AP Stats Notations

The names of 70 contestants are written on 70 cards, The cards are placed in a bag, and three names are picked from the bag.

• SRS

• Systematic

• Stratified

• Cluster

• Convenience

Which of the following is the best estimate of the standard deviation of the distribution in the figure?

• 18

• 9

• 54

• 97

• 106

A company determines the mean and standard deviation of the employees' salaries in one year. What is the best description of the standard deviation?

• Approximately the median distance between the individual salaries of employees and the mean of every employee's salary.

• The amount of money separating the highest salary from the lowest salary when considering the middle 50% of the distribution.

• The amount of money separating the highest salary from the lowest salary when considering all employees.

• The distance between the salary of an employee and the mean salary of all the employees.

• Approximately the mean distance between the individual salaries of employees and the mean of all employees' salaries.

The equation of the LSRL for the points on a scatterplot is ŷ = 5.3-0.23x. What is the residual for the point (5, 4)?

• -0.15

• 0.15

• 1

• 0.62

• 0.85

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

Is this a probability distribution?

• No

• Yes

Is this a probability distribution?

• No, the sum of p(x) does not equal 1.

• Yes, all p(x) are between 0 and 1.

• No, all p(x) are not between 0 and 1.

• Yes, the sum p(x) is 1.

The boys and girls basketball teams at a high school had their heights measured at practice. The following data was recorded for their heights. What can you conclude from the distributions?

• The girls have a larger median and a larger range in heights.

• The boys had a smaller median height than the girls; however, the boys had a larger range of heights.

• The median height for the boys and the girls is the same; however, the girls have a larger range.

• The median height for the boys is larger; however, the girls have a larger range.

• No information can be concluded from the distribution since there is no key included.

The boxplots summarize two data sets, 1 and 2. Which of the following must be true?

• I only

• I and III only

• I and II only

• I, II, and III

• III only

Identify the notation

• Expected value of X

• standard deviation of the sample

• standard deviation of population

• Example X