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1. The probability that a fair coin toss experiment terminates after 3 tosses is 1/8 or (1/2)^3. 2. With 849 barangays and a sample size of 25, the sampling interval would be 849/25 = 34. 3. There are 120 ways to plant 5 varieties of corn randomly into 5 plots.

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1. The probability that a fair coin toss experiment terminates after 3 tosses is 1/8 or (1/2)^3. 2. With 849 barangays and a sample size of 25, the sampling interval would be 849/25 = 34. 3. There are 120 ways to plant 5 varieties of corn randomly into 5 plots.

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A fair coin is tossed until a head appears.

 The probability that the experiment terminates after 3


tosses is ________
a. 2/3
b. (1/2)^3
c. ½ + ½ + ½
d. 3/2

There are N = 849 barangays in Nueva Ecija.  The Provincial Agriculturist decided to draw a
systematic sample of n= 25 barangays.  He prepared the list of barangays arranged according to
size of agricultural area.  What would be the sampling interval of the scheme?
a. 40
b. 20
c. 50
d. 34

Five varieties of corn are to be planted in 5 plots. In how many ways can the 5 varieties of corn
be planted at random into the 5 plots?
a. 1
b. 12
c. 5
d. 120

A quantity calculated from the data gathered from the sample objects.
a. Parameter
b. Statistic
c. Numeric
d. Observation

It is a numerical value used as a summary measure for a sample.


a. Parameter
b. Statistic
c. Data
d. Observation

The probability that event A will happen is 0.3.  The probability that event A will not happen is
_.
a. 0.00
b. 0.70
c. 1.30
d. 1.00
The variance of a sample of 49 observations is equal to 64.  The standard deviation of the sample
equals
a. 8
b. 7
c. 4096
d. 2401

X is normally distributed with mean 53 and standard deviation 3.  The P( X > 58.25) is
equivalent to the probability of the standard normal random variable Z expressed as ____ .
a. 2P (0 < Z < 1.75)
b. P ( Z > 1.75)
c. 1 - P (0 < Z < 1.75
d. P ( Z < 1.75)

A delivery contains 8 boxes numbered from 1 to 8.  A box is drawn at random from the delivery.
If X is the random variable which denotes the number on the box drawn, the probability that an
even numbered box will be drawn is __.
a. 0.75
b. 1
c. 0.5
d. 0

The probability distribution of the random variable X is given below.  What is the probability
that X will have a value from 2 to 5?

a. 1/3
b. 11/15
c. 4/15
d. 3/5

A quantitative variable X was observed from a sample of size 49, obtaining the sample variance
16.  The estimate of the standard error of the sample mean for this sample size is __.
a. 4/49
b. 16/49
c. 4/7
d. 16/7

A gathering of information from every unit of the physical population.


a. Population
b. Parameter
c. Data
d. Census

Refers to the procedure of drawing representative elements from the population.*


a. Statistic
b. Sampling
c. Estimation
d. Probability

If a secretary makes on the average 6 mistakes per page, what is the probability that she will
make exactly X = 4 mistakes on a given page?
a. 0.9877
b. 0.667
c. 0.1338
d. 0.1975

It is the most frequently occurring value in a data set.


a. Mode
b. Mean
c. Midrange
d. Median

The regression equation Y = 3.2 + 1.8X was obtained using paired observations on variables X
and Y.  The predicted value of Y when the value of X is 8.7 is equal to __.
a. 18.86
b. 15.66
c. 13.70
d. 43.5

Which of the following is a correct statement about probability?


a. It cannot be reported to more than 1 decimal place.
b. It may assume negative values.
c. It ranges from 0 to 1.
d. It may be greater than 1.

In a normal data distribution with a symmetric bell curve, what is the skewness?
a. zero
b. positive
c. one
d. negative

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