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Probability-and-statistics Questions Set 14:

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The shape of the Normal Distribution curve is:

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The probability of any event lies between which values?

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If x is exponentially distributed with mean 3, what is P(x > 1)?

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In a Binomial Distribution, the skewness is 0 when the value of p is:

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Given that r=0.5, Σxy =50 , σy = 2, Σx2 = 100, find the number of observations taken.

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In a binomial distribution, the skewness is negative when the probability of success, p, is greater than 1/2.

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For two independent events A and B, what is the probability of their intersection, P(A ∩ B)?

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In Bayes' Theorem, the probabilities that are updated using new information are known as:

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What is the value of the standard deviation for the following normally distributed data?


x          1      3      5         7         9

f           1      2      3         2        1

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Parcels from sender S to receiver R pass sequentially through two post-offices. Each postoffice has a probability 1 /5  of losing an incoming parcel, independently of all other parcels. Given that a parcel is lost, the probability that it was lost by the second post-office is____ 

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