Multiple Choice Questions
Before completing the book’s Coder/Hacker chapter exercises, take this multiple-choice pre-test from the end of the chapter.
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1: The binomial distribution depends on which of the following?
- Mean and standard deviation
- Sample size and probability of success
- Standard deviation and number of successes
- Mean and probability of success
2: The normal distribution depends on which of the following?
- Mean and standard deviation
- Sample size and probability of success
- Standard deviation and number of successes
- Mean and probability of success
3: In a normal distribution, 95% of observations are
- within one standard deviation of the mean.
- included in computing the mean.
- within two standard deviations of the mean.
- divided by the sample size to get the standard deviation.
4: A sampling distribution shows
- the distribution of means from multiple samples.
- the distribution of sample sizes over time.
- the distribution of scores in the population.
- the distribution of observations from a single sample.
5: The z-score is
- the number of standard errors between the mean and some observation.
- the difference between the sample mean and population mean.
- the width of the 95% confidence interval.
- the number of standard deviations an observation is from the mean.