AP Stats Nit

Identify the sampling method: 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

If you have 1,000 schools on the list, number them from 000 to 999 and read the table three digits at a time. What are the first five schools in this sample?

• 24, 19, 83, 72, 41

• 241, 983, 724, 152, 579

• 2419, 8372, 4152, 5761, 0849

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.

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.

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

Is this a probability distribution?

• No

• Yes

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

The heights of adult women are approximately normally distributed about a mean of 65 inches with a standard deviation of 2 inches. If Bella is at the 87th percentile in height for adult women, then her height, in inches, is closest to

• 63

• 67

• 66

• 72

• 70

Andrea's doctor told her that the standardized score (z-score) for her systolic blood pressure, as compared to the blood pressure of other women her age, is 1.75. Which of the following is the best interpretation of this standardized score?

• Andrea's systolic blood pressure is 175.

• Andrea's systolic blood pressure is 1.75 standard deviations above the average systolic blood pressure of women her age.

• Andrea's systolic blood pressure is 1.75 above the average systolic blood pressure of women her age

• Only 1.75% of women Andrea's age have a higher systolic blood pressure than she does.

• Andrea's systolic blood pressure is 1.75 times the average systolic blood pressure of women her age.