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APS Midterm Quiz Ch 1-3 2019-20

Total questions: 125

Worksheet time: 8hrs 47mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The mean weight of an adult female beagle is 28 pounds with a standard deviation of 3 pounds.  The mean weight of an adult female boxer is 70 pounds with a standard deviation of 6 pounds.  A beagle named Suzie weighs 34 pounds.  How much would a female boxer have to weigh in order for her to have the same z-score as Suzie?
a)
70 pounds
b)
76 pounds
c)
80 pounds
d)
82 pounds
2.

Calculate the relative frequency of having an IQ score in the 131-140 range. (200 7th graders were surveyed).

a)

8%

b)

4%

c)

20%

d)

15.5%

3.

Calculate the 5 number summary for the following data. You may use your graphing calculator.

a)

1791, 3162, 6163, 8578, 9400

b)

1791, 3815, 6472, 8924.5, 9400

c)

6197.44

d)

7609

4.

On a recent test, one class of 26 students had a mean score of 78%, while another class of 32 students had a mean score of 86%. What is the overall mean of the two classes combined?

a)

82

b)

82.4

c)

81

d)

83

5.
What is the range in gas mileage for cars?
a)
2
b)
3
c)
4
d)
6
6.
A bar graph used to display data grouped into intervals.
a)
bar graph
b)
line graph
c)
stem and leaf plot
d)
histogram
7.
The difference between the greatest and least values in the data set.
a)
range
b)
interquartile range
c)
standard deviation
d)
mean absolute deviation
8.
Identify the POPULATION in the following question: What are the ages of the students at Clarke Middle School?
a)
Students
b)
Age
c)
Clarke Middle School
9.
What does it mean for a graph of data to be SKEWED LEFT?
a)
Most of the data is grouped to the left side
b)
Most of the data is grouped to the right side
c)
Most of the data is in the middle
(draw a line down the middle and both sides look the same)
10.
Which answer shows categorical data?
a)
Age
b)
Height
c)
Number of cousins
d)
Favorite singer
11.
Which answer shows numerical data?
a)
Favorite animal
b)
Hours of sleep last night
c)
Hair color
d)
Elementary school you attended
12.

Which measure of central tendency best represents this data?

a)

Mean

b)

Median

c)

Mode

d)

Range

13.

What percent of data lies within 1 standard deviation from the mean?

a)

95%

b)

99%

c)

68%

d)

100%

14.

You have a mean of 56 and a standard deviation of 4.3. What is +2 standard deviations from the mean?

a)

60.3

b)

47.4

c)

51.7

d)

64.6

15.

The negative standard deviations on a normal distribution curve mean what?

a)

Below average

b)

Above average

c)

Average

16.

A beverage company wanted to see if people in the United States liked their new logo. Which choice best represents a population?

a)

A selection of logo artists.

b)

Every person in the United States.

c)

A selection of shoppers from different states.

d)

3,800 children age 5 - 15

17.

A musician wanted to see what people who bought his last album thought about the songs. Which choice best represents a sample? .

a)

Every person who bought the album.

b)

A selection of people who didn't want to buy the album.

c)

250 girls who bought the album

d)

A selection of 3,294 people who bought the album.

18.

A gaming website wanted to find out which console its visitors owned. Which choice best represents a population?

a)

Visitors to the 3DS section.

b)

All of the website visitors.

c)

Visitors to the PS4 section.

d)

Visitors who are on the website for more than 5 minutes.

19.
a)
More females use social networking sites.
b)
In general, females use the sites more often than males.
c)
Approximately the same number of males and females were surveyed.
d)
About 43% of all students surveyed said they used social networking sites on a weekly basis.
20.
a)
The slope decreased and the r2 increased.
b)
The slope increased and the r2 decreased.
c)
The slope decreased but r2 remained the same.
d)
Both slope and r2 remained the same.
21.
What's the appropriate interpretation of the slope of the regression line?
a)
For every additional 0.61 hours of growth, the culture is predicted to weight 1 more gram.
b)
For every additional hour of growth, the culture is predicted to weigh 0.61 more grams.
c)
For every additional hour of growth, the logarithm of the culture's weight in grams is predicted to increase by 0.61.
d)
At the beginning of the experiment, the logarithm of the culture's weight in grams was approximately 0.61 ounces.
22.
a)
B
b)
C
c)
D
d)
E
23.
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
24.

Let the random variable X represent the weight of male black bears before they begin hibernation. Research has shown that X is approximately Normally distributed with a mean of 250 pounds and a standard deviation of 50 pounds. What is the probability of a bear weighing more than 325 pounds, P(X > 325 pounds)?

a)

0.0668

b)

0.2514

c)

0.7486

d)

0.8531

25.
Songs on Leila's smartphone have a mean length of 4.3 minutes and a standard deviation of 1.2 minutes.  The phone inserts a period of silence between songs that has a length of 0.2 minutes and a standard deviation of 0.1 minutes.  What are the mean and standard deviation of time it takes for the phone to play a randomly selected two-song sequence?
a)
Mean = 4.5 min.; SD = 2.5
b)
Mean = 8.8 min.; SD = 2.5
c)
Mean 4.5 min.; SD = 1.7
d)
Mean = 8.8 min.; SD = 1.7
26.
The data below represents the numbers of books that twelve students read.
2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14, 18, 19, 21, 30, 32
Which box plot correctly summarizes the data? 
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
27.
Which of the following is most likely skewed to the right?
a)
Mean = 50 inches  St. Dev. = 5 inches
b)
Mean = 300 points St. Dev. = 20 points
c)
Mean = 10 pounds  St. Dev = 4 pounds
28.
The distances male long jumpers for State College jump are approximately normal with a mean of 263 inches and a standard deviation of 14 inches.  
What is the probability the next male long jumper from State College jumps longer than 270 inches?
a)
0.1888
b)
0.3085
c)
0.8035
d)
0.3585
29.
The distances male long jumpers for State College jump are approximately normal with a mean of 263 inches and a standard deviation of 14 inches.  
How far did a male long jumper for State College jump if his jump was 1.68 standard deviations below the mean?
a)
236.96 inches
b)
239.48 inches
c)
286.52 inches
d)
289.04 inches
30.
The distances male long jumpers for State College jump are approximately normal with a mean of 263 inches and a standard deviation of 14 inches.  
Suppose a male long jumper's jump ranked in the 50th percentile.  How far did he jump?
a)
0.50 inch
b)
14 inches
c)
50 inches
d)
263 inches
31.
The distances male long jumpers for State College jump are approximately normal with a mean of 263 inches and a standard deviation of 14 inches.  
If a male long jumper from State College jumps 265 inches, what percentile does he fall in?
a)
56th
b)
57th
c)
67th
d)
79th
32.
The distances male long jumpers for State College jump are approximately normal with a mean of 263 inches and a standard deviation of 14 inches. 
If a male long jumper from State College jumps 270 inches, what percent of male long jumpers jumped further than him?
a)
31%
b)
39%
c)
69%
d)
70%
33.
The distances male long jumpers for State College jump are approximately normal with a mean of 263 inches and a standard deviation of 14 inches.
What is the maximum distance a male longer jumper needs to jump to be in the bottom 10% of all male long jumpers from State College?
a)
0.4602 inches
b)
245.06 inches
c)
280.94 inches
d)
281.77 inches
34.
The distances male long jumpers for State College jump are approximately normal with a mean of 263 inches and a standard deviation of 14 inches.  
What is the probability the next male long jumper from State College jumps between 240 and 262 inches?
a)
-42%
b)
42%
c)
57%
d)
63%
35.
The distances male long jumpers for State College jump are approximately normal with a mean of 263 inches and a standard deviation of 14 inches.
What is the minimum distance a male longer jumper needs to jump to be in the top 10% of all male long jumpers from State College?
a)
0.4602 inches
b)
245.06 inches
c)
280.94 inches
d)
281.77 inches
36.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

37.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

38.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

39.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

40.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

41.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

42.
a)

II only

b)

I and II

c)

I and III

d)

II and III

e)

I, II, and III

43.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

44.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

45.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

46.
The following scatterplot describes the relationship between height (in cm) and foot length (also in cm) for 12 randomly selected students from the British Census @ Schools database. Which of the following is the best description of this relationship?
a)
There is some random variation, but otherwise height is directly proportional to foot length.
b)
There is a roughly linear relationship between height and foot length.
c)
There is a moderately weak, positive linear relationship between height and foot length.
d)
The relationship between height and foot length is linear, positive, and very strong.
47.
A sociologist is studying the relationship between early childhood nutrition and academic achievement in middle school among children in a certain city. Which of the following statements about the variable “early childhood nutrition” is correct?
a)
Early childhood nutrition is a response variable.
b)
Early childhood nutrition is an explanatory variable.
c)
Since there is not a clear explanatory-response relationship in this scenario, we cannot classify early childhood nutrition as either explanatory or response.
48.
Which of the following statements about the slope of the least-squares regression line is true? 
a)
It has the same sign as the correlation coefficient r.
b)
The square of the slope equals the proportion of the variation in the response variable that is explained by the explanatory variable.
c)
It is unitless.
d)
When the x-variable is 0, this is what the y-variable is predicted to be.
49.
One of the following is a correct statement involving correlation. The other three contain blunders. Which one is correct? 
a)
The correlation between the gas mileage of a car and its weight is r = -0.71 gallon-pounds.
b)
The correlation between GPA and hours of sleep per night is r = 1.06.
c)
There is a correlation of r = 0.54 between the position a football player plays and his or her weight.
d)
The correlation between amount of fertilizer and pounds of tomatoes harvested was found to be r = 0.33.
50.
A study showed that students who spend more time studying for statistics tests tend to achieve better scores on their tests. In fact, the number of hours studied turned out to explain 81% of the observed variation in test scores among the students who participated in the study. What is the value of the correlation between number of hours studied and test score? 
a)
r = 0.81
b)
r = 0.656
c)
r = 0.9
d)
There is no way to know.
51.
The following computer output describes the relationship between y = height (in cm) and x = foot length (also in cm) for 12 randomly selected students from the British Census @ Schools database. The scatterplot for this relationship show a roughly linear shape. Which of the following is an equation of least-squares regression line for these data?
a)
Height = 117.99 + 1.878 (Foot Length)
b)
Foot Length = 117.99 + 1.878 (Height)
c)
Height = 1.878 + 117.99 (Foot Length)
d)
Foot Length = 1.878 + 117.99 (Height)
52.
 If you graphed height as the explanatory variable and weight as the response variable, what would happen to the LSRL and r if you had accidently graphed the weight as the explanatory variable and the height as the response variable?
a)
LSRL would be different and r would be different
b)
LSRL would be different and r would stay the same
c)
LSRL would stay the same and r would be different
d)
LSRL would stay the same and r would stay the same
53.
Which of the following relationships is most likely to result in a strong negative relationship?
a)
The hours that an air conditioner runs and the electricity bill at the end of the month.         
b)
The number of people using the shower in a dormitory and the water pressure.
c)
The quality of a mattress and the quality of sleep a person gets.
d)
The price of a home and how big it is.
54.
The point in the upper right hand corner of the scatterplot is
a)
not an outlier or an influential point
b)
not an outlier but an influential point
c)
an outlier and an influential point
d)
an outlier but not an influential point
55.

With practice, people become faster at solving a certain type of mathematical puzzle. Fourteen college students were allowed to practice completing a certain type of mathematical puzzle for different amounts of time. Afterwards, each student’s completion time on a new puzzle was measured. The Residual plot for regression of Completion Time on Practice Time is shown below. Which of the following is correct?

a)

There is a no relationship between Practice Time and Puzzle Completion Time.

b)

This regression equation would likely overestimate the Puzzle Completion Time for 175 minutes of practice time.

c)

There is a non-linear relationship between Practice Time and Puzzle Completion Time.

56.
Which of the following statements about this distribution is not correct?
a)
The histogram is skew right.
b)
The median is less than the $20.
c)
The IQR is $35.
d)
The mean is greater then the median. 
57.
The scores on a statistics exam 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 is added to the distribution of scores, what would happen to the mean and standard deviation?
a)
mean will increase, standard deviation will increase
b)
mean will increase, standard deviation will decrease
c)
mean will increase, standard deviation will stay the same
d)
mean will decrease, standard will decrease 
58.
True or false: The IQR is a resistant measure of spread.
a)
True 
b)
False
59.
A survey was designed to study how business operations vary according to their size. Companies were classified as small,medium, or large. Questionnaires were sent to 200 randomly selected businesses of each size. Because not all questionnaires in a survey of this type are returned, researchers decided to investigate the relationship between the response rate and the size of the business. The data are given in the following two-way table:
What percent of all small companies receiving questionnaires responded?
a)
20.8%
b)
33.3%
c)
 50.8%
d)
 62.5%
60.
The mean salary of all female workers is $35,000. The mean salary of all male workers is $41,000. What must be true about the mean salary of all workers?
a)
It must be $38,000.
b)
It must be larger than the median salary.
c)
It could be any number between $35,000 and $41,000.
d)
It must be larger than $38,000.
61.
What is the standardized score (z-score) for a student who scored 500 on the old SAT scale?
a)
-30
b)
-0.13
c)
0.13
d)
0.27
62.
Many professional schools require applicants to take a standardized test. Suppose that 1000 students take such a test. Several weeks after the test, Pete recieves his score report: he got a 63, which placed him at the 73rd percentile. This means that
a)
Pete's score was below the median.
b)
Pete did worse than about 63% of the test takers.
c)
Pete did worse than about 73% of the test takers.
d)
Pete did better than about 73% of the test takers.
63.
Which of the following is NOT true?
a)
There are two outliers in the data.
b)
The median IQ score is 100.
c)
The IQR is 40.
d)
25% of IQ scores are below 93.
64.
Which of the following is NOT true.
a)
There is more variability in Macaw lifetimes in the wild. 
b)
25% of Macaws in Captivity live longer than 80 years.
c)
75% of Macaws in captivity live longer than 73 years.
d)
The mean lifetime for Macaws in the Wild is 54.
65.
15 people took a CPR test. What was the median score?
a)
5-10
b)
10-15
c)
15-20
d)
20-25
66.
When a distribution is skewed, which measures of center and spread are most reliable?
a)
Mean and standard deviation
b)
Mean and IQR
c)
Median and standard deviation
d)
Median and IQR
67.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

68.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

69.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

70.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

71.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

72.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

73.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

74.
Scientist examined the activity level of 7 fish at different temperatures. Fish activity was rated on a scale of 0 (no activity) to 100 (maximal activity). The temperature was measured in degrees Celsius. A computer regression printout and a residual plot are given. What was the activity level rating for the fish at a temperature of 20 C?
a)
87
b)
84
c)
81
d)
66
75.
Scientist examined the activity level of 7 fish at different temperatures. Fish activity was rated on a scale of 0 (no activity) to 100 (maximal activity). The temperature was measured in degrees Celsius. A computer regression printout and a residual plot are given. Which statement gives the correct interpretation of s in this setting?
a)
For every 1 C increase in temperature, fish activity is predicted to increase by 4.785 units.
b)
The typical distance of the temperature readings from their mean is about 4.785 C.
c)
The typical distance of the activity level ratings from the least-squares line is about 4.785 units.
d)
The typical distance of the activity level readings from their mean is about 4.785.
76.
Which of the following statements is not true of the correlation r between the lengths in inches and weights in pounds of a sample of brook trout?
a)
r must take a value between -1 and 1.
b)
r is measured in inches.
c)
If longer trout tend to also be heavier, then r>0.
d)
r would not change if we measured the lengths of the trout in centimeters instead of inches.
77.
a)
3.3 F
b)
16.5 F
c)
25.2 F
d)
28.5 F
78.
A data set included the number of people per television set and the number of people per physician for 40 countries. The screen shot below displays a scatterplot of the data with the lsrl added. In Ethiopia, there were 503 people per TV and 36,660 people per doctor. What effect would removing this point have on the regression line?
a)
Slope would increase; y intercept would increase.
b)
Slope would increase; y intercept would decrease.
c)
Slope would decrease; y intercept would increase.
d)
Slope would decrease; y intercept would decrease.
79.

A child is 40 inches tall, which places her at the 90th percentile of all children of similar age. The heights for children of this age form an approximately Normal distribution with a mean of 38 inches. Based on this information, what is the standard deviation of the heights of all children of this age?

a)

0.20 inches

b)

0.31 inches

c)

0.65 inches

d)

1.21 inches

e)

1.56 inches

80.

A large set of test scores has mean 60 and standard deviation 18. If each score is doubled, and then 5 is subtracted from the result, the mean and standard deviation of the new scores are

a)

mean 115; std. dev. 31.

b)

mean 115; std. dev. 36.

c)

mean 120; std. dev. 6.

d)

mean 120; std. dev. 31.

e)

mean 120; std. dev. 36.

81.

For a biology project, you measure the weight in grams (g) and the tail length in millimeters (mm) of a group of mice. The equation of the least-squares line for predicting tail length from weight is

predicted tail length = 20 + 3(weight)

Which of the following is not correct?

a)

The slope is 3, which indicates that a mouse’s weight should increase by about 3 grams for each additional millimeter of tail length.

b)

The predicted tail length of a mouse that weighs 38 grams is 134 millimeters.

c)

By looking at the equation of the least-squares line, you can see that the correlation between weight and tail length is positive.

d)

If you had measured the tail length in centimeters

instead of millimeters, the slope of the regression

line would have been 3/10 = 0.3.

e)

One mouse weighed 29 grams and had a tail length of

100 millimeters. The residual for this mouse is −7.

82.

The figure above shows a Normal density curve. Which of the following gives the best estimates for the mean and standard deviation of this Normal distribution?

a)

mean=200, s.d.=50

b)

mean=200, s.d.=25

c)

mean=225, s.d.=50

d)

mean=225, s.d.=25

e)

mean=225, s.d.=277

83.

The owner of a chain of supermarkets notices that there is a positive correlation between the sales of beer and the sales of ice cream over the course of the previous year. During seasons when sales of beer were above average, sales of ice cream also tended to be above average. Likewise, during seasons when sales of beer were below average, sales of ice cream also tended to be below average. Which of the following would be a valid conclusion from these facts?

a)

Sales records must be in error. There should be no

association between beer and ice cream sales.

b)

Evidently, for a significant proportion of customers of

these supermarkets, drinking beer causes a desire for

ice cream or eating ice cream causes a thirst for beer.

c)

A scatterplot of monthly ice cream sales versus

monthly beer sales would show that a straight line

describes the pattern in the plot, but it would have

to be a horizontal line.

d)

There is a clear negative association between beer

sales and ice cream sales.

e)

The positive correlation is most likely a result of

the variable temperature; that is, as temperatures

increase, so do both beer sales and ice cream sales.

84.

Here are the IQ scores of 10 randomly chosen fifth- grade students:

145 139 126 122 125 130 96 110 118 118

Which of the following statements about this data set is not true?

a)

The student with an IQ of 96 is considered an

outlier by the 1.5 × IQR rule.

b)

The five-number summary of the 10 IQ scores is

96, 118, 123.5, 130, 145.

c)

If the value 96 were removed from the data set, the mean of the remaining 9 IQ scores would be greater than the mean of all 10 IQ scores.

d)

If the value 96 were removed from the data set, the standard deviation of the remaining 9 IQ scores would be less than the standard deviation of all 10 IQ scores.

e)

If the value 96 were removed from the data set, the IQR of the remaining 9 IQ scores would be less than the IQR of all 10 IQ scores.

85.

The frequency table above summarizes the times in the last month that patients at the emergency room of a small-city hospital waited to receive medical attention. Which of the following represents possible values for the median and mean waiting times for the emergency room last month?

a)

median = 27 minutes and mean = 24 minutes

b)

median = 28 minutes and mean = 30 minutes

c)

median = 31 minutes and mean = 35 minutes

d)

median = 35 minutes and mean = 39 minutes

e)

median = 45 minutes and mean = 46 minutes

86.

Boxplots of two data sets are shown. Based on the boxplots, which statement below is true?

a)

The range of both plots is about the same.

b)

The means of both plots are approximately equal.

c)

Plot 2 contains more data points than Plot 1.

d)

The medians are approximately equal.

e)

Plot 1 is more symmetric than Plot 2.

87.

The area under normal curve is always 1, regardless of the mean and standard.

a)

True

b)

False

88.

Many professional schools require applicants to take a standardized test. Suppose that 1000 students take such a test. Several weeks after the test, Pete receives his score report: he got a 63, which placed him at the 73rd percen- tile. This means that

a)

Pete’s score was below the median.

b)

Pete did worse than about 63% of the test takers.

c)

Pete did worse than about 73% of the test takers.

d)

Pete did better than about 63% of the test takers.

e)

Pete did better than about 73% of the test takers.

89.

The figure shows a cumulative relative frequency graph of the number of ounces of alcohol consumed per week in a sample of 150 adults. About what percent of these adults consume between 4 and 8 ounces per week?

a)

20%

b)

40%

c)

50%

d)

60%

e)

80%

90.

The average yearly snowfall in Chillyville is Nor- mally distributed with a mean of 55 inches. If the snowfall in Chillyville exceeds 60 inches in 15% of the years, what is the standard deviation?

a)

4.83 inches

b)

5.18 inches

c)

6.04 inches

d)

8.93 inches

e)

The standard deviation cannot be computed from the given information.

91.

If the heights of American men follow a Normal dis- tribution, and 99.7% have heights between 5′0′′ and 7′0′′, what is your estimate of the standard deviation of the height of American men?

a)

1′′

b)

3′′

c)

4′′

d)

6′′

e)

12′′

92.

Which of the following is not correct about a stan-

dard Normal distribution?

a)

The proportion of scores that satisfy 0 < z < 1.5 is 0.4332.

b)

The proportion of scores that satisfy z < −1.0 is 0.1587.

c)

The proportion of scores that satisfy z > 2.0 is 0.0228.

d)

The proportion of scores that satisfy z < 1.5 is 0.9332.

e)

The proportion of scores that satisfy z > −3.0 is 0.9938.

93.

f 30 is added to every observation in a data set, the only one of the following that is not changed is

a)

the mean.

b)

the 75th percentile.

c)

the median.

d)

the standard deviation.

e)

the minimum.

94.

Which of the boxplots given below has the largest IQR value? What would you estimate that range to be?

a)

4200

b)

3800

c)

5500

d)

2100

95.

Construct a boxplot from the following data, which describes the data of a sample set of sale prices for 10 orders from Dunkin Donuts!

1.50, 10.29, 8.34, 6.60, 5.35, 4.90, 8.30, 7.25, 9.50, 10, 11.12, 12.40, 15, 20.19

a)
b)
c)
d)
96.

Identify whether or not the following data set has any outliers, using the IQR definition of an outlier:

10.2, 14.1, 14.4. 14.4, 14.4, 14.5, 14.5, 14.6, 14.7, 14.7, 14.7, 14.9, 15.1, 15.9, 16.4

a)

10.2 is an outlier

b)

15.9 and 16.4 are outliers

c)

16.4 is an outlier

d)

10.2, 15.9, and 16.4 are outliers

97.
A measure of variability that describes an average distance of every score from the mean. 
a)
variance
b)
IQR
c)
standard deviation
d)
gap
98.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

99.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

100.
a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

101.
a)

15

b)

30

c)

45

d)

60

e)

75

102.
a)

13.4

b)

13.5

c)

13.9

d)

14.5

e)

17.1

103.
a)

Half of the students have handspans between 18.1 and 19.5 cm

b)

Half of the students have handspans between 17.1 and 18.8 cm

c)

Most of the students have handspans greater than 18.1 cm

d)

Most of the students have handspans less than 19.5 cm

e)

The 21.5 cm value is an outlier, but not the 17.1 cm value

104.

Given this cumulative relative frequency plot, what ages would be considered outliers?

a)

Between 20 and 25

b)

Between 20 and 30

c)

Between 20 and 25, or between 55 and 60

d)

Between 20 and 30, or between 50 and 60

e)

Between 20 and 40

105.

These dotplots for randomly selected male and female students at a particular high school show the number of times per week they eat at fast food restaurants. Which of the following is a true statement?

a)

One distribution is roughly symmetric; the other is skewed left.

b)

The difference in their means is less than the difference in their medians.

c)

The ranges are both 7.

d)

The standard deviations are the same.

e)

Combining the male and female times into one set of student times will increase the range to the sum of the individual ranges.

106.

Suppose the average score on a national exam is 500 with a standard deviation of 100. If each score is increased by 20 and the result is increased by 10 percent, what are the new mean and standard deviation?

a)

mean = 570; sd = 100

b)

mean = 570; sd = 110

c)

mean = 572; sd = 100

d)

mean = 572; sd = 110

e)

mean = 572; sd = 132

107.

If the standard deviation of a set of observations is 0, you can conclude:

a)

that there is no relationship between the observations.

b)

that the average value is 0.

c)

that all observations are the same value.

d)

That a mistake in arithmetic has been made.

e)

none of the above.

108.

An AP Statistics teacher grades using z-scores. On the second major exam, a student receives a grade with a z-score of -1.3. What is the correct interpretation of this grade?

a)

The student's grade went down 1.3 points from the first exam.

b)

The student's grade went down 1.3 points more than the average grade went down from the first exam.

c)

The student scored 1.3 standard deviations lower on the second exam than the first.

d)

The student scored 1.3 standard deviations lower on the second exam than the class average on the first exam.

e)

The student scored 1.3 standard deviations lower on the second exam than the class average on the second exam.

109.
a)

A: 48,60,72

b)

B: 52,60,68

c)

C: 56,60,64

d)

D: 60,64,68

e)

E: 60,72,84

110.

Which of the following is a true statement?

a)

All symmetric histograms have single peaks.

b)

All symmetric bell-shaped curves are normal.

c)

All normal curves are bell-shaped and symmetric.

d)

All normal distributions are uniform distributions.

e)

None of the statements are true.

111.

Assuming that heights of professional male tennis players follow a bell-shaped distribution, arrange in ascending order:

I. A height with a z-score of 1.

II. A height with a percentile rank of 80 percent.

III. A height at third quartile.

a)

I, II, III

b)

I, III, II

c)

II, I, III

d)

III, I, II

e)

III, II, I

112.

Given this cumulative frequency plot, what can be said about the value of the mean?

a)

Between 10 and 15

b)

Between 15 and 20

c)

20

d)

More than 20

e)

From such a plot, one can determine the median, but nothing can be concluded about the mean.

113.

Suppose the scores on an exam have a mean of 75 with a standard deviation of 8. If one student has a test result with a z-score of -1.5, and a second student has a test result with a z-score of 2.0, how many points higher was the second student's result than that of the first?

a)

3.5

b)

4

c)

12

d)

16

e)

28

114.

Consider the 3 scatterplots. Which has the greatest correlation coefficient r ?

a)

I

b)

II

c)

III

d)

They all have the same correlation coefficient

e)

The question cannot be answered without additional information.

115.

Can dress size be predicted from a women's height? In a random sample of 20 female high school students, dress size versus height (cm) is summarized. What is the correct interpretation of 0.3736?

a)

37.36 percent of the variation in dress size can be explained by this linear model relating dress size to height.

b)

0.3736 is a measure of the variability in the set of residuals.

c)

When using LSRL with heights to predict dress size, we will typically be off by about 0.3736 sizes.

d)

For every 1 cm increase in height, there is a predicted increase of 0.3736 in dress size on average.

e)

For every 1 size increase in dress size, there is a predicted increase of 0.3736 cm in height on average.

116.

Can dress size be predicted from a women's height? In a random sample of 20 female high school students, dress size versus height (cm) is summarized. What is the correct interpretation of 4.4672?

a)

4.4672 percent of the variation in dress size can be explained by this linear model relating dress size to height.

b)

4.4672 is a measure of the variability in the set of residuals.

c)

When using LSRL with heights to predict dress size, we will typically be off by about 4.4672 sizes.

d)

For every 1 cm increase in height, there is a predicted increase of 4.4672 in dress size on average.

e)

For every 1 size increase in dress size, there is a predicted increase of 4.4672 cm in height on average.

117.

Can dress size be predicted from a women's height? In a random sample of 20 female high school students, dress size versus height (cm) is summarized. What is the correct interpretation of 17.7?

a)

17.7 percent of the variation in dress size can be explained by this linear model relating dress size to height.

b)

17.7 is a measure of the variability in the set of residuals.

c)

When using LSRL with heights to predict dress size, we will typically be off by about 17.7 sizes.

d)

For every 1 cm increase in height, there is a predicted increase of 17.7 in dress size on average.

e)

For every 1 size increase in dress size, there is a predicted increase of 17.7 cm in height on average.

118.

Can dress size be predicted from a women's height? In a random sample of 20 female high school students, dress size versus height (cm) is summarized. What is the LSRL?

a)

predicted size = -48.81 + 0.3736(height)

b)

predicted height = -48.81 + 0.3736(size)

c)

predicted size = 0.3736 - 0.48.81(height)

d)

predicted height = 0.3736 - 0.48.81(size)

e)

predicted size = 4.4672 + 0.3736(height)

119.

Suppose the correlation between two variables is r=0.28. What will the new correlation be if 0.17 is added to all the x-values, every value of the y-variable is doubled, and the two variables are interchanged?

a)

.45

b)

.56

c)

.90

d)

-0.28

e)

0.28

120.

Which of the following statements about the correlation coefficient r is INCORRECT?

a)

It is not affected by changes in the measurement units of the variables

b)

It is not affected by which variable is called x and which is called y.

c)

It is not affected by extreme values

d)

It gives information about a linear relationship, not about causation.

e)

It always takes a value between -1 and 1, even if the association is nonlinear.

121.

Which of the following statements about residuals is INCORRECT?

a)

The mean of the residuals is always zero.

b)

The sum of the residuals is always zero.

c)

The regression line for a residual plot is a horizontal line.

d)

The standard deviation of the residuals gives a measure of how the points in the scatterplot are spread around the regression line.

e)

A residual equals the predicted y minus the observed y.

122.

Consider the three points (4,33), (5,27), and (6,15). Given any straight line, we can calculate the sum of the squares of the three vertical distances from these points to the line. What is the smallest possible value this sum can be?

a)

2.45

b)

6

c)

8.66

d)

36

e)

none of these

123.

A

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

124.

Consider the points (-1,4), (2,10), (4,15), (7,21), (10,n). What should n be so that the correlation between the x an y values is r=1 ?

a)

26

b)

27

c)

28

d)

A value different than any of these.

e)

No value for n can make r = 1.

125.

The number of students taking AP Statistics at a high school during the years 2000-2007 is fitted with a least squares regression line. The graph of the residuals and some computer out is given. How many students took AP Statistics in the year 2003?

a)

47

b)

48

c)

52

d)

53

e)

58