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b. descriptive statistics
3. From past figures, it is predicted that 45% of the registered voters will vote in the March primary. Does
this statement describe descriptive or inferential statistics?
a. inferential statistics
b. descriptive statistics
4. At a large University a simple random sample of 5 female professors is selected and a simple random
sample of 10 male professors is selected. The two samples are combined to give an overall sample of 15
professors. The overall sample is
a. a simple random sample.
b. systematic sample
c. a stratified sample.
d. all of the above.
5. The grade point average for each of the 15 seniors in a statistics class is determined.
a. Categorical
b. Numerical, Discrete
c. Numerical, Continuous
d. Categorical, Continuous
6. A quality control specialist compares the output from a machine with a new lubricant to the output of
machines with the old lubricant. Which type of study is it?
a. Observational study
b. Experimental study
7. Suppose a recent study of 1,000 teenagers in the U.S. found that 33% of them do babysitting to earn
extra money.
I. Which of the following describes the population for this example?
a. The 33% of teenagers who do babysitting to earn extra money.
b. All teenagers in the U.S.
c. The 1,000 teenagers who participated in the study.
d. All teenagers in the U.S. who do babysitting for extra money.
II. Which of the following describes the sample for this example?
a. The 33% of teenagers who do babysitting to earn extra money.
b. All teenagers in the U.S.
c. The 1,000 teenagers who participated in the study.
d. All teenagers in the U.S. who do babysitting for extra money.
8. A university was interested in student reaction to a proposal to spend more on athletic scholarships and
less on academic scholarships. 35 student athletes were surveyed. What type of problem has occurred?
a. selection bias
b. non-response bias
c. measurement error
d. None
9. If the bars of a histogram represent the proportion of the total count that falls into each interval, what
must the heights of the bars sum to?
a. The total number of numbers in the data set.
b. One.
c. 1 divided by the total number of intervals used in the histogram.
d. Not enough information to tell.
10. A student completing a research project for a criminal justice class obtained a radar gun for
determining automobile speeds and recorded the speeds of automobiles passing a fixed location over a
period of several hours. The student was unaware that the device needed to be recharged after two hours
of use and that the speeds recorded after two hours were not reliable. What type of problem has occurred?
a. measurement error
b. selection bias
c. nonresponse bias
d. not enough information to tell.
11. A survey was conducted to determine how people feel about the quality of programming available on
television. Respondents were asked to rate the overall quality from 0 (no quality at all) to 100 (extremely
good quality). The stem-and-leaf display of the data is shown below.
What percentage of the respondents rated overall television quality as very good (regarded as ratings of
80 and above)?
a. 4%
b. 1%
c. 24%
d. 6%
12. In a statistics class with 136 students, the professor records how much money each student has in his
or her possession during the first class of the semester. The following histogram is of the data collected.
I. The number of students with under $10 in their possession is closest to
a. 40.
b. 50.
c. 60.
d. 70.
II. The histogram
a. is skewed right.
b. has an outlier.
c. is asymmetric.
d. all of the above.
13. Which of the following is a correct interpretation of the yield for variety 1 and 2 from the boxplot
below?
14. A sample of 10 individuals was taken at a college football game and the number of games they attend
a year was recorded. The descriptive statistics for the data are given as follows.
What is the five-number summary for this data?
a. 1, 2, 4, 5.25, 7
b. 1, 2, 3.9, 5.25, 7
c. 10, 3.9, 0.605, 1.912, 1.0
d. 1, 0.605, 3.9, 0.605, 7
15. Which of the following is not affected by extreme outliers?
a. Variance
b. Median
c. Range
d. Mean
16. Which of the following is a not a measure of variability?
a. Interquartile Range
b. Standard deviation
c. Population variance
d. Proportion
17.
d. The graph shows the distribution of a variable, what is the name of that variable?
18. A data set contains the observations 6, 0, -3, -2, 1. Complete the following parts.
5
a. Find
xi =
b. Find
x
i 1
i 1
2
i
5
xi
5
i 1 =
c. Find xi 5
i 1
d. Calculate the mean, x.
19. The side-by-side boxplots shows the cumulative college GPAs for sophomores, juniors, and seniors
taking an intro stats course in Fall 2003.
a. Based on the boxplot for GPA of Junior students, find the five-number summary.
___________
___________
___________
___________
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20. The stem-and-leaf plot shows the tuition and fees (in thousands) for 30 Indiana colleges.
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0
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
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0
88999
0001234
56669
01
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a) Find the five-number summary of tuition and fees for these Indiana colleges.
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Minimum
____________
Q1
___________
____________
____________
Median
Q3
Maximum
b) Suppose the standard deviation of tuition and fees for these Indiana colleges is $9,250. How to
interpret this result in the context?
d) Calculate the range and inter quartile range (IQR) of the dataset. Interpret the result.
e) Calculate the 90th percentile of the dataset and interpret the result.
21.
22. The mean height of a basketball team is 6.1 feet with a standard deviation of 0.2 feet. The team's
center is 6.7 feet tall. Find the center's z score and interpret the result.
23. For a given data set, the lower quartile is 45, the median is 50, and the upper quartile is 57. The
minimum value in the data set is 32, and the maximum is 81.
a. Find the interquartile range.