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Mini 5 Normal Distribution

1. The table below shows the number of chips per cookie for a sample of randomly
selected cookies.

a. Please calculate the mean, standard deviation of the sample.

b. Please give the Z-score (number of standard deviations from the mean) for
each cookie.

c. Calculate how many chips a cookie would need to have for a z-score of 1.95
and -1.95

d. What is the probability of randomly selecting a cookie that has 18 chips or


more? 10 chips or less?

e. What is the probability of choosing a cookie with between 12 and 14 chips?

Cookie # Chips / Cookie

1. 18

2. 12

3. 10

4. 13

5. 14

6. 11

Z-scores and Probability

Using a normal distribution, and the Z-table at the back of the book, answer the following
questions.

2. What percentile is associated with a z-score of:


a. +2
b. -2
c. +1
d. + 1.13
e. -1.02
3. What is the percentage of the population between the Mean and each of the
following z-scores:
f. +1.68
g. -2.45
h. .49
i. -.67

4. What percentage of the population in a normal distribution is between two z-scores


of:
j. +2 and +3
k. -2 and +1
l. -1.78 and +1.69
m. +1.15 and 1.85

5. For following Z-scores what is the remaining percentage of the population which
remains in the tail:
n. Percentage of Population scoring ≥ a Z-score of +.20, +.22, +.87, +.89,
+1.44, +1.46, +1.65, +1.96, +2.20, +2.22
o. Percentage of Population scoring ≤ a Z-score of -.53, -.55, -.92, -.94, -1.82, -
1.84, -1.65, -1.96

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Suppose we compute the standard deviation and find that it is equal to 5.50. How
do we interpret this number?
A) The numbers in the sample deviate, on the average, 5.50 units from each
other.
B) The numbers in the sample deviate, on the average, 5.50 units from the mean.

C) The numbers in the sample deviate, on the average, 5.50 units from the two
extreme scores.
D) The numbers in the sample deviate, on the average, 2.25 units from the mean.

2. Sixteen college freshmen were asked to record the number of alcoholic drinks they
typically consume in a week. Here are their data: 2, 4, 6, 0, 1, 10, 9, 0, 6, 3, 6, 8, 5, 4,
6, 2. What is the variance of the number of alcoholic drinks consumed per week?
A) 3.26

B) 2.96
C) 12.25

D) 8.75

3. In a unimodal, symmetrical distribution:


A) the median is equal to the mean.

B) the median is greater than the mean.

C) the median is less than the mean.

D) the standard deviation is equal to the variance.

4. In a perfectly normal distribution:


A) the mean is greater than the median and the mode.

B) the mean, median, and mode are equal to one another.

C) the mean and median are equal to one another, but are not necessarily equal
to the mode.
D) the median is greater than the mean and the mode.

5. The presence of outliers can lead a distribution to be:


A) mesokurtic.

B) negative skewed.

C) positively skewed.

D) either negatively or positively skewed.

6. In a negatively skewed distribution:


A) the mean will be less than the mode.

B) the mean will be greater than the mode.

C) the mean and the mode will be equal.

D) the mean will be greater than the median.


7. Given a set of scores for which the mean is 20, the median is 15, and the mode is
12, describe the skew of the distribution.
A) symmetrical (i.e., not skewed)

B) negative

C) positive

D) platykurtic

8. The percentage of individuals who have a score at or below a given value is the:
A) frequency.

B) raw percentage.

C) cumulative percentage.

D) grouped frequency.

9. The cumulative percentage corresponding to Francine's score on her first statistics


exam was 92%. This means that:
A) Francine received an A on the exam.

B) Francine received a 92% on the exam.

C) 92% of the students in her class scored better than Francine.

D) Francine's score was as good as or better than the scores of 92% of the
students in her class.

10. A grouped frequency table is most useful when:


A) the scores in the data set vary over a small range of discrete values.

B) the data are ordinal.

C) the data are measured on an interval scale and vary over a large range of
continuous values.
D) the data are nominal.
11. How do histograms differ from bar graphs?
A) Histograms are typically used to depict interval data, but bar graphs are
typically used to depict nominal or ordinal data.
B) Histograms are typically used to depict nominal data, but bar graphs are
typically used to depict interval data.
C) Histograms are typically used to depict means, but bar graphs are typically
used to depict frequencies.
D) Histogram is just another word for bar graph – they do not differ.

12. The mean is the number that perfectly balances:


A) the number of scores in the data set, such that half fall above the mean and
half fall below.
B) the deviations of the scores from the mean, such that the sum of the deviations
for scores above the mean exactly equals the sum of the deviations for scores
below the mean.
C) the two most extreme scores in the dataset.

D) the even and the odd scores in the dataset.

13. Numbers that describe samples are called:


A) statistics.

B) parameters.

C) averages.

D) variables.

14. Numbers that describe populations are called:


A) statistics.

B) parameters.

C) averages.

D) variables.

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