Quiz about Math1530

Question 1

Calculate the MEAN for the data set: 6, 7, 12, 8, 7, 4, 8, 8, 7

Accepted Answer

7.44

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7

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8

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7 and 8

Question 2

Calculate the MEDIAN for the data set: 6, 7, 12, 8, 7, 4, 8, 8, 7

Accepted Answer

7

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7.44

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8

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7 and 8

Question 3

Calculate the MODE for the data set: 6, 7, 12, 8, 7, 4, 8, 8, 7

Accepted Answer

7 and 8

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7

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7.44

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8

Question 4

Calculate the RANGE for the data set: 6, 7, 12, 8, 7, 4, 8, 8, 7

Accepted Answer

8

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7

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7.44

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7 and 8

Question 5

To find the average or mean of a set of numbers, add up all the items and divide by...

Accepted Answer

The number of items

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2

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The minimum

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The maximum

Question 6

Which interval has the highest frequency?

Accepted Answer

3-4 Books

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9 - 10 books

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7-8 Books

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5-6 Books

Question 7

What test score is the mode of Mary's data?

Accepted Answer

73

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49

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55

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85

Question 8

The number of miles that Jenna cycled each week for a 7-week period is shown:
36, 42, 28, 52, 48, 36, 31
What is the median number of miles Jenna cycled?

Accepted Answer

36

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24

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39

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52

Question 9

How many people purchased no food and no drink?

Accepted Answer

10

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60

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20

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200

Question 10

How many total people took the survey?

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100

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50

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150

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200

Question 11

How many students are between 60 and 63 inches tall?

Accepted Answer

7

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Answer

Answer

Question 12

The team scored 50 points. How many points did Kendrick score?

Accepted Answer

10 points

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12 points

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20 points

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72 points

Question 13

Which table represents the data in the graph?

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Option A is correct

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B.

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C.

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D.

Question 14

What type of graph is this?

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Bar Graph

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Line Plot

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Pictograph

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Tally Chart

Question 15

How many students have blue for a favorite color?

Accepted Answer

14

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11

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12

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17

Question 16

Which hero was least popular?

Accepted Answer

Superman

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Spiderman

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Batman

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The Hulk

Question 17

Which Continent is home to 36% of the wild cats?

Accepted Answer

Asia

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Africa

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North America

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South America

Question 18

In a discrete data, what name is given to the item occurring most frequently?

Accepted Answer

Mode

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Median

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Mean

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Frequency

Question 19

In order to find the median, the data must be sorted from least to greatest first.

Accepted Answer

True

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False

Question 20

A data set can have more than one mode

Accepted Answer

True

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False

Question 21

A data set can have more than one median?

Accepted Answer

False

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True

Question 22

What does the standard deviation tell us about the data set?

Accepted Answer

How spread out the numbers are

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How much each number in the data set increases by

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How much each number in the data set decreases by

Question 23

-difference between the largest and smallest value of a data set

Accepted Answer

range

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mean

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median

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mode

Question 24

-most frequently occurring number in a data set

Accepted Answer

mode

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mean

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median

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range

Question 25

A sample should be

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representative of the population

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representative of  only middle school students only

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a very large group

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representative of people who volunteer

Question 26

Question 26.

Accepted Answer

Running

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Kayaking

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Cycling

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Swimming

Question 27

Question 27.

Accepted Answer

60

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80

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90

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120

Question 28

Question 28.

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30%

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15%

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20%

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25%

Question 29

Question 29.

Accepted Answer

50

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20

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25

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75

Question 30

According to this article, what is STATISTICS?

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Statistics is the universal language of the sciences that involves information, numbers, visual graphics to summarize information and its interpretation. In other words, the science of collecting, describing, and interpreting data.

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Statistics is a method of analyzing and collecting data that is not easily visible and must be described by using mathematics and other sciences.

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Statistics is using data, concluding data and making inferential theories from the information that has a positive normal distribution.

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Statistics involves using information, numbers, and descriptive conclusions to help businesses make corrective business decisions based on the descriptive techniques that create perfect graphs.

Question 31

Descriptive statistics involves...

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collection, presentation, and description of sample data

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the technique of interpreting the values resulting from the descriptive techniques and making decisions and drawing conclusions about the population

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attempting to provide incorrect information and provide misleading graphs

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using information, numbers, and graphics even when data can't be collected

Question 32

Inferential statistics involves...

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the technique of interpreting the values resulting from the descriptive techniques and making decisions and drawing conclusions about the population

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collection, presentation, and description of sample data

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attempting to provide incorrect information and provide misleading graphs

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using information, numbers, and graphics even when data can't be collected

Question 33

The POPULATION in statistics is best described by...

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a collection, or set, of individuals, objects, or events whose properties are to be analyzed

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the total number of people that live in a particular city

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the incomplete collection of individuals or objects that are of interest to the sample collector

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a collection of people that are being analyzed for membership on a list of particular elements to be studied

Question 34

A sample is...

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a subset of a population

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an infinite selection of a population

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a characteristic of a population

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a data value generated by the statistical information

Question 35

A variable (or response variable) is

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a characteristic of interest about each individual element of a population or sample

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a characteristic that is irrelevant to the collection of the data

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a characteristic that changes when the data is collected

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a characteristic or trait that will be ignored in a sample population

Question 36

A parameter is...

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a numerical value that summarizes all of the data of an entire population

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a planned activity whose results yield a set of data

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the set of values collected from the variable from each of the elements that belong to the sample

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A numerical value summarizing the sample data

Question 37

A discrete variable...

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a quantitative variable that can assume a countable number of values, in other words, there is a gap between any two values

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is a qualitative variable that characterizes, describes, or names an element of a population

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is a qualitative variable that incorporates an ordered position, or ranking

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a quantitative variable that can assume an uncountable number of values, in other words, it includes every possible value between any two values

Question 38

A continuous variable...

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a quantitative variable that can assume an uncountable number of values, in other words, it includes every possible value between any two values

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is a qualitative variable that characterizes, describes, or names an element of a population

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is a qualitative variable that incorporates an ordered position, or ranking

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a quantitative variable that can assume a countable number of values, in other words, there is a gap between any two values

Question 39

Is this an example of a population or a sample?

The number of pets in all households in a city.

Accepted Answer

population

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sample

Question 40

In the class interval 50-55 what is the Upper limit?

Accepted Answer

55

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50

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49.5

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54.9

Question 41

Among the following characters, the qualitative one is:

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None of choices

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Grades of students in a Math test

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Salaries of employees

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Number of children of each family

Question 42

Among the following characters, the quantitative one is:

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All choices

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Grades of students in a Math test

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Salaries of employees

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Number of children of each family

Question 43

200 people are surveyed about their favorite football team. The population of this study is:

Accepted Answer

200 people

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Favorite football team

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1 people

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Spain, Brazil and Germany

Question 44

It is a numerical description of a population characteristic.

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Parameter

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People

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Statistics

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Data

Question 45

It is a numerical description of a sample characteristic

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Statistic

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Statistics

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Parameter

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Data

Question 46

What is Qualitative Data?

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Consist of attributes, labels, or nonnumerical entries.

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Consist of numerical measurements or counts.

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Consist of a subset of the population.

Question 47

What is Quantitative Data?

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Consist of numerical measurements or counts.

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Consist of attributes, labels, or nonnumerical entries.

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Consist of a subset of the population.

Question 48

Which one of the following is discrete data?

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Sam has two brothers and one sister

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Sam is 160 cm tall

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Sam weighs 60 kg

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Sam ran 100 meters in 10.2 seconds

Question 49

The time it takes for a car battery to die. Is this data discrete or continuous?

Accepted Answer

Continuous

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Discrete

Question 50

The number of school lunches sold during the month. Is this data discrete or continuous?

Accepted Answer

Discrete

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Continuous

Question 51

How many miles it takes to use up a tank of gas. Is this data discrete or continuous?

Accepted Answer

Continuous

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Discrete

Question 52

Number of slices on a pizza. Is this data discrete or continuous?

Accepted Answer

Discrete

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Continuous

Question 53

At a local high school, GPA's are normally distributed with a mean of 2.9 and standard deviation of 0.6. What percentage of students at the high school have a GPA between 2.3 and 3.5?

Accepted Answer

68%

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99.7%

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95%

Answer

84%

Question 54

The mean life of a tire is 30,000 km. The standard deviation is 2000 km.

Then, 68% of all tires will have a life between ___________ km and __________ km.

Accepted Answer

28,000 km and 32,000 km.

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24,000 km and 34,000 km.

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26,000 km and 34,000 km.

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27,000 km and 31,000 km.

Question 55

What percent of people are 3 standard deviations above the mean?

Accepted Answer

.15

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34

Answer

68

Answer

2.35

Question 56

What percent of people within 2 standard deviations of the mean?

Accepted Answer

95

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99.7

Answer

34

Answer

68

Question 57

Which is the response variable?

Accepted Answer

Rent

Answer

Distance from Center of City

Question 58

The amount of time studying for your next test and the grade you make on it. Which is the explanatory variable?

Accepted Answer

Amount of time studying for your next test

Answer

Grade you make on test

Question 59

In the relationship between the time spent shopping and the number of items bought. The response variable is

Accepted Answer

The number of items bought

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The number of items at the shop

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The time spent shopping

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The time spent getting to the shops

Question 60

The amount of time studying for your next test and the grade you make on it. Which is the response variable?

Accepted Answer

Grade you make on test

Answer

Amount of time studying for your next test

Math1530

60 questions

Calculate the MEAN for the data set: 6, 7, 12, 8, 7, 4, 8, 8, 7

Calculate the MEDIAN for the data set: 6, 7, 12, 8, 7, 4, 8, 8, 7

Calculate the MODE for the data set: 6, 7, 12, 8, 7, 4, 8, 8, 7

Calculate the RANGE for the data set: 6, 7, 12, 8, 7, 4, 8, 8, 7

To find the average or mean of a set of numbers, add up all the items and divide by...

Which interval has the highest frequency?

What test score is the mode of Mary's data?

The number of miles that Jenna cycled each week for a 7-week period is shown:
36, 42, 28, 52, 48, 36, 31
What is the median number of miles Jenna cycled?

How many people purchased no food and no drink?

How many total people took the survey?

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60 questions

Calculate the MEAN for the data set: 6, 7, 12, 8, 7, 4, 8, 8, 7

Calculate the MEDIAN for the data set: 6, 7, 12, 8, 7, 4, 8, 8, 7

Calculate the MODE for the data set: 6, 7, 12, 8, 7, 4, 8, 8, 7

Calculate the RANGE for the data set: 6, 7, 12, 8, 7, 4, 8, 8, 7

To find the average or mean of a set of numbers, add up all the items and divide by...

Which interval has the highest frequency?

What test score is the mode of Mary's data?

The number of miles that Jenna cycled each week for a 7-week period is shown: 36, 42, 28, 52, 48, 36, 31 What is the median number of miles Jenna cycled?

How many people purchased no food and no drink?

How many total people took the survey?

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The number of miles that Jenna cycled each week for a 7-week period is shown:
36, 42, 28, 52, 48, 36, 31
What is the median number of miles Jenna cycled?