Statistics Review

The part of the population being studied is

• population

• sample

• random

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CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

The entire group studied is ...

• sample

• population

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CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

The manager of a book store surveys people who buy mystery novels to see if the store should expand its hours.  What is the population?

• People who visit the bookstore.
• People who buy mystery novels.
• Residents of the town
• People who like to read.

A music store gives comment cards to all members of its Jazz Club to find out about satisfaction with the club's features.  Identify the sample.

• People who play instruments.
• All music store customers except Jazz Club members.
• All music store customers
• Jazz Club members

A recent survey of 800 seventh graders from across the state shows 4 out of 10 like to play paper football. How many students said they like to play paper football?

• 40 students
• 200 students 
• 320 students
• 8,000 students

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CCSS.7.RP.A.3

According to a random telephone survey, 85% of all working adults in the U.S. are satisfied with their current job. If I asked 500 adults, how many do you predict would be satisfied with their current job?

• 85 adults
• 340 adults
• 500 adults
• 425 adults

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CCSS.7.SP.C.6

Xander wants to be elected president of his 9th grade class. He wants to determine his chance of winning the election. Which will be the best way for him to determine if he will win?

• Survey a random sample of 9th grade students

• Survey the boys in his neighborhood

• Survey all the girls on the cheerleading sqad

• Survey all the 9th grade teachers

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CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

Identify the outlier for the given data?

23, 34, 27, 7, 30, 26, 28, 31, 34

• 7

• 23

• 31

• 34

What is the median of the data?

• 200

• 100

• 90

• 140

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.4

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.1

What is the interquartile range?

*Hint: Upper Quartile Q3 - Lower Quartile Q1

• 4

• 6

• 2

• 8