% Sample Question document for STA256 \documentclass[12pt]{article} %\usepackage{amsbsy} % for \boldsymbol and \pmb %\usepackage{graphicx} % To include pdf files! \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage[colorlinks=true, pdfstartview=FitV, linkcolor=blue, citecolor=blue, urlcolor=blue]{hyperref} % For links \usepackage{fullpage} %\pagestyle{empty} % No page numbers \begin{document} %\enlargethispage*{1000 pt} \begin{center} {\Large \textbf{Sample Questions: Conditional Probability}}\footnote{STA256 Fall 2019. Copyright information is at the end of the last page.} \vspace{1 mm} \end{center} \vspace{5mm} \begin{enumerate} \item The table below shows percentages of passengers on the Titanic. \begin{center} \begin{tabular}{l | c c} & Died & Lived \\ \hline 1st Class & ~9 & 15 \\ 2nd Class & 13 & ~9 \\ 3d~ Class & 40 & 14 \end{tabular} \end{center} \vspace{5mm} For a randomly chosen passenger, what is \begin{enumerate} \item The probability of living? \vspace{10mm} \item The probability of living \begin{enumerate} \item Given 1st class? \vspace{20mm} \item Given 2nd class? \vspace{20mm} \item Given 3d class? \vspace{20mm} \end{enumerate} \item The probability of being in first class given that the person died? \vspace{40mm} \end{enumerate} \pagebreak \item {\large A jar contains two fair coins and one fair die. The coins have a ``1" on one side and a ``2" on the other side. Pick an object at random, roll or toss, and observe the number.} \begin{enumerate} \item What is $P(2 \cap C)$? \vspace{20mm} \item What is $P(6|C)$? \vspace{10mm} \item Make a tree diagram. \vspace{90mm} \item List the outcomes with their probabilities. \vspace{40mm} \item What is $P(C|2)$? \end{enumerate} \pagebreak \item %{\large Let $S = \cup_{k=1}^\infty A_k$, disjoint, with $P(A_k)>0$ for all $k$. Using the formula sheet and the tabular format illustrated in lecture, prove $P(B) = \sum_{k=1}^\infty P(B|A_k)P(A_k)$. %} % End size \pagebreak \item Prove the following version of Bayes' Theorem. Let $S = \cup_{k=1}^\infty A_k$, disjoint, with $P(A_k)>0$ for all $k$. Then \begin{displaymath} P(A_j|B) = \frac{P(B|A_j)P(A_j)}{\sum_{k=1}^\infty P(B|A_k)P(A_k)}. \end{displaymath} You may use anything from the formula sheet except Bayes' theorem itself. \pagebreak \item Two balls are drawn in succession from a jar containing three red balls and four white balls. What is the probability that the first ball was white given that the second ball was red? % 2/3 The answer is a number. Circle your answer. \pagebreak \item This is an important real-world application of Bayes' Theorem. Suppose only one person in a thousand has some rare disease. We have a screening test for the disease, and it's a good test. \begin{itemize} \item 90\% of those with the disease test positive. \item 95\% of those without the disease test negative. \end{itemize} Given a positive test, what is the probability that the person actually has the disease? The answer is a number. Circle your answer. \end{enumerate} \vspace{135mm} \noindent \begin{center}\begin{tabular}{l} \hspace{6in} \\ \hline \end{tabular}\end{center} This assignment was prepared by \href{http://www.utstat.toronto.edu/~brunner}{Jerry Brunner}, Department of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, University of Toronto. It is licensed under a \href{http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US} {Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License}. Use any part of it as you like and share the result freely. The \LaTeX~source code is available from the course website: \begin{center} \href{http://www.utstat.toronto.edu/~brunner/oldclass/256f19} {\small\texttt{http://www.utstat.toronto.edu/$^\sim$brunner/oldclass/256f19}} \end{center} \end{document}