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WorksheetsIntroduction to Statistics
Total questions: 65
Worksheet time: 3hrs 31mins
15, 14, 19, 16, 22, 20, 17, 20, 29, 21, 18
Which statement is true about this set of data?
descriptive information data
(a)
numerical information data
(a)
counted data
(a)
It is a survey conducted by asking everybody or whole population
(a)
To be a good sample, each person should be chosen (a)
you can survey people through (a) (give one)
Measured data
(a)
Number of customers in a shop
discrete
continouos
What type of data is this? Height of students in a school
discrete data
continouos data
Number of petals on a flower
discrete
continouos
The mass of the chocolate cake is 250 g.
Qualitative
Quantitative
The ocean water looked bluish green.
Qualitative
Quantitative
Discrete
Continuous
Discrete
Continuous
Discrete
Continuous
How many people purchased no food and no drink?
For how many weeks was the data collected?
48
50
52
54
Based on the graph,how many more sunny days than rainy days did this city have during the months of April, May, and June?
How many times did Mary score below a 60 on her tests?
4
5
3
0
Is this an example of a population or a sample?
The number of pets in all households in a city.
population
sample
Is this an example of a population or a sample?
The number of pets in one household in a city.
population
sample
Is this sample biased or unbiased?
A sample of 50 randomly selected students.
Biased
Unbiased
Is this sample biased or unbiased?
A sample of 50 students who currently have an A in math.
Biased
Unbiased
Do they have more fish or cats?
Fish
Cats
Which class had the highest test score?
1st period
2nd period
Which class had the highest median?
2nd period
1st period
At an assembly 7 out of 10 students who entered the gym were carrying a backpack. Based on this information, if 700 students were at the assembly, how many students could be expected to be carrying a backpack?
49
490
210
421
A public library asked every 10th person who entered to name the type of book they were getting
Biased
Unbiased
The Student Council asked every tenth student in the lunch line how they preferred to be contacted with school news. The results are shown in the table. Is this an unbiased sample? If yes, suppose there are 684 students at the school. How many can be expected to prefer E-mail?
No, it's a biased sample
432
304
16
A hospital wants to open a gym. They ask the night-shift ER staff when they would use the gym.
Biased
Unbiased
A radio station asks its listeners to dial one of two numbers to indicate their preference for one of two candidates in an upcoming election. Of the responses received, 76% favored candidate A. If there are 1,500 registered voters, how many will vote for candidate A?
1,140
6
1,974
100
To determine the number of umbrellas the average household in the United States owns, a survey of 100 randomly selected households in Arizona is conducted. Of the households, 24 said that they own 3 or more umbrellas. The researcher concluded that 24% of the households in the United States own 3 or more umbrellas. Is the this a valid conclusion? Justify your answer.
Valid. The sample is biased.
Not valid. The sample is biased.
Valid. The sample is unbiased.
Not valid. The sample is unbiased.
A company makes DVDs and randomly selects 25 from 1500 to test them to see if they work.
Biased
Unbiased
What is the mean of this set of data?
2, 15, 7
24
3
6
8
2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 7
To find the average or mean of a set of numbers, add up all the items and divide by...
2
The minimum
The maximum
The number of items
5, 15, 10, 20, 15, 10, 15
Find the median, mode and range:
3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 8, 3
median:7 mode:9 range:8
median:6 mode:3 range:7
median:7 mode:3 range:8
Calculate the MODE for the data set: 6, 7, 12, 8, 7, 4, 8, 8, 7
7
7.44
8
7 and 8
What is the mean (average) of this data? Round to the nearest tenth.
8.0
8.3
7.5
9.0
7, 14, 20, 3, 7, 14, 2, 14, 7
What test score is the mode of Mary's data?
49
55
85
73
What is the mean of this set of data?
2, 15, 7
24
3
6
8
Find the range of these numbers: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
4
9
8
2
Find the Median of these numbers: 3, 6, 7, 4, 9, 10, 3, 2
0
2
5
1
Find the mode of these numbers: 2,5,3,2,6,7,2,9,0,1
5
2
0
6
Find the mean of these numbers: 3, 47, 203, 5, 42
1,236
60
40
204
