Chapter 6 Quiz Review

The animal colony in the psychology department contains 20 male rats and 30 female rats. Of the 20 males, 15 are white and 5 are spotted. Of the 30 females, 15 are white and 15 are spotted. Suppose that you randomly select 1 rat form this colony. What is the probability of obtaining a white male?

• p = 0.75

• p = 0.60

• p = 0.30

• p = 0.50

A jar contains 10 red marbles and 30 blue marbles. If you randomly select 1 marble from the jar, what is the probability of obtaining a red marble?

• p = 0.30

• p = 0.25

• p = 0.33

• p = 0.20

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• p = 0.3085

• p = 0.6687

• p = 0.4104

• p = 0.3354

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1. What column would we use for finding a proportion that covers over .50 of our normal curve? 

• B (Body)

• C (Tail)

• D (Between the Mean and z)

• None of the above

Answer explanation

The B (Body) column should be used for finding proportions that exceed half of the distribution given.

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What are the two necessary conditions needed for probability?

• Clustered Sampling and Stratified Sampling

• Random selection and random assignment

• Systematic Sampling and Random assignment

• Random sampling and Sampling with Replacement

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What is the probability of selecting a score greater than 45 from a positively skewed distribution with μ = 40 and σ = 10?

• p = 0.3085

• p = 0.6915

• N/A

• p = 0.1915

Answer explanation

You cannot obtain the answer. The unit normal table cannot be used to answer this question because the distribution is not normal.

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1. We can take X-scores and convert them directly into proportions. 

• True

• False

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Find the proportion of the normal distribution that is associated with z > -0.50

• p = 0.6915

• p = 0.3085

• p = 0.1915

• p = 0.6950

Answer explanation

Drawing a distribution, you will notice that the proportion of the distribution that is greater than z = -0.50 exceeds .50, meaning we will find our answer in the B (Body) column of our unit normal table. Afer matching our z = -0.50 to the B column, we should get a proportion of p = 0.6915.

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1. What is the greatest proportion amount that could be held within the tail region?

• 0.50

• 0.48

• 0.33

• 0.51

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1. What does an italicized p stand for? 

• Probability

• Potentiality

• Paul

• Practicality

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