Quiz about First Semester Final

Question 1

Two branches of statistics are________________ and ___________.

Accepted Answer

inferential and descriptive

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engineering and chemistry

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mathematical and inferential

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hard and easy

Question 2

Classify the data: Time it takes to get to school

Accepted Answer

Quantitative

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Qualitative

Question 3

Classify the data: Color of beach tags on 7th street beach

Accepted Answer

Qualitative

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Quantitative

Question 4

Classify the data: Letter grades (A, B, C, D, F) on a project

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ordinal

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nominal

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interval

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ratio

Question 5

Classify the data: Temperature in Fahrenheit during this week

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interval

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nominal

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ordinal

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ratio

Question 6

Classify the data: The number of touchdowns the Eagles score each year

Accepted Answer

discrete

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continuous

Question 7

Identify the kind of variable in this situation:

price of gasoline per gallon throughout American history

Accepted Answer

continuous

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nominal

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ordinal

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discrete

Question 8

Sampling Technique: A toy manufacturer selects every 4^th toy to inspect on a production line to test for defects.

Accepted Answer

Systematic

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Stratified

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Cluster

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Convenience

Question 9

Sampling Technique: A poll on effective educational methods is taken by selecting 4 of the 10 departments at a local university and surveying all members in those groups.

Accepted Answer

Cluster

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Systematic

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Stratified

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Convenience

Question 10

Sampling Techniques: A poll is completed by a local government and selects people to poll via their social security number.

Accepted Answer

Random

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Convenience

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Stratified

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Cluster

Question 11

The horizontal axis of a frequency polgyon comes from this column:

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Midpoint

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Class

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Frequency

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Cumulative Frequency

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Class Endpoints

Question 12

The vertical axis of a histogram comes from this column:

Accepted Answer

Frequency

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Class

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Midpoint

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Cumulative Frequency

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Class Endpoints

Question 13

The vertical axis of an ogive comes from this column:

Accepted Answer

Cumulative Frequency

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Class

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Frequency

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Midpoint

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Class Endpoints

Question 14

Using the ogive shown below, what is the cumulative frequency of data values less than or equal to 16 ?

Accepted Answer

30

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60

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66

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20

Question 15

How many students spent over 40 minutes but under 60 minutes studying?

Accepted Answer

22

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30

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8

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5

Question 16

How many people visited the cinema twice?

Accepted Answer

28

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20

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25

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30

Question 17

The number of pages that Carolyn wrote in her journal each day from Monday to Friday is shown below:
9, 8, 12, 6, 10
What is the mean number of pages she wrote per day?

Accepted Answer

9

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5

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6

Answer

11

Question 18

The heights of the starting 5 players on a basketball team are 60 inches, 67 inches, 64 inches, and 65 inches.  If the mean or balance point of the players is 65, what is the height of the 5th player?

Accepted Answer

69

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70

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61

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68

Question 19

What is the mode of the following data set...

4 , 8 , 5 , 17 , 5 , 4 , 9 , 5 , 6 , 82

Accepted Answer

5

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4

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9

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6

Question 20

Roger bowled 7 games last weekend. His scores are: 155, 165, 138, 172, 127, 193, 142. What is Roger's median score?

Accepted Answer

155

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127

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156

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193

Question 21

What do you do if there are two numbers in "the middle" when you are finding the median?

Accepted Answer

Add the two numbers in the middle & then divide by two.

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Pick your favorite number

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They are both the median

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None of the above

Question 22

For this grouped data, what is the mean?

Accepted Answer

30

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20

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25

Answer

27

Question 23

Find the midrange.

12, 5, 9, 18, 22, 25, 5

Accepted Answer

15

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20

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22

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18

Question 24

Which of the following is calculated by adding the high and low values together and then dividing by 2?

Accepted Answer

Midrange

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mean

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median

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mode

Question 25

A survey was taken to find out how many times per year children saw a doctor. The results are shown in the table. What was the mean number of doctor visits per year?

Accepted Answer

3.25

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3

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3.5

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3.75

Question 26

Roger bowled 7 games last weekend. His scores are: 155, 165, 138, 172, 127, 193, 142. What is the range of Roger's scores?

Accepted Answer

66

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193

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127

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60

Question 27

What does this symbol represent?

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Standard Deviation

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Variance

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Mean Absolute Deviation

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Sigma

Question 28

In a population of five university students with GPAs of 2.5, 2.3, 1.7, 1.4, and 1.1, a sample of three students are considered. What would be the standard deviation of the resulting sampling distribution?

Accepted Answer

0.53

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0.41

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0.35

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0.22

Question 29

What is the variance for the data given:

5, 10, 7, 12, 0, 20, 15, 22, 8, 2

Accepted Answer

47.47

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102.01

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52.77

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81

Question 30

Find the Z-score.

Mean = 22

Standard Deviation: 3.1

x = 29

Accepted Answer

2.26

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16.45

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-2.26

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1.26

Question 31

Find the Z-score.

Mean = 21

Standard Deviation: 1.3

x = 22

Accepted Answer

0.77

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5.33

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1.07

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1.26

Question 32

If I tell you that you scored at the 55th percentile on your final exam, you would know:

Accepted Answer

55% of the class scored the same or worse than you did

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You earned a 55% on the exam

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You failed the exam

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45% of the class scored worse than you did

Question 33

Given the data set: 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 11, 45, 102, calculate the percentile for the data value 11 in this set.

Accepted Answer

62.5^thpercentile

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70^th percentile

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72.5^thpercentile

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75^thpercentile

Question 34

What is the percentile of the value 74 in the following group of 15 data values? 23, 30, 35, 55, 61, 65, 68, 69, 70, 74, 80, 85, 90, 100, 100

Accepted Answer

60th

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73rd

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67th

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75th

Question 35

Here are the weights (in pounds) of 10 puppies: 4 4 5 7 8 8 8 10 12 13 What is the percentile of a 5 pound puppy?

Accepted Answer

20th percentile

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30th percentile

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70th percentile

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30th percentile

First Semester Final

40 questions

Two branches of statistics are______ and _.

Classify the data: Time it takes to get to school

Classify the data: Color of beach tags on 7th street beach

Classify the data: Letter grades (A, B, C, D, F) on a project

Classify the data: Temperature in Fahrenheit during this week

Classify the data: The number of touchdowns the Eagles score each year

Identify the kind of variable in this situation:

price of gasoline per gallon throughout American history

Sampling Technique: A toy manufacturer selects every 4^th toy to inspect on a production line to test for defects.

Sampling Technique: A poll on effective educational methods is taken by selecting 4 of the 10 departments at a local university and surveying all members in those groups.

Sampling Techniques: A poll is completed by a local government and selects people to poll via their social security number.

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First Semester Final

40 questions

Two branches of statistics are________________ and ___________.

Classify the data: Time it takes to get to school

Classify the data: Color of beach tags on 7th street beach

Classify the data: Letter grades (A, B, C, D, F) on a project

Classify the data: Temperature in Fahrenheit during this week

Classify the data: The number of touchdowns the Eagles score each year

Identify the kind of variable in this situation:price of gasoline per gallon throughout American history

Sampling Technique: A toy manufacturer selects every 4th toy to inspect on a production line to test for defects.

Sampling Technique: A poll on effective educational methods is taken by selecting 4 of the 10 departments at a local university and surveying all members in those groups.

Sampling Techniques: A poll is completed by a local government and selects people to poll via their social security number.

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Two branches of statistics are______ and _.

Identify the kind of variable in this situation:

price of gasoline per gallon throughout American history

Sampling Technique: A toy manufacturer selects every 4^th toy to inspect on a production line to test for defects.