Numerical Data Distribution

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Mathematics
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9th - 12th Grade
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Hard
Standards-aligned
Barbara White
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36 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Here are the amounts of money (cents) in coins carried by 10 students in a statistics class: 50, 35, 0, 97, 76, 0, 0, 87, 23, 65. To make a stem plot of these data, you would use stems
0, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
0, 3, 5, 6, 7.
00, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
The histogram below shows the heights of 300 randomly selected high school students. Which of the following is the best description of the shape of the distribution of heights?
Roughly symmetric and unimodal
Roughly symmetric and bimodal
Roughly symmetric and multimodal
Skewed to the left
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
You look at real estate ads for houses in Naples, Florida. There are many houses ranging from $200,000 to $500,000 in price. The few houses on the water, however, have prices up to $15 million. The distribution of house prices will be
skewed to the left.
roughly symmetric.
skewed to the right.
Unimodal
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
When comparing two distributions, it would be best to use relative frequency histograms rather than frequency histograms when
the distributions have different shapes.
the distributions have different spreads.
the distributions have different centers.
the distributions have different numbers of observations.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Which of the following is the best reason for choosing a stem plot rather than a histogram to display the distribution of a quantitative variable?
Stem plots allow you to split stems; histograms don’t.
Stem plots allow you to see the values of individual observations.
Stem plots are better for displaying very large sets of data.
Stem plots make it easier to determine the shape of a distribution.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
If a distribution is skewed to the right with no outliers,
mean < median.
mean > median.
mean = median.
We can’t tell without examining the data
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
The scores on a statistics test had a mean of 81 and a standard deviation of 9. One student was absent on the test day, and his score wasn’t included in the calculation. If his score of 84 was added to the distribution of scores, what would happen to the mean and standard deviation?
Mean will increase, and standard deviation will increase.
Mean will increase, and standard deviation will decrease.
Mean will increase, and standard deviation will stay the same.
Mean will decrease, and standard deviation will increase.
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