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BIO 301 Lab Exercise 1 (Descriptive statistics, Scale of Measurement, Data

presentation & Probability)

Question 1
Identify as nominal, ordinal, interval scale variables and explain why:
a) “low fat”, “normal fat”, “high fat” [4 Marks]
b) Tumor volume measured in mm3 [4 Marks]
c) Weight measured in grams, converted to code: -1=underweight, 0=normal
weight, 1=overweight, 2=obese. [4 Marks]
d) Blood phenotype: A, B, AB and O [3 Marks]
e) Concentration of a drug in blood samples [4 Marks]

Question 2
The following data are flash durations (in milliseconds) of a sample of 35 male
fireflies of the species Photinus ignites:
79, 80, 82, 83, 86, 85, 86, 86, 88, 87, 89, 89, 90, 92, 94, 92, 94, 96, 95,
95, 95, 96, 98, 98, 98, 101, 103, 106, 108, 109, 112, 113, 118, 116, 119.

Calculate the following:


(i) range [1 mark]
(ii) mean [3 marks]
(iii) standard deviation [3 marks]

Question 3

Marks obtained by 50 students in Ecology Exam are as follows:

Marks No of students
41-50 5
51-60 18
61-70 15
71-80 7
81-90 5

(i) Calculate mean, variance and standard deviation [9 Marks]


(ii) Present these data in a histogram [6 Marks]

Question 4

Given below is a frequency table of number of successes of a cohort of 365 police


dogs to identify a bag with cocaine.

No of 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
successes
Frequency 265 49 21 19 10 10 2 2 4 2 1 4 3 1 2
Calculate the following

(i) mean, [5 Marks]


(iii) standard deviation, [5 Marks]
(iv) Variance [5 Marks]

Question 5

Suppose you are running a breeding program for rare breed dog club that requires
dog’s ears to be of specific minimum length. You selected a pair for breeding and
checked that future mother and father are not genetically related for at least 8
generations. Let’s define events of interest, verification of ear lengths against breed
standard, as 𝐴={mother’s ears too short}, 𝐵={father’s ears too short} and C={first-
born puppy’s ears too short).

a) If 𝑃𝑟(A)=0.1 and 𝑃𝑟(𝐵)=0.3, what is 𝑃𝑟(𝐴∩𝐵)? Interpret calculated value in


context of the study. [4 Marks]

b) Using information given in (a) determine the probability of a short-eared


risk match (either mother or father, or both are short-eared). [4 Marks]

c) What is the probability that first-born puppy of a short-eared mother will


have short ears as well, assuming (𝐴∩C)=0.06? [4 Marks]

Question 6

If probability of meeting a snake in the forest is 0.8, determine the probability of


meeting a snake less than two times in a total of 12 visits to the forest. [5 Marks]

The students may choose to use either Poisson or Binomial probability.

Question 7

Thirty dental patients were examined for tooth decay. The frequency of the number
of patients with a given number of decayed teeth was as follows:

No of Decayed tooth Number of patients


0 7
1 3
2 8
3 2
4 6
5 1
6 3

Calculate the probability of finding a patient chosen at random who has 4 or less
decayed teeth. [5
Marks]
Question 8

Suppose you knew that the mean number of patients going to a clinic on a weekday
is 8.

a) What is the probability that on a given weekday there would be 5 patients?


[3 Marks]

b). 3 or less patients [5


Marks]

c). More than 2 patients [5


Marks]

Question 9

Births in a hospital occur randomly at an average rate of 2 births per hour.

a) What is the probability of observing 10 births in a given hour at the hospital?


[3 Marks]
b) What about the probability of observing 2 or more births in a given hour at the
hospital? [3 Marks]

Question 10

Fifty-eight percent of students at UB say that they never buy textbooks for their
courses. You randomly select 200 students and ask them if they bought textbooks
for their course. What is the probability that 120 students will say they have not
bought textbooks? [6 marks]

Total: 100 Marks

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