Assessment
Let us see if you have mastered the skills and concepts of this
lesson. Perform the given activity below.
Direction: On your answer sheets, match Column X to Column Y
and Match Column Y to Column Z by writing the same and exact
number or letter that corresponds to your answers for the following
columns: Column X displays the Unknown Values, Column Y
enumerates the Symbols of the Unknown Values, and Column Z
reveals the exact answers. Consider the problem below for your
reference.
Problem: Random samples of size N = 2 are drawn from a finite
population consisting of the number 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. Compute for
the Mean, Variance and Standard Deviation of the Population, and
the Mean, Variance and Standard Deviation of the Sample Means.
Column X Column Y Column Z
_5_ A. Population _c_ 1. σ2x̅ a. 7
Mean
_3_ B. Mean of the _f_ 2. σx̅ b. 8.24
Sample Means
_6_ C. Variance of the _a_ 3. μx̅ c. 7.11
Population
_1_ D. Variance of the _d_ 4. σ d. 2.87
Sample Means
_4_ E. Standard _e_ 5. μ e. 7
Deviation of the
Population
_2_ F. Standard _b_ 6. σ2 f. 2.67
Deviation of the
Sample
Assessment
Let us see if you have mastered the skills and concepts of this
lesson. Perform the given activity below.
Direction: On your answer sheets, match Column X to Column Y
and Match Column Y to Column Z by writing the same and exact
number or letter that corresponds to your answers for the following
columns: Column X displays the Unknown Values, Column Y
enumerates the Symbols of the Unknown Values, and Column Z
reveals the exact answers. Consider the problem below for your
reference.
Problem: Random samples of size N = 2 are drawn from a finite
population consisting of the number 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. Compute for
the Mean, Variance and Standard Deviation of the Population, and
the Mean, Variance and Standard Deviation of the Sample Means.
Column X Column Y Column Z
_e_ A. Population _D_ 1. σ2x̅ a. 7
Mean
_a_ B. Mean of the _F_ 2. σx̅ b. 8.24
Sample Means
_b_ C. Variance of the _B_ 3. μx̅ c. 7.11
Population
_c_ D. Variance of the _E_ 4. σ d. 2.87
Sample Means
_d_ E. Standard _A_ 5. μ e. 7
Deviation of the
Population
_f_ F. Standard _C_ 6. σ2 f. 2.67
Deviation of the
sample
Assessment
Directions: Read and analyze the story below. Write the letter of the
correct answer on your answer sheet.
1. According to Central Limit theorem, which sample size will give a
smaller standard error of the mean?
A. 7 B. 12 C. 23 D. 40
2. If a population is not normally distributed, the distribution of the
sample means for a given sample size n will ____________.
A. be positively skewed.
B. be negatively skewed.
C. take the same shape as the population.
D. approach a normal distribution as n increases.
3. The mean and standard deviation of a population are 75 and 15,
respectively. The sample size is 100. What is the standard error of the
mean?
A. 1.5 B. 1.73 C. 0.15 D. 8
4. The mean and standard deviation of a population are 400 and 40,
respectively. Sample size is 25. What is the mean of the sampling
distribution?
A. 400 B. 40 C. 25 D. 8
5. What is the standard error of the mean if the sample size is 25 with
standard deviation of 16?
A. 6.25 B. 3.2 C. 1.25 D. 0.64
6. The weights of the eggs produced by a certain breed of hen are
normally distributed with mean 65 grams and standard deviation of 5
grams. Which of the following will you use?
A. Normal Distribution C. Discrete Probability
Distribution
B. Central Limit Theorem D. Binomial Distribution
7. In a study done on the life expectancy of 500 people in a certain
geographic region, the mean age at death was 72 years and the
standard deviation was 5.3 years. If a sample of 50 people from this
region is selected, and the probability that the mean life expectancy
will be less than 70 years, which of the following will you use?
A. Normal Distribution C. Discrete Probability
Distribution
B. Central Limit Theorem D. Binomial Distribution
8. The mean and standard deviation of a population are 200 and 20,
respectively. What is the probability of selecting 25 data values with a
mean less than 190?
A. 69% B. 31% C. 0.6% D. 99%
9. In a metal fabrication process, metal rods are produced that have an
average length of 20.5 meters with a standard deviation of 2.3 meters.
A quality control specialist collects a random sample of 30 rods and
measures their lengths. Suppose the resulting sample mean is 19.5
meters. Which of the following statements is true?
A. This sample mean is 2.38 standard deviations above what we
expect.
B. This sample mean is 2.38 standard deviations below what we
expect.
C. This sample mean is only 1 standard deviation above the population
mean.
D. This sample mean is more than 3 standard deviations away from
the population mean.
For number 10-11, refer to the problem below.
Suppose the teenagers that attend public high schools get an
average of 5.7 hours of sleep each night with a standard deviation of
1.7 hours. Assume that the average sleep hour is normally distributed,
and 35 high school students are randomly selected.
10. Compute the z-score for 6 hours of sleep.
A. 1.04 B. 0.18 C. 0.52 D. 0.82
11. What is the probability that a randomly selected group of 35 high
school students gets more than 6 hours of sleep each night?
A. 0.3508 B. 0.1492 C. 0.0714 D. 0.4286
For number 12-14, refer to the problem below.
The amount of fuel used by jumbo jets to take off is normally
distributed with a mean of 4, 000 gallons and a standard deviation of
125 gallons. A sample of 40 jumbo jets are randomly selected.
12. Compute the z-score for 3, 950 gallons.
A. – 0.4 B. 0.4 C. – 2.53 D. 2.53
13. What is the probability that the mean number of gallons of fuel needed
to take off for a randomly selected sample of 40 jumbo jets will be less
than 3, 950 gallons?
a. 78.1% B. 34.5% C. 2.5% D. 0.57%
14. What is the probability that the mean number of gallons of fuel needed
to take off for a randomly selected sample of 40 jumbo jets will be
more than 3, 950 gallons?
b. 0.57% B. 49.43% C. 65.54% D. 99.43%
15. Researchers found that boys playing high school football recorded an
average of 355 hits to the head with a standard deviation of 80 hits
during a season. What is the probability on a randomly selected team
of 48 players that the average number of head hits per player is
between 340 and 360?
A. 56.96% B. 43.04% C. 40.32% D. 16.64%
Assessment
A. Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the best answer.
Write the chosen letter on a separate sheet of paper.
1. Which of the following is NOT a characteristics of t-distribution?
A. Like the normal distribution, the t-distribution has a smooth
shape.
B. Like the normal distribution, the t-distribution is symmetric.
If you think about folding it in half at the mean, each side
will be the same.
C. Like a standard normal distribution (or z-distribution), the
tdistribution has a mean of one.
D. The normal distribution assumes that the population
standard deviation is known. The t-distribution does not
make this assumption.
2. This refers to the measure of position with data divided into 100
parts.
A. Percentiles
B. Quartiles
C. Deciles
D. Median
3. This refers to the maximum number of logically independent
values, which vary in the data sample.
A. Level of significance
B. Percentiles
C. Degree of freedom
D. Probability
4. What is the right-tailed area if the confidence interval is 75%?
A. 0.05
B. 0.10
C. 0.005
D. 0.25
5. What will be the degree of freedom of the data whose sample
size is 18?
A. 17
B. 18
C. 19
D. 20
For number 6 to 8, use the given data below to answer the following
questions.
There are 9 students who will be taking up the test, the researcher
sets the level of significance to 0.05. The following are the scores of
the nine students:
23, 25, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 40, 45
6. What will be the t-value of the given problem?
A. 1. 729
B. 1.456
C. 1.612
D. 1.551
7. What will be the value of 25th percentile?
A. 25
B. 26
C. 27
D. 28
8. Using the t-table, give the t-value of 95 th percentile?
A. 1.729
B. 1.456
C. 1.612
D. 1.551
9. What will be the degree of freedom whose t-value is 0.689?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
10. Find the t-value of 2.5th percentile using the t-table with a degree
of freedom of 6.
A. 2.570
B. 4.030
C. -2.570
D. -4.030
II. For numbers 11-15, fill out the table below.
Percentile n t
40th percentile 2 -0.325
75th percentile 10 0.703
90th percentile 15 1.345
95th percentile 20 1.729
97.5th 25 2.064
percentile
Assessment
A. Find the length of the following confidence interval.
1. 0.242 < p < 0.653 0.411
2. 0.345 < p < 0.570 0.215
3. 0.275 < p < 0.463 0.178
4. Upper confidence limit = 0.820 0.33
Lower confidence limit = 0.490
5. Upper confidence limit = 0.715 0.365
Lower confidence limit = 0.350
B. Find the length of the confidence interval given the following data:
6. s = 5.36, n = 350, confidence level: 99% 1.4783
7. s = 2.35, n = 250, confidence level: 99% 0.7669
8. s = 1.20, n = 200, confidence level: 95% 0.3326
9. s = 8.15, n = 29, confidence interval: 99% 8.3631
10. s = 3.25, n = 17, confidence interval: 95% 3.2327
C. Solve the following problems.
11. In a group presentation, the average geometric reasoning of Grade
10 students in a Mathematics camp was observed to be 80 with s
standard deviation of 4. A researcher wants to replicate the study to
estimate the true population mean µ to within 0.5 maximum error. If the
98% level of confidence is adopted, how many respondents are needed?
N = 543
12. Teacher Carol, wants to conduct a survey about the average
number of students in a certain school who wants online class instead of
distance modular learning. If she plans to use 99% confidence level, 0.5
as the margin of error, and a standard deviation of 5. How many sample
sizes does she need for the survey?
N = 666
