FINALS REVIEWER
STATISTICS & PROBABILITY
2023-2024
1. What distribution pertains to the frequency distribution of the sample mean from all the possible random samples of a
particular sample size n taken from the given population?
2. Which of the following illustrates random sampling method?
a. A. convenience B. non-probability C. purposive D. stratified
3. Give example of parameter.
4. What are the steps in creating sampling distribution of the sample mean?
5. A population consists of five (5) measurements 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7.
How many different samples of size n=2 can be drawn from the population?
6. A population consists of five (5) measurements 2, 3, 6, 5, and 7.
What is the mean of the sampling distribution of the sample means where n=2?
7. A population consists of five (5) measurements 2, 3, 6, 5, and 7.
What is the variance of the sampling distribution of the sample means with a sample size of 2?
8. What distribution is used to estimate population parameters when the population variance is unknown, and the sample size is
less than 30.
9. What notation is used for the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of the sample mean?
10. The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of the mean is also called __________________.
11. Study the properties of the sampling distribution of the sample mean or Central Limit Theorem
If all possible samples of size n are drawn from a population with mean μ and standard deviation σ , and the sample mean X
is calculated from each sample; then, the frequency distribution X has the following properties:
1. Its mean is equal to the population mean, μ=μ X .
2. Its standard deviation is equal to the standard deviation of the population divided by the square root of the sample
σ
size, σ X = .
√n
3. It will tend to have a normal distribution, regardless of the shape of the population.
12. What happens to the standard deviation of the sampling distribution if the sample size n increases?
13. Suppose that a random sample of size 64 is to be selected from a population with a mean 40 and standard deviation 5.
What is the population mean?
14. Suppose that a random sample of size 64 is to be selected from a population with a mean 40 and standard deviation 5.
What is the standard deviation of the sampling distribution?
15. In the absence of the population variance and/or if the sample size is small, what sampling distribution is being used?
16. In Student’s t-distribution, if the sample size is 35, what is the degree of freedom?
17. Give example that illustrates confidence interval.
18. Give example that illustrates confidence level.
19. In the estimation of a parameter using the t statistic why did we replace the population standard deviation, σ by the sample
standard deviation, s?
20. What do you call the value resulting from adding the margin of error from the sample mean?
21. The value Z α ⋅
2
( )
σ
√n
is called?
22. What is the symbol for the margin of error?
23. For a 95% confidence level, the confidence coefficient is ± ____?
24. For a 99% confidence level, the confidence coefficient is ± ____?
25. What do you call the value resulting from adding the margin of error from the sample mean?
26. A survey of 200 Senior High School learners shows that they read on average 18.5 hours per week with a margin of error of 2.2
hours at a 95% confidence level.
What is the sample mean?
27. A survey of 200 Senior High School learners shows that they read on average 18.5 hours per week with a margin of error of 2.2
hours at a 95% confidence level.
What is the value of margin of error?
28. A survey of 200 Senior High School learners shows that they read on average 18.5 hours per week with a margin of error of 2.2
hours at a 95% confidence level.
What is its confidence level?
29. A survey of 200 Senior High School learners shows that they read on average 18.5 hours per week with a margin of error of 2.2
hours at a 95% confidence level.
What is the lower limit of the interval?__________ What is the upper limit of the interval? __________
30. Confidence interval is also known as ___?
31. When x =30 and n= 210, what is the value of ^p?
32. When X=40 and n = 150, what is the approximate value of q ^?
33. Calculate the sample size of the given data: E = 3, σ = 15, with a 95% confidence level.
34. Calculate the upper boundary/ limit of the given data: E=0.0 4 and ^p=0.82 .
35. Calculate the upper boundary/ limit of the given data: E=0.0 2 and ^p=0.78 .
