As you prepare for your first midterm exam on Oct. 12, make sure that you have gone through the two practise exams they have provided you in the Resources section of Stats Portal. They will give you a very good idea of what your exam will be like.

 

Here is a link where you can download the Sample Midterms if you haven't found them in StatsPortal.  Note that they do include an answer key on the last page:
Stat 1000: Sample Tests 1A and 1B

 

If you have the Smiley Cheng Multiple-Choice Problem Set book for Stat 1000 that is available to purchase at the Book Store or through Archives or kijiji, here are some questions you may want to look at for additional preparation. These old exams are well worth taking a look at as you prepare for your first midterm exam.  I go through them in reverse order since the more recent exams are probably more like the questions you will see.  Since most of the questions are fine to look at, I will just tell you what questions to omit instead.

 

Note that solutions for these exams (but not the questions) are in Appendix C of my Basic Statistics 1 book (volume 1).  If you have an older edition of my book, the solutions to the midterms may be in a different appendix, and you may be missing solutions to the more recent exams.

 

Remember, these tests were only 1.5 hours long and, because of the omissions, should take you no more than 1 hour to do.  Try doing two exams in 2 hours maximum to practise your timing.  Keep an eye on your time.  Do two exams and see how long you took.  If it took more than two hours, you know you need to improve.

 

2009/2010 Term II Midterm Exam (page 495 of Cheng)

 

OMIT questions 13 to 20.