
is the probability that they are both orange?
52. What is the probability that neither of them is orange?
53. Are questions #51 and #52 above complements? Why or why not?
54. Imagine that you draw five marbles from the bag, replacing them each time before drawing the next.
What is the probability that you get at least one purple?
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Suppose that, in Mr. Willets’ AP Calculus class, 71% of the students are seniors, 26% are juniors, and 4% are
sophomores. 36% of the seniors and 15% of the juniors are also in AP Statistics, but none of the sophomores
are. Use that information to answer questions #55-60.
55. Draw a tree diagram to organize the above information. Make sure to include the final probability of
each branch.
56. What is the probability that a randomly-selected student from Mr. Willets’ class is a junior in AP
Statistics?
57. What is the probability that a randomly-selected student from Mr. Willets’ class is a senior who is not
in AP Statistics?
58. What is the probability that a randomly-selected student from Mr. Willets’ class is a sophomore who is
in AP Statistics?
59. What is the probability that a randomly-selected student from Mr. Willets’ class is also in AP Statistics?
60. A student is randomly selected from Mr. Willets’ class, and that student is also in AP Statistics. What is
the probability that they are a senior?
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61. Which of the following sequences of heads/tails is most likely to occur, if you flipped a fair coin 6
times?
a. H, H, H, H, H, H
b. H, T, H, T, H, T
c. H, H, H, T, T, T
d. T, H, H, T, H, T
e. None of these
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62. A fair die is rolled 600 times. Label each of the following statements as true or false:
a. Exactly 100 of the rolls will be 1s.
b. As the number of rolls approaches 600, the proportion of 5s rolled will get closer to 1/6.
c. A run of 8 odd numbers in a row is impossible, since the proportion of evens and odds has to
stay close to 50%.
d. The number of 3s rolled should be approximately equal to the number of 6s rolled, by the end.
e. The first twelve rolls will include two of each number, to keep the proportions equal.
In the following probability distribution, X = the number of 10s rolled on three ten-sided dice. Use it to answer
questions #63-65.
X 0 1 2 3
P(X) .729 .243 .027 .001

63. Is the distribution above discrete or continuous?

64. Find the mean and standard deviation of X.
65. If you multiplied each X-value above by 3 and added 5, what would be the new mean and standard
deviation of X?
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66. A man on the street offers you a wager. He’ll fan out a deck of cards and let you pick one at random. If
it’s a face card, he’ll give you $2. If it’s an ace, he’ll give you $4. If it’s anything else, you give him $1.
What is the amount you are expected to win each time you play? Should you take his offer?

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 67. For each of the following situations, say whether or not a binomial distribution could be used:
a. You draw three cards out of deck, without replacing them. Let X be the number of red cards
drawn.
b. You survey a SRS of 100 college students. Let X be the number of them that are over 21.
c. You roll a die twenty times. Let X be the number of times you roll a prime number.
d. You spin a spinner ten times. Let X be the total sum of the numbers you roll.

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You will roll a twenty-sided die ten times in a row, and you will record the number of times you roll a perfect
square. Use this situation to answer questions #68-72.

68. What is the probability that you roll a perfect square exactly 4 times?
69. What is the probability that you roll a perfect square no more than 2 times?
70. What is the probability that you roll a perfect square at least 6 times?
71. How many times should you expect to roll a perfect square?
72. Can you use a normal curve to approximate this distribution? Why or why not?

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You want to know how many women in Ohio are democrats. You will interview 200 women and ask them
their political party. Imagine that, in reality, 58% of Ohio women are democrats. Use this information to
answer questions #73-75.

73. Strictly speaking, this situation isn’t binomial, because the 200 trials aren’t technically independent.
Why can we still use a binomial distribution to calculate probabilities here?
74. What is the mean and standard deviation of the number of democrats in your sample?
75. Use a normal curve to approximate the probability that at least 130 women in your sample are
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Answers to Mixed Problem Set:

1. Skewed to the right

2. b
3. 20-25
4. Stemplot
5. μ = 39.3; M = 37.5; σ = 23.52; five-number summary – (3 24 37.5 55 81)
6. IQR = 31
7. No, because 1.5xIQR yields a range from -22.5 to 101.5, and none of the data is outside of that range.
8. Boxplot
th
9. 90 -percentile
10. 18 years old
11. 10
12. Yes, because 1.5xIQR is 15, and 55 is more than 15+Q3=40.
13. Skewed to the right, because most of the data is on the left side of the age axis.
14. a. μ = 65.8; σ = 12.2
b. μ = 279; σ = 61
c. 148.84
15. Bar graphs describe categorical data, while histograms describe quantitative data. In a bar graph, the bars do not touch,
while in a histogram, the bars are connected.
16. 68%
17. 0.0032
18. 0.0869
19. 0.6958
20. 71.02 hours
21. Calculus exam; her z-score for Statistics (1.14) was lower than her z-score for Calculus (1.5)
22. No, because the normal probability plot isn’t straight.
23. The data probably is not normal, as it is most likely skewed toward younger riders.
24. r = -0.849; there is a strong negative relationship between a dog breed’s average weight and average life span.
25. y = 13.8-0.027x; it will be pretty accurate, since the correlation is so strong.
26. 13.5 years
27. -1
28. 8.4 years; not very confident, since the Mastiff is far outside of our range of data.
29. 72.2%
30. There is no relationship between the age when a child first walks and the age when a child first says their first word. You
cannot predict one based off of the other.
31. y = 3.616+1.343x
32. r would most likely decrease, as the scatter would increase. The slope of the least-squares regression line would be
unaffected, as the line would follow a similar pattern. Point X is an outlier, as it affects the value of r.
33. a. ii
b. iv
5x
34. y = 100(10 ); y=1,000
35. a. common response (girls tend to be shorter, and they also tend to have longer hair)
b. cause-and-effect (getting older causes you to grow taller)
c. confounding variables (there are other factors that contribute to how far you can run)
36. b
37. voluntary response bias, undercoverage bias, poor wording bias
38. I broke the numbers 1-100 into the following categories: 01-44 = football, 45-70 = baseball, 71-92 = basketball, 93-97 =
soccer, 98-99 = hockey, 00 = other. Then I created two-digit numbers from the random number sequence and came up
with the following results: 15 said football, 8 said baseball, 5 said basketball, 1 said soccer, and 1 said hockey

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39. There is enough evidence, gathered through many experiments, to conclude that the relationship between taking Probanol
and the reduction of migraine is not happening by random coincidence. Thus, it can be concluded that Probanol causes
migraine reduction.
40. He needed a placebo, to counteract the placebo effect.
41. The factor is the eye drops, while the treatments are the actual drops versus the placebo group.
42. It is blind, as the subjects do not know which group they are in, but it is not double-blind, as the eye doctor himself does
know.
43. The population is the JJHS student body.
44. Stratified random sample
c c c c
45. Venn diagram; P(A and B) = 0.23, P(A and B) = 0.39, P(A and B ) = 0.25, P(A and B ) = 0.13, P(A|B) = 0.371, P(B|A) = 0.479
46. They are neither disjoint nor independent.
47. 0.18
48. 0.34
49. 0.94
50. 0.113
51. 0.0324
52. 0.6724
53. No, because they don’t add up to 1. The complement of “both orange” is “not both orange.”
54. 0.226
55. Tree diagram
56. 0.039
57. 0.454
58. 0
59. 0.295
60. 0.8676
61. e (They are all equally likely!)
62. a. false
b. true
c. false
d. true
e. false
63. discrete
64. μ = 0.3; σ = 0.520
65. μ = 5.9; σ = 1.559
66. $0.08; yes, you should take his bet, because you should expect to win 8 cents every bet, in the long run
67. a. no (not independent)
b. yes (technically not, but the population is significantly large enough)
c. yes
d. no (more than two possible outcomes)
68. 0.088
69. 0.678
70. 0.0063
71. 2
72. No, because np is less than 10.
73. The population of Ohio women is so large that taking a sample of 200 out of it will not affect individual probabilities
significantly.
74. μ = 116; σ = 6.98
75. P (X > 130) = P (z > 2.01) = 1 – .9778 = .0222

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