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WorksheetsHistograms, Frequency Polygons, and Ogives
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 6hrs 15mins
A histogram is like a bar graph, except that... (check all that apply.)
The bars touch
It is for quantitative data
The bars are arranged in ascending order
It is for qualitative data
The horizontal axis of a histogram comes from this column:
Class
Frequency
Midpoint
Cumulative Frequency
Class Endpoints
The vertical axis of a histogram comes from this column:
Class
Frequency
Midpoint
Cumulative Frequency
Class Endpoints
The horizontal axis of a frequency polgyon comes from this column:
Class
Frequency
Midpoint
Cumulative Frequency
Class Endpoints
The vertical axis of a frequency polgyon comes from this column:
Class
Frequency
Midpoint
Cumulative Frequency
The horizontal axis of an ogive comes from this part of the frequency table:
Class
Frequency
Midpoint
Cumulative Frequency
Class Endpoints
The vertical axis of an ogive comes from this column:
Class
Frequency
Midpoint
Cumulative Frequency
Class Endpoints
Where do you find the left anchor of a frequency polygon?
w below the first midpoint
w above the last midpoint
w below the first endpoint
w above the last endpoint
Where do you find the right anchor of a frequency polygon?
w below the first midpoint
w above the last midpoint
w below the first endpoint
w above the last endpoint
Where do you find the anchor of an ogive?
At the beginning of the first class
At the end of the first class
At the beginning of the last class
At the end of the last class
True or False: You can use a broken-axis symbol on the vertical axis of graphs of univariate data.
True
False
True or False: For the graphs that use f on the vertical axis, you can use rf instead if you want.
True
False
What is wrong with this histogram? Check all that apply.
The vertical axis label is not descriptive
The bars are different widths
The horizontal axis describes quantitative data
There is no broken-axis symbol
What is wrong with this histogram? Check all that apply.
The bars aren't touching
The bars are not arranged in descending order
There is no broken-axis symbol
It is from a sample
What is wrong with this frequency polygon? Check all that apply.
The anchors are missing
The area below the line isn't shaded
The x-axis isn't hashed consistently
The title is missing
What is wrong with this frequency polygon? Check all that apply.
The area under the line isn't shaded
The horizontal axis is inconsistently hashed
The vertical axis is inconsistently hashed
The title is missing
What is wrong with this ogive? Check all that apply.
There are two zeroes that don't line up
The vertical axis label isn't descriptive
There is no right anchor
The horizontal and vertical axes are hashed differently
I have bars, but don't call me a bar graph. I'm a...
Histogram
Pareto Chart
Stem-and-Leaf Plot
Ogive
Review: I have a frequency column, but don't call me a frequency table. I'm a...
Qualitative Data Table
Histogram
Ogive
Ordinal Table
The Histogram, Frequency Polygon and Ogive are all graphs for this data type:
Univariate qualitative
Univariate quantitative
Multivariate qualitative
Multivariate quantitative
What's wrong with this histogram? Check all that apply.
There is no broken-axis symbol
The bars are touching
The vertical axis label should be cf
The bars are not arranged in descending order
True or False: Square graphs are more readable than graphs that are skinny or squashed rectangles.
True
False
Review: A statistical study where the sample is equal to the population is called a/an...
Census
Sampling
Survey
Experiment
Review: This is the only Level of Measurement where you can talk about differences between data points and have negative numbers:
Nominal
Ordinal
Interval
Ratio
Review: Which of the following data sets is at the ratio Level of Measurement?
Preseason football rankings
Lengths of the 10 longest rivers in Asia
Temperatures in Celsius
Years that various countries gained independence
