In: Statistics and Probability
Indicate whether each of the following statements is true or
false.
a. The Χ2 test is used to compare the goodness of fit
between a set of measurements and a theoretical distribution.
_______
b. The variance of a random variable is always greater than or
equal to zero.
_______
c. The maximum likelihood estimate for some parameter represents
the value that should happen
most frequently. For example, the maximum likelihood estimate for
the outcome of rolling a pair
of 6-sided dice is "7".
_______
d. If we generate a 99% confidence interval for the mean of some
value using 100 independent replications of a simulation model,
then the interval will usually be too small to contain 20 out of
the
100 samples.
_______
e. One step in generating random variables with other distributions
is to convert the cumulative distribution function Fx(x)
into its inverse using the formula: F-1x(x) =
1/Fx(x).
_______
f. For a discrete random variable, the cumulative distribution
function looks like a series of disconnected horizontal "steps"
going upwards.
_______
g. If you are not using the data to estimate the sample variance,
then you can should calculate your
confidence intervals using the normal distribution instead of the
Student’s t-distribution, even
when the number of samples is small.
_______
h. In a time-driven program structure, the simulation clock
advances by a fixed amount at each iteration, but the number of
events executed varies from one iteration to another.
_______
i. If the event list is implemented as a heap, then the time to
insert a new event into the list is O(n)
and the time to remove the next event is also O(n).
_______
j. Common random numbers is a variance reduction technique for
simulation programs in which
you must use a single stream of random numbers for every random
variable in your program.
_______
a. The Χ2 test is used to
compare the goodness of fit between a set of measurements and a
theoretical distribution.
_TRUE______
b. The variance of a random variable is always greater than or
equal to zero.
__TRUE_____
c. The maximum likelihood estimate for some parameter represents
the value that should happen
most frequently. For example, the maximum likelihood estimate for
the outcome of rolling a pair
of 6-sided dice is "7".
__FALSE_____
d. If we generate a 99% confidence interval for the mean of some
value using 100 independent replications of a simulation model,
then the interval will usually be too small to contain 20 out of
the
100 samples.
___TRUE____
e. One step in generating random variables with other distributions
is to convert the cumulative distribution function Fx(x)
into its inverse using the formula: F-1x(x) =
1/Fx(x).
__TRUE_____
f. For a discrete random variable, the cumulative distribution
function looks like a series of disconnected horizontal "steps"
going upwards.
__TRUE_____
g. If you are not using the data to estimate the sample variance,
then you can calculate your
confidence intervals using the normal distribution instead of the
Student’s t-distribution, even
when the number of samples is small.
___FALSE____
j. Common random numbers is a variance reduction technique for
simulation programs in which
you must use a single stream of random numbers for every random
variable in your program.
___TRUE____
h. In a time-driven program
structure, the simulation clock advances by a fixed amount at each
iteration, but the number of events executed varies from one
iteration to another.
_______
i. If the event list is implemented as a heap, then the
time to insert a new event into the list is O(n)
and the time to remove the next event is also O(n).
_______
These two questions are from computer science, so please tag them in computer science.