SAMPLING AND SAMPLING DISTRIBUTION

DIRECTIONS: Choose the best answer among the choices and write the letter of your choice in your answer sheet.
1. Which of the following is an example of a statistic?
A. sample mean C. standard error of the mean
B. population variance D. sample size
2. If N= 15 and n= 3, how many unique simple random samples are possible?
A. 105 B. 455 C. 1365 D. 3003
3. A population has a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15. If we draw a simple random sample of size 36, what is the probability that the sample mean
will be less than 105?
A. 0.9901847 B. 0.9087888 C. 0.9772499 D. 0.9522096
4. A population has a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15. If we draw a simple random sample of size 36, what is the probability that the sample mean
will be greater than 95 but less than 97?
A. 0.1108649 B. 0.1206442 C. 0.07094133 D. 0.09231954
5. Which of the following describe how the sampling distribution model for the sample mean changes as the sample size is increased?
I: The sampling distribution model becomes more Normal in shape
II: The standard deviation of the sampling distribution gets smaller
III: The mean of the sampling distribution gets smaller
A. I only B. II and III C. II only D. I and II
6. A sample is chosen randomly from a population that was strongly skewed to the right. Describe the sampling distribution model for the sample mean if the
sample size is small.
A. Normal, center at μ, standard deviation σ /sqrt(n)
B. Skewed left, center at μ, standard deviation σ /sqrt(n)
C. Skewed right, center at μ, standard deviation σ/sqrt(n)
D. There is not enough information to describe the sampling distribution model.
7. The mean and standard deviation of a population are 200 and 20, respectively. Suppose a sample of size 25 are drawn from this population. What is the mean
of the sampling distribution?
A. 4 B. 16 C. 25 D. 200
8. The mean and standard deviation of a population are 200 and 20, respectively. Suppose a sample of size 25 are drawn from this population. What is the mean
of the sampling distribution?
A. 4 B. 16 C. 25 D. 200
9. Which of the following is true about a z-score?
A. It tells you how many standard deviation units away from a mean a score is.
B. It tells you if the distribution it comes from is normal.
C. It tells you the original raw score o which it is based.
D. It tells you the standard deviation of a sampling distribution.
10. Find the area under the standard normal curve to the right of z = -2.67.
A. 0.1234 B. 0.0008 C. 0.9962 D. 0.0869
11. Find the area under the standard normal curve to the right of z = 3.15.
A. 0.1234 B. 0.0008 C. 0.9962 D. 0.0869
12. A manager at a pizza shop wants to start visually checking finished pizzas, but she doesn't have time to check every pizza. She decides to check a random
pizza in the first 20 made each day, and then check every 20th pizza thereafter. What type of sample is this?
A. Simple random sample C. Cluster random sample
B. Stratified random sample D. Systematic random sample
13. Each law firm in one state registers its phone number with the state court system. An employee of the state court system uses a computer to select 500
random registered phone numbers, and the law firms associated with those numbers will be selected for an audit. What type of sample is this?
A. Simple random sample C. Cluster random sample
B. Stratified random sample D. Systematic random sample
14. A TV show host asks his viewers to visit his website and respond to an online poll.
What type of sample is this?
A. Simple random sample C. Systematic random sample
B. Stratified random sample D. None of the above
15. A council surveys 100 students by taking random samples of 25 freshmen, 25 sophomores, 25 juniors, and 25 seniors. What type of sample is this?
A. Simple random sample C. Cluster random sample
B. Stratified random sample D. Systematic random sample
16. An airline company wants to survey its customers one day, so they randomly select 5 flights that day and survey every passenger on those flights. What type
of sample is this?
A. Simple random sample C. Cluster random sample
B. Stratified random sample D. Systematic random sample
17. The basic reason for randomness in sampling is to:
A. Guarantee that the sample represents the population. C. Guarantee to reduce the cost of inspection.
B. Eliminate personal bias. D. Guarantee correct lot inferences.
18. What is the main difference between probability and non-probability sampling?
A. Probability sampling involves the need for the computation of a sample via certain equations.
B. Non-probability sampling is preferred in qualitative research.
C. Randomization is involved in probability sampling.
D. Non-probability sampling is more appropriate for interviews.
19. A type of non-probability sampling where the required sample and sample per stratum is determined and complied. However, it lacks randomization in the
selection of the respondents for the study.
A. Convenience sampling C. Snowball sampling
B. Judgment sampling D. Quota sampling
20. Marice determines her respondents by asking people as to who would be most suited for her study. Through this, she is referred from one respondent to the
other. What type of non-probability sampling has been utilized?
A. Convenience sampling C. Judgment sampling
B. Snowball sampling D. Quota sampling
ESTIMATION OF PARAMETER
21. When estimating population parameters, a point estimate is:
A. a range of possible values for a population parameter
B. always equal to a population value
 C. a statistic that estimates a population parameter
D. the population mean
22. A characteristic of all confidence intervals is that:
A. a confidence interval always includes the population parameter
B. a confidence interval always increases in width as the sample size is increased
C. a confidence interval cannot include a value of 0
a confidence interval always increases in width as the level of confidence increases
23. If we wish to decrease the width (increase the precision) of a confidence interval, we would:
A. increase the size of the sample
B. reduce the size of the population
C. raise the level of confidence
D. compute the mean
24. We wish to develop a confidence interval for the population mean. The population standard deviation is known. We have a sample of 40 observations.
We decide to use the 92 percent level of confidence. The appropriate value of z is:
A. 1.96
B. 1.65
C. 2.58
D. 1.75
25. Which of the following statements is a characteristic of the t distribution?
A. It is a continuous distribution
B. It has a mean of 0
C. It is symmetrical
D. All of the above
26. We wish to develop a confidence interval for the population mean. The population follows the normal distribution, the standard deviation of the
population is 3, and we have a sample of 10 observations. We decide to use the 90 percent level of confidence. The appropriate statistic for the level of
confidence is:
A. z = 1.645
B. z = 1.960
C. t = 1.833
D. t = 2.262
27. The fraction of a sample possessing a certain trait is called a:
A. population
B. mean
C. confidence interval
D. proportion
28. To develop a confidence interval for a proportion:
A. we approximate the binomial distribution with a normal distribution
B. the sample size should be at least 100
C. p should be less than .05
D. we use the t statistic
29. We wish to compute an interval estimate of the population proportion. We want to be 95 percent confident of our results and we want the estimate to be
within .01 of the population parameters. No estimate of the population proportion is available. What value should we use for p?
A. 1.96
B. 0.01
C. 0.50
D. any value between zero and one
30. We wish to develop a confidence interval for the population mean. The population follows the normal distribution and the population standard
deviation is 3. We collect a random sample of 10 observations. We decide to use the 90 percent level of confidence. The margin of error for the
confidence interval is:
A. ± 1.645
B. ± 1.565
C. ± 2.262
D. ± 2.146
31. We wish to develop a confidence interval for the population mean. The population follows the normal distribution. We collect a random sample of 10
observations and the sample standard deviation is 3. We decide to use the 95 percent level of confidence. The margin of error for the confidence
interval is:
A. ± 1.859
B. ± 1.960
C. ± 2.262
D. ± 2.146
32. To conduct a research project on college student income, the number of students to sample needs to be calculated. To estimate the mean population
income, we decide to use a 95% level of confidence. The desired margin of error is plus or minus $500. The standard deviation from other studies of
student income is $1000. What sample size should be used?
A. 4
B. 16
C. 11
D. 1
33. To conduct a research project on college student income, the number of students to sample needs to be calculated. To estimate the mean population
income, we decide to use a 99% level of confidence. The desired margin of error is plus or minus $200. The standard deviation from other studies of
student income is $1500. What sample size should be used?
A. 20
B. 1
C. 217
D. 374
34. To conduct a research project on whether college students purchase textbooks, the number of students to sample needs to be calculated. To estimate the
population proportion, we decide to use a 95% level of confidence. The desired margin of error is plus or minus 0.10. There is no prior estimate of the
population proportion. What sample size should be used?
 A. 97
B. 5
C. 25
D. 68
35. A point estimate of a population consists of how many numbers?
A. 10
B. infinite
C. 2
D. 1
36. Which statement is true?
I. Estimation is a procedure where a numerical value or values are assigned to the population parameter based on the information collected
from a sample.
II. Estimation is a procedure where numerical value or values are assigned to the samplestatistic based on the information collected from a
sample.
A. Neither I nor II
B. Statement I only
C. Statements I and II
D. Statement II only
37. What is a point estimate?
A. average of population values
B. a single value that represents theunknown sample statistic
C. a single value that represents theunknown population parameter
D. average of sample values
38. It refers to a range of values that contains the parameter value
A. confidence level
B. confidence interval
C. confidence coefficient
D. confidence limit
39. A property of a point estimator that occurs whenever a large sample sizes tend to providepoint estimates closer to the population parameter
A. consistency
B. relative estimation
C. efficiency
D. unbiased
40. A random sample of 121 bottles of cologne showed an average content of 4 ounces. It isknown that the population standard deviation of the contents is
0.22 ounces. In thisproblem, the 4 ounces is?
A. a parameter
B. the standard error of the mean
C. a statistic
D. the average content of colognes in thelong run
41. When a 99% confidence interval is calculated instead of a 95% confidence interval with nbeing the same, the maximum error of estimate will be?
A. not be determined
B. smaller
C. the same
D. larger
42. Given the information that the sample size is 60, the mean is 25 and the population standard deviation is 0.25, find the 95%confidence interval of the
population mean
A. 24.92 to 25.08
B. 64.94 to 65.06
C. 24.94 to 25.06
D. 64.92 to 65.08
43. The scores of a random sample of 100 high school students on a standardized mathematics test in school A gave a mean of 78 and a standard deviation
of 20. What is the best point estimate of the true average score in this standardized mathematics test?
A. 20
B. 78
C. 100
D. 95
44. The scores of a random sample of 100 high school students on a standardized mathematics test in school A gave a mean of 78 and a standard deviation
of 20. Find the 95% confidence interval estimate for the true average score in mathematics in this standardized test.
A. 74.80 to 81.29
B. 74.08 to 81.92
C. 76 to 80
D. 1.96 to 3.92
45. What do you call the set of all people, objects, events, or ideas you want to investigate?
A. data
B. population
C. sample
D. statistics
46. A sample refers to _____________ of a population.
A. a description
B. a subset
C. a list
D. a collection
47. The area under the normal curve is ________.
A. 0.95
B. 0.5
C. 0.99
D. 1
48. Which of these shapes is the symmetrical and bell-shaped distribution of a random variable?
A. circle
B. line graph
C. normal curve
D. pie graph
49. What is the mean of a standard normal distribution?
A. 1
B. -1
C. 0
D. 2
50. In a standard normal curve, what is the z value that corresponds to the proportion0.3413?
A. 2.5
B. 2.0
C. 1.0
D. 1.5
51. Which of the following symbols denotes margin of error?
A. X
B. E
C. s
D. t
52. What do you call a measurement or quantity that describes a population?
A. variable
B. sample statistic
C. distribution
D. parameter
53. What is the mean of 3, 7, 9, 8, and 13?
A. 8
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7
54. In Statistics, error refers to:
A. mistakes resulting from computation
B. difference between two parameter values
C. mistakes resulting in wrong decisions
D. difference between an observed value and a parameter