SOLUTION SEEKER

WHY IS THIS AN IMPORTANT TRAIT?

Being a solution seeker is an important trait for all students. The ability to use a resource that is
given to help solve a problem you are facing is crucial in the world. If we are unable to seek for a
solution we may lose many opportunities that arise; we are unable to seek the help that is needed
to achieve or understand something.

HOW DO YOU DEMONSTRATE THIS IN YOUR DAILY LIFE?

I do my best to be a solution seeker everyday, so I understand why the answer is the way it is. I
ask questions, so I understand the concepts that I am learning. Therefore, if I was asked to
replicate the problem or asked to analyze why the answer is the answer. I would be able to
replicate the problem if I need to.

HOW DOES THE SAMPLE YOU'VE PROVIDED SHOW THAT

YOU ACTIVELY DEMONSTRATE THIS TRAIT?
The AP statistic chapter 3 test corrections was a great example to demonstrate how I am a
solution seeker in my daily life. After we take a benchmark test, my teacher grades the test and
hands it back. I am able to receive a third of my missed points back, but to receive the points I
have to explain why the correct answer is correct.

I am able to at the time ask my teacher

question to understand the reasoning on why I got the answer wrong. With doing the test
corrections I am to understand the curriculum and will be able to pass the AP exam.

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Part 1: Multiple Choice. Circle the letter conesponding to the best answer.

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A regression of the arnount of calories in a serving of breakfast cereal vs. the arnount of fat gave
the following results: Calories :97.1053 + 9.6525(Fat). Which of the following is FALSE?
14ft is estimated that for every additional gram of fat in the cereal, the number'of calories
increases by about 10.
,lBy?-is estimaied that in cereals with no fat, the total amount of calories is about 97.
4c|1t acereal has 2 g of fat, then it is estimated that the total number of calories is about 116.
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Conelation and regression require explanatory and response variables.
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5. A community

college announces that the correlation between college entrance exam grades and
scholastic achievement was found to be -1.08. On the basis of this you would tell the college that
@Itht entrance exam is a good predictor of success.
((blne exam is a poor predictor of success.
\-c) students who do best on this exam will be poor students.

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between the personality traits "greed" and "superciliousness"

when both are measured on a numerical scale is -0.40. What percent of the variation in greed can be
explained bf{h" relationship with superciliousness?

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7. Scientists rated the activity level of fish at different temperatures (Celsius). A rating of 0 indicates
no activity and a rating df 100 indicates extremely heavy activity. The data they eollected are
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water is cooler. As fish move around more, water temperature increases.
to swim faster.
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(9) As water temperature decreases, the level fish activity increases somewhat constantly.
.(d)"The correlation coefficient, 0.91, indicates that there is a fairly strong positive linear

relationship between level of fish activity and temperature.

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circle that appeared in a random location on the screen as quickly as she could. The computer
tracked the distance (in pixels) she had to move from the center of one circle to the next and the
time (in hundredths of a second) it took her to make her next click. A computer linear regtession
printout and a residual plot are shown below.

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provided the following datawhere x : number of years of courtship before marriage, andy = number of
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