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Probabilistic and Statistical Reasoning – Set 1
#1. Bar chart showing sales by quarter: Q1=45000, Q2=52000, Q3=48000, Q4=61000. What is the approximate percentage increase from Q1 to Q4?
#2. A store’s monthly revenue: Jan 8500, Feb 9200, Mar 8900, Apr 10100, May 11300. How much did revenue increase from Feb to May?
#3. Student test scores: 12 scored 80-89, 18 scored 90-99, 5 scored 70-79, 3 scored 60-69. How many total students?
#4. Website traffic by day: Mon 3200, Tue 3800, Wed 3500, Thu 4200, Fri 4600 visits. What is the median?
#5. Gym membership by location: Downtown 450, Midtown 620, Uptown 580, Suburbs 410. What percentage at Midtown?
#6. Temperature changes: Mon 72F, Tue 75F, Wed 78F, Thu 76F, Fri 80F. What is the average?
#7. Stock price over 5 days: 24, 26, 25, 28, 30. What is the overall trend?
#8. Website subscribers: Week 1=1000, Week 2=1500, Week 3=2100, Week 4=2800. Approximate Week 5?
#9. Monthly rainfall: Jan 3.2in, Feb 2.8in, Mar 4.1in, Apr 3.5in, May 5.0in, Jun 4.6in. Greatest decrease between?
#10. Daily app downloads over 6 days: 450, 520, 480, 610, 590, 680. Average daily downloads?
#11. Budget allocation pie chart: Housing 30%, Food 20%, Transport 15%, Entertainment 10%, Savings 25%. Housing allocation from 2000 budget?
#12. College enrollment by major: Engineering 28%, Business 24%, Science 19%, Liberal Arts 18%, Other 11%. Engineers in 5000 students?
#13. Survey results: Car 45%, Bus 25%, Bike 18%, Walk 12%. Walkers from 400 surveyed?
#14. Company employees by dept: Sales 32%, IT 26%, HR 15%, Finance 17%, Operations 10%. IT workers in 200 employees?
#15. Vacation preferences: Beach 35%, Mountains 28%, City 22%, Camping 15%. Beach lovers from 1000 surveyed?
#16. Scatter plot study hours vs test scores: 5 hrs=78, 8 hrs=89. Expected score after 10 hrs?
#17. Experience vs salary scatter: Yrs 2,3,5,6,8,10 Salary 35k,40k,50k,55k,65k,75k. Positive correlation?
#18. Age vs reaction time: Age 20=200ms, 30=250ms, 50=300ms, 70=350ms. What is the trend?
#19. Advertising vs sales scatter: Spend 1k,2k,3k,4k,5k Sales 10k,18k,27k,35k,44k. Best description?
#20. House size vs price: 1200/250k, 1500/290k, 1800/340k, 2100/385k, 2400/430k. Relationship?
#21. Box plot: Min 15, Q1 25, Median 35, Q3 45, Max 60. Interquartile range?
#22. Box plot analysis: Lower quartile 40, upper quartile 70. Middle 50% data location?
#23. Five-number summary: Min 10, Q1 20, Median 30, Q3 45, Max 80. Is 85 an outlier?
#24. Test score box plot: Min 55, Q1 70, Med 78, Q3 85, Max 95. Data shape?
#25. Two class comparison: Class A IQR=15, Class B IQR=25. More consistent scores?
#26. Stem-and-leaf: 2|3 5 7, 3|1 4 6 8, 4|2 5, 5|0 3. How many data values?
#27. Stem-and-leaf: 1|2 4 5 8, 2|1 3 6 9, 3|0 5. What is the median?
#28. Data stem-and-leaf: 6|1 3 7, 7|0 2 4 5 8, 8|1 6. What is the range?
#29. Stem-and-leaf: 3|2 5, 4|1 3 4 7, 5|0 2 6 8, 6|3. Values between 40-59?
#30. Back-to-back stem plots Class A: 7|5 6 8, 8|2 4 7, 9|1 3. Class B: 6|1 4, 7|3 5 9, 8|0 4 6. Which class better?
#31. Product A sales: Q1=12k, Q2=15k, Q3=18k, Q4=22k. Greatest growth rate quarter?
#32. Age distribution: 20-29: 450, 30-39: 520, 40-49: 480, 50+: 350. Percentage 40+?
#33. Survey: Email 35%, Phone 28%, Text 22%, In-person 15%. Of 2000 surveyed Email or Phone?
#34. Brand A: 2000 sales 35% return. Brand B: 3000 sales 22% return. Fewer returns?
#35. Restaurant visits: Jan 450, Feb 520, Mar 485, Apr 610, May 550, Jun 595. Median?
#36. Five measurements: 8k, 12k, 15k, 19k, 25k. What is the range?
#37. Data table: Product X 1200 units, Product Y 950 units, Product Z 1100 units. Total?
#38. Sales comparison Q1 vs Q2: Q1 30000, Q2 37500. Percentage increase?
#39. Profit margin data: Product A 35%, B 42%, C 38%, D 45%. Highest margin?
#40. Enrollment trend: 2020: 5000, 2021: 5500, 2022: 6000, 2023: 6500. Linear increase?
#41. Survey response rate: Online 45%, Phone 28%, Mail 17%, In-person 10%. Most common?
#42. Production by shift: Morning 450, Afternoon 520, Night 480. Average per shift?
#43. Test performance: 95th percentile score is 92. This means 95% scored below 92?
#44. Data spread: Range 50, IQR 20. Data is likely distributed how?
#45. Class sizes: Section A 28, B 32, C 25, D 30. Average class size?
#46. Quarterly performance: Q1 85%, Q2 88%, Q3 91%, Q4 94%. Trend type?
#47. Survey demographics: 55% female 45% male. In 2000 people how many male?
#48. Store traffic by hour: 8am-400, 10am-520, 12pm-680, 2pm-550, 4pm-420. Peak?
#49. Test scores: 78, 82, 85, 88, 92. What is the mean?
#50. Data set: 15, 22, 18, 25, 20. Calculate the mean.
#51. Five students scored: 91, 87, 92, 88, 86. Average score?
#52. Stock prices: 24, 28, 26, 30, 32. Mean price?
#53. Rainfall: 2.1in, 3.4in, 2.8in, 4.2in, 2.5in. Mean rainfall?
#54. Data set: 12, 15, 18, 21, 24. What is the median?
#55. Ordered scores: 65, 72, 78, 85, 92, 98. Median?
#56. Ages: 22, 25, 28, 35, 40, 45, 52. Median age?
#57. Seven test scores: 70, 75, 80, 82, 85, 90, 95. Median?
#58. Prices: 5, 12, 8, 15, 10, 13, 18, 20. Median price?
#59. Data: 5, 8, 5, 12, 5, 15, 8, 20. Mode?
#60. Scores: 78, 82, 78, 85, 82, 78, 90, 82. Mode?
#61. Ages: 25, 30, 25, 35, 25, 40, 30. Mode?
#62. Test results: 88, 92, 88, 95, 88, 92, 100. Mode?
#63. Shoe sizes: 8, 9, 8, 10, 8, 9, 11, 9. Mode?
#64. Data: 10, 12, 15, 18, 22, 25, 28. Range?
#65. Scores: 55, 72, 78, 85, 91, 98, 102. Range?
#66. House prices: 150k, 200k, 210k, 220k, 225k, 500k. Is 500k an outlier?
#67. Test scores: 78, 80, 82, 85, 88, 90, 15. Outlier?
#68. Monthly sales: 5k, 6k, 7k, 8k, 9k, 50k. Likely outlier?
#69. Dataset with 1, 2, 3, 4, 100. Best central tendency measure?
#70. Survey responses: excellent, good, good, fair, good, poor. Best center?
#71. Salaries: 40k, 45k, 50k, 55k, 1000k. Most representative?
#72. Grades: 78, 78, 78, 80, 82, 85, 90. Typical grade?
#73. When data skewed by extremes best measure?
#74. Student scores: 85, 90, 78, 92. Next score for 88 average?
#75. Five workers produced: 120, 135, 128, 142, ?. Average 132 missing value?
#76. Four test scores average 82. Three are 80, 85, 78. Fourth score?
#77. Six numbers mean 75. Five are 70, 72, 75, 80, 85. Sixth number?
#78. Team average 85 pts/game over 20 games total points?
#79. Seven measurements: 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, ?. Median 18 value?
#80. Five numbers ordered: 10, 15, x, 30, 35. Median 25 x value?
#81. Eight values median 50. Middle two 48 and 52. Consistent because median?
#82. Nine values median at which position when ordered?
#83. Income comparison population median better than mean why?
#84. GPS tracking average speed 60 mph over 300 miles time taken?
#85. Temperatures: 68, 72, 75, 71, 70. Mean temperature?
#86. Data points: 100, 110, 90, 100, 100. Mode?
#87. Monthly expenses: 1200, 1500, 1300, 1400, 1500. Median?
#88. Quiz scores: 92, 85, 88, 92, 95, 92. Mode?
#89. Weights in kg: 65, 70, 68, 75, 72. Range?
#90. Data: 45, 50, 52, 48, 55. Mean?
#91. Values: 200, 250, 300, 350, 400. Median?
#92. Dataset: 5, 10, 5, 15, 5, 20. Mode?
#93. Ages: 18, 22, 20, 25, 19. Mean?
#94. Daily sales: 500, 600, 550, 650, 700. Average?
#95. Bank balance monthly: 1200, 1500, 1100, 1400, 1300. Median balance?
#96. A die is rolled. Probability of rolling a 4?
#97. Bag contains 5 red, 3 blue, 2 green balls. Probability drawing red?
#98. Coin is flipped. Probability of heads?
#99. Card deck: 26 red, 26 black. Drawing red probability?
#100. Class of 30 students, 18 female. Selecting female probability?
#101. Flip coin and roll die. Heads AND rolling 3 probability?
#102. Two cards drawn without replacement from 52. Two aces probability?
#103. Spin wheel twice (4 equal sections 2 red). Same color both times?
#104. Draw from 5 red 3 blue without replacement. Red then blue?
#105. Roll two dice. Both showing even numbers probability?
#106. Roll a die. Probability of 2 OR 5?
#107. Draw a card. King OR Heart probability?
#108. Bag: 4 red 3 blue 2 green. Red OR blue probability?
#109. Spin wheel 1-10. 3 OR even probability?
#110. Draw card. 7 OR black card probability?
#111. Flip coin then roll die. Independent events?
#112. Two cards WITH replacement. Independent events?
#113. Draw cards WITHOUT replacement. Independent events?
#114. Weather tomorrow and stock market. Independent events?
#115. Roll die then draw card. Independent events?
#116. Three dice rolled. All show same number probability?
#117. Flip coin 3 times. Exactly 2 heads probability?
#118. Group of 5, 3 prefer pizza 2 tacos. Pick 2 people two pizza lovers?
#119. Spinner 4 equal colors. Spin 4 times same color?
#120. Draw 3 cards no replacement from deck. All hearts?
#121. 100 people: 40 cats 30 dogs 10 both. Cat probability given dogs?
#122. Class: 60% pass math 70% English 50% both. Pass English given math?
#123. Survey: 80 like pizza 50 pasta 20 both total 100. Pasta given pizza?
#124. Medical test 95% accurate disease 2% population. Positive probability disease?
#125. School: 70% attend tutoring 90% pass. Pass probability given tutoring?
#126. Bag marbles: 6 blue 4 red. Draw without replacement P(both blue)?
#127. Deck cards: P(ace) first draw?
#128. Two events A and B: P(A)=0.3 P(B)=0.5 independent. P(A and B)?
#129. Spinner: white red blue yellow equal. Spin twice different outcomes?
#130. Three coins flipped. At least one head probability?
#131. Selecting from 52 cards: P(red face card)?
#132. Urn contains 3 white 5 black balls. P(white) without replacement?
#133. Package: 8 defective 92 good. P(both good) no replacement?
#134. Basketball player 75% free throw. P(makes first two)?
#135. P(rolling even number on die)?
#136. Dice probability sum of 7?
#137. Lottery odds 1 in 1000000. Buy 100 tickets odds?
#138. Event with probability 0 is?
#139. Two mutually exclusive events. Both happen probability?
#140. Complement of event A: P(not A) if P(A)=0.4?
#141. Three independent trials success 0.8 each. All three success?
#142. Die rolled twice: P(first 3 second 4)?
#143. Population growth: Year 1: 100k, Year 2: 120k, Year 3: 144k. Year 4?
#144. Sales trend: Q1 50k, Q2 60k, Q3 70k, Q4 80k. Q5 (next year Q1)?
#145. Website traffic: W1=500, W2=600, W3=720, W4=864. Growth pattern?
#146. Temperature trend: 70, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80. Predict day 7?
#147. Production: 1000, 1050, 1102.50, 1157.63. Predict next?
#148. Ice cream sales increase with temperature. Heat CAUSE sales?
#149. Study group students higher GPA. Groups CAUSE higher GPA?
#150. Sleep hours correlate test performance. Which true?
#151. Firefighters at fires. Firefighters CAUSE fires?
#152. Soup consumption increases cold season. Explanation?
#153. Gym member survey 95% exercise regularly. Biased?
#154. Weekday morning poll. Likely bias toward?
#155. Online survey internet use. Response bias?
#156. Product survey satisfied customers only. Bias?
#157. Political poll landline phones only. Bias against?
#158. Study: Vitamin C reduces cold 50%. Likely means?
#159. Dentists 83% prefer toothbrush. Missing context?
#160. Average income increased 20%. Missing?
#161. Drug 90% effective. Needed context?
#162. Survey 1 in 3 prefer A. Reliable when?
#163. Best survey student lunch opinions?
#164. Estimate household income city?
#165. Every 10th person from list sampling?
#166. Stratified sampling means?
#167. Cluster sampling involves?
#168. Study 10 people supplement memory. Generalize?
#169. Study A and B correlation. Cant conclude?
#170. Control group random assignment. Evidence?
#171. Self-selected volunteers study. Bias toward?
#172. Long-term same people study. Best for?
#173. Normal distribution 68% falls?
#174. Bell curve centered 100. 95% values between?
#175. Right-skewed distribution. Median vs mean?
#176. Left-skewed distribution. True?
#177. Bimodal distribution means?
#178. Statistically significant result means?
#179. Small effect statistically significant. Interpret?
#180. Study result p=0.0001. Indicates?
#181. Statistical significance requires?
#182. Practical significance means?
#183. R-squared 0.85 regression model. Interpretation?
#184. Z-score 2.5 distribution. What percent beyond?
#185. Confidence interval 95% for mean. Interpretation?
#186. Type I error significance test. Is?
#187. Data shows clear pattern. Still conclude random?
#188. Large sample vs small. Which more reliable?
#189. Two datasets same mean different spread. Which matters?
#190. Regression line slope positive. Relationship?
#191. Outliers in data. Effect on mean greater than?
#192. Sample size 30 vs 300. Confidence in estimates?
#193. Qualitative data example is?
#194. Quantitative continuous variable is?
#195. Categorical variable is?
#196. Data highly variable. What measure inflated?
#197. Two correlated events. Always true?
#198. Lurking variable means?
#199. Placebo effect shows importance of?
#200. Regression toward mean means?