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1) Sumit wants to contact one of his friends, but he remembers only the first 9 of the 1 point
10 digits of the contact number. He is sure that the last digit of the contact number is an odd
About number. He selects an odd number randomly. If the random variable X denotes the last digit of
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the contact number, then calculate Var( X ).
How does an 5
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work? () None of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Week 1 () Score: 1
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Week 2 () 8
Week 3 () 2) Suppose X ∼ Normal( , 4). For n = 20 iid samples of X , the observed sample 1 point
µ
mean is 5.2. What conclusion would a z-test reach if the null hypothesis assumes µ = 5 (against
Statistical an alternative hypothesis µ ≠ 5) at a significance level of α = 0.05?
Modelling
Use Fz
−1
(0.025) = −1.9599
(unit?
unit=47&lesso
n=48) Accept H 0
Random
Reject H 0
Variables and
Probability Yes, the answer is correct.
Mass/Density
Functions
(unit?
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n=49) Accepted Answers:
Accept H 0
Sample
Statistics 3) A box contains 8 items out of which 2 are defective. A sample of 5 items is to be 1 point
(unit? selected randomly (without replacement) from the box. If the random variable X represents the
unit=47&lesso number of defective items in a selection of 5 items, then find E(X) .(Enter the answer correct to
n=50) 2 decimal places)
Hypotheses
1.25
Testing (unit?
unit=47&lesso 5
n=51) 0.4
FAQ (unit? 1.3
unit=47&lesso
Yes, the answer is correct.
n=52)
Score: 1
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Form : Data
Science for 4) Suppose X ∼ Normal(µ, 9). For n = 100 iid samples of X , the observed sample 1 point
Engineers!! mean is 11.8. What conclusion would a z-test reach if the null hypothesis assumes µ = 10.5
(unit? (against an alternative hypothesis µ )?
≠ 10.5
unit=47&lesso
n=155)
Accept H 0 at a significance level of 0.10.
Quiz: Week 3
: Assignment
Reject H 0 at a significance level of 0.10.
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(assessment?
Accept H 0 at a significance level of 0.05.
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Week 4 () Reject H 0 at a significance level of 0.05.
Yes, the answer is correct.
Week 5 () Score: 1
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Week 6 () Reject H 0 at a significance level of 0.10.
Reject H 0 at a significance level of 0.05.
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5) Let X and Y be two independent random variables with Var(X ) = 9 and Var(Y ) = 1 point
Week 8 () 3, find Var(4X − 2Y + 6 ).
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Problem
6) The covariance between two random variable X and Y is −3.749, their variance is 1 point
Solving
given by 3 and 5. Compute the correlation coefficient.
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0.561
-0.968
None of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
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-0.968
7) When will you reject the Null hypothesis? 1 point
p value greater than α
p value less than α
p value equal to α
None of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
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p value less than α
8) A sample of N observations are independently drawn from a normal distribution. 1 point
The sample variance follows
Normal distribution
Chi-square with N degrees of freedom
Chi-square with N − 1 degrees of freedom
t-distribution with N − 1 degrees of freedom
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
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Chi-square with N − 1 degrees of freedom
9) A car manufacturer purchases car batteries from two different suppliers. Supplier X 1 point
provides 55% of the batteries and supplier Y provides the rest. 5% of all batteries from supplier
X are defective and 4% of all batteries from supplier Y are defective. You select a battery from
the bulk and you found it to be defective. What is the probability that it is from Supplier X ?
0.0455
0.455
0.604
0.018
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
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0.604
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10) Which one of the following is best measure of central tendency for categorical data? 1 point
Mean
Median
Mode
None of the above
Yes, the answer is correct.
Score: 1
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Mode
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