1.1 - 1.3 Quiz

For all the students in a high school, the mean grade point average is 2.95. Is the mean grade point average a parameter or a statistic?

​ (a)  

• Parameter
• Statistic

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

The principal asks 50 randomly selected students whether the student parking lot should be expanded. Identify the method of data collection.

​ (a)  

• Survey
• Experiment
• Observational Study
• Simulation

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

A normal distribution has a mean of 72 and a standard deviation of 5. Find the probability that a randomly selected x​ -value from the distribution is between 67 and 77. Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.

The probability is about__ .

Mathematical Equivalence

ON

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CCSS.HSS.ID.A.4

A normal distribution has a mean of 72 and a standard deviation of 5. Find the probability that a randomly selected x-value from the distribution is less than 75. Round your answer to the nearest ten thousandth.

The probability is about ​ ​ (a)   .

• 0.7257
• 0.2743
• 0.6179
• 0.3228

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CCSS.HSS.ID.A.4

In a survey, 1600 randomly selected U.S. adults are asked whether they have purchased a product online. The results are shown in the circle graph.

Identify the Population and Sample

Population = ​ ​ (a)  

Sample = ​ (b)  

• All U.S. Adults
• The 1600 U.S. adults surveyed
• The 81% of U.S. adults
• The 19% of U.S. adults

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CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

A normal distribution has mean μ​ and standard deviation σ​ . An x​ -value is randomly selected from the distribution. What is the probability that μ−2σ ≤ x ≤ μ+2σ​ ?

• 68%

• 95%

• 99.7%

• 100%

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CCSS.HSS.ID.A.4

A data set has a normal distribution with a mean of 4800 grams and a standard deviation of 200 grams. A value from the data set is randomly chosen. What is the probability that the value is 5140 grams or less? Use the standard normal table.

Mathematical Equivalence

ON

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CCSS.HSS.ID.A.4

In your class, 27% of all students say that history is their favorite subject. Is this a parameter or a statistic?

​ (a)  

• Parameter
• statistic

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

You flip a coin 4 times and do not get a tails. You suspect this coin favors heads. The coin maker claims that the coin does not favor heads or tails. You use technology to simulate 200 random samples of flipping a coin 50 times. The histogram shows the results. What should you conclude when you flip the actual coin 50 times and get 24 heads?

• The maker's claim is most likely true

• The maker's claim is most likely false

• Cannot determine from the information

• This represents a cluster model survey.

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CCSS.7.SP.A.2

A researcher asks 50 people whether they have visited Arizona.

Identify the method of data collection described in the situation.

​ (a)  

• survey
• experiment
• observational study

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3