20/08/2019 Quiz: Week 3 Homework
Week 3 Homework
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Quiz Instructions
Please answer all the questions below.
Question 1 1 pts
(Lesson 2.10: Conditional Expectation.) BONUS: Suppose that
for . Hint (you may have seen this someplace): the
marginal p.d.f. of turns out to be
for . Find the conditional p.d.f. of given that .
a.
b.
c.
d.
Question 2 1 pts
(Lesson 2.10: Conditional Expectation.) BONUS: Again suppose that
for . Hint (you may already have seen this someplace): the
the marginal p.d.f. of turns out to be for . Find
.
a.
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b.
c.
d.
Question 3 1 pts
(Lesson 2.10: Conditional Expectation.) BONUS: Yet again suppose that for
. Hint (you may already have seen this someplace): the the marginal
p.d.f. of turns out to be for . Find .
a. 1/2
b. 2/3
c. 3/4
d. 1
Question 4 1 pts
(Lesson 2.11: Covariance and Correlation.)
Suppose that the correlation between December snowfall and temperature in Siberacuse,
NY is . Further suppose that 100 in and (degrees F) .
Find (in units of degree inches, whatever those are).
a. -25
b. -5
c. 5
d. 25
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Question 5 1 pts
(Lesson 2.11: Covariance and Correlation.) If and both have mean and
variance 4, and , find .
a. 34
b. 36
c. 40
d. 41
Question 6 1 pts
(Lesson 2.12: Probability Distributions.)
You may recall that the p.m.f. of the Geometric distribution is
If the number of orders at a production center this month is a Geom(0.7) random variable,
find the probability that we'll have at most 3 orders.
a. 0.027
b. 0.14
c. 0.86
d. 0.973
Question 7 1 pts
(Lesson 2.12: Probability Distributions.) Suppose the SAT math score of a University of
Georgia student can be approximated by a normal distribution with mean 400 and
variance 225. Find the probability that the UGA Einstein will score at least a 415.
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a. 0.5
b. 0.1587
c. 0.975
d. 0.8413
Question 8 1 pts
(Lesson 2.13: Limit Theorems.)
What is the most-important theorem in the universe?
a. Eastern Limit Theorem
b. Central Limit Theorem
c. Central Limit Serum
d. Central Simit Theorem (simit is a tasty Turkish bagel)
Question 9 1 pts
(Lesson 2.13: Limit Theorems.) If are i.i.d. from some distribution with
mean 1 and variance 400, find the approximate probability that the sample mean is
between 0 and 2.
a. 0.1587
b. 0.3174
c. 0.6826
d. 0.8413
Question 10 1 pts
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(Lesson 2.14: Estimation.)
Suppose we collect the following observations: 7, , 1, 6. What is the sample variance?
a. 13
b.
c. 18
d. 28
Question 11 1 pts
(Lesson 2.14: Estimation.) BONUS: Consider two estimators, and , for an unknown
parameter . Suppose that the , , , and
. Which estimator might you decide to use and why?
a. - it has lower expected value
b. - it has lower MSE
c. - it has lower variance
d. - it has lower MSE
Question 12 1 pts
(Lesson 2.15: Maximum Likelihood Estimation.) BONUS: Suppose that
are i.i.d. . Find , the MLE of . (Don't panic --- it's not that difficult.)
a.
b.
c.
d.
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Question 13 1 pts
(Lesson 2.15: Maximum Likelihood Estimation.) BONUS: Suppose that we are looking at
i.i.d. Exp( ) customer service times. We observe times of 2, 4, and 9 minutes. What's
the maximum likelihood estimator of ?
a. 5
b. 1/5
c. 25
d. 1/25
Question 14 1 pts
(Lesson 2.16: Confidence Intervals.) BONUS: Suppose we collect the following
observations: 7, , 1, 6 (as in a previous question in this homework). Let's assume that
these guys are i.i.d. from a normal distribution with variance . Give me a
two-sided 95% confidence interval for the mean .
a.
b.
c.
d.
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