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an example of
A.detached statistics
2. Which of the following statements is true regarding the data set 10, 10, 10, 10, and 10?
D.all of the above
Question 4 of 20
Which of the following correctly describes the relationship between a sample and a population?
C.A sample is a group of subjects selected from a population to be studied.
Question 5 of 20
A population includes:
D.all objects of interest in a particular study
6- Which of the following indicates how many observations fall into various categories?
C.The frequency table
Question 7 of 20
Question 8 of 20
The length of the box in the boxplot portrays the
B.interquartile range
Question 9 of 20
Which measure of central location is meaningful when the data are categorical?
D.The mode
Question 10 of 20
The total frequency of the data whose ogive is shown below is approximately
C.34
Question 11 of 20
If you classified the fruit in a basket as apple, orange, or banana, this would be an example of
which level of measurement?
B.nominal
Question 12 of 20
The mode is best described as the
C.most frequently occurring value
13. Accepted characters: The following data are the base salaries, in thousands of dollars, of
50 chief executive officers for a sample of companies doing business with the state of
Connecticut. That is, the first entry in the table below corresponds to a salary of $125,000. A
copy of this data set can be found in the Excel Workbook called CEOSalaries.xls.
125
157
113
127
201
165
145
119
148
158
148
168
117
105
136
136
125
148
108
178
179
191
225
204
104
205
197
119
209
157
209
205
221
178
247
235
217
222
224
187
265
148
165
228
239
245
152
148
115
150
Find the standard deviation of the CEO salaries, in thousands of dollars, rounded to 2 decimal
places. Do not use a dollar sign. Note: $177,760 should be recorded as 177.76. 43.94
CEOSalaries.xls
81
84
85
78
74
81
92
86
77
73
84
86
79
75
81
82
73
91
64
70
80
76
75
76
85
77
90
78
86
95
78
72
73
76
78
93
What is the mean score on this exam? Place your answer, rounded to two decimal places in the blank. For example,
65.78 would be a legitimate entry. 80.40
Question 15 of 20
Accepted characters: The histogram below represents scores achieved by 250 job applicants on a personality
profile.
How many job applicants scored above 50? Place your answer in the blank. Do not use any stray symbols. For
example, 123 would be a legitimate answer.
50
Question 16 of 20
Accepted characters: The following data represent the number of children in a sample of 10
families from Chicago: 4, 2, 1, 1, 5, 3, 0, 1, 0, and 2.
Compute the variance of the data. Place your answer, rounded to two decimal places, in the
blank. For example, 3.45 would be a legitimate entry. 2.77
Answer Key: 2.77
Question 17 of 20
Accepted characters: The histogram below represents scores achieved by 250 job applicants on a personality
profile.
What percentage of the job applicants scored below 60? Place your answer in the blank, rounded to 2
decimal places. Do not use a percentage sign (%). For example, 44.44 would be a legitimate answer.
90
8. Accepted characters: The following data represent the number of children in a sample of 10
families from Chicago: 4, 2, 1, 1, 5, 3, 0, 1, 0, and 2.
Compute the median number of children. Place your answer, rounded to two decimal places, in
the blank. For example, 3.45 would be a legitimate entry. 1.5
Answer Key: 1.50
Part 3 of 3 -
Question 19 of 20
Question 20 of 20
The scatterplot is a graphical technique used to describe the relationship between two numerical
variables.
True