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STA1501 ASSIGNMENT 3 SOLUTIONS 2023
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Tutorial Letter 013/0/2023Descriptive Statistics and Probability
STA1501
Year module
Department of Statistics
ASSIGNMENT 3 SOLUTIONS
Unique Nr.: 827246
Opening date: 29 May 2023
Due date: 12 June 2023
3
, PART A: 20 Marks
State whether the following statements are true or false.
QUESTION 1 [1 mark]
A random variable in a probability distribution can be either of a discrete type or of a continuous
type.
TRUE
A random variable in a probability distribution can be either of a discrete type or of a
continuous type. Discrete random variables can take on a finite number of distinct values
or a countable set of values, while continuous random variables can take on any value
within a specified range or interval. Examples of discrete random variables include the
number of children in a family or the outcome of a dice roll, while examples of continuous
random variables include height, weight, or time.
QUESTION 2 [1 mark]
The use of an appropriate probability distribution will enable you to determine the probability that
a discrete random variable will have a given value (integer) or a value in a given range.
TRUE. A discrete probability distribution is a probability distribution that shows the
likelihood of each possible value of a discrete random variable.
QUESTION 3 [1 mark]
The weight of a bag of potatoes in a supermarket represents a discrete random variable.
The number of years of schooling for employees of a company represents a continuous random
variable.
FALSE. Weight is quantitative continuous variable
QUESTION 5 [1 mark]
Consider a random variable X that takes the values 𝑥 = 4, 𝑥 = 8, or 𝑥 = 12, with the probabilities
are 0.2, 0.7 and 0.1, respectively. The mean of X is 7.6.
TRUE
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