Unit A Practice Test

Dr. Dre is a dentist. He needs to report on the average number of cavities that his patients have.
1,0,1,5,6,3,4

• 3.33
• 2.85
• 3
• 3.5

At Donald's Donuts the number of donut holes in a bag can vary. Help Donald find the mode.
12,10,10,10,13,12,11,13,10

• 13
• 12
• 11
• 10

Find the mean of these numbers:
5,11,2,12,4,2

• 4.1
• 6
• 4.5
• 4

Find the median of these numbers:
4,2,7,4,3

• 2
• 5
• 7
• 4

Population or Sample?

A factory overseer selects 40 threaded rods at random from those produced that week at the factory, then she tests their tensile strength.

• Population

• Sample

Population or Sample?

All of the teachers in a school are surveyed on their meeting time preferences.

• Population

• Sample

A researcher stood at a school parking lot entrance to see if the color of a car is related to the driver not wearing a seat belt.

Which research method is most appropriate?

• Observational Study

• Experiment

• Census

• Correlation

Four groups of randomly selected people are assigned a different diet. After six months, the blood pressures of each group are compared.

Which research method is most appropriate?

• Observational Study

• Experiment

• Census

• Sample Survey

According to the empirical rule, what percentage of data falls within 1 standard deviation? 

• 25%
• 68%
• 95%
• 99.7%

According to the empirical rule, how much of the data falls within 3 standard deviations? 

• 25%
• 68%
• 95%
• 99.7%