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Data Type & Shapes of Distribution

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 55mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the shape of the distribution?

a)

Skewed Left

b)

Skewed Right

c)

Symmetric

d)

Uniform

2.

What is the shape of the data?

a)

symmetrical

b)

Negatively Skewed

c)

Positively Skewed

d)

bell curve

3.

Which statement best describes this graph?

a)

There is a peak at 47.

b)

There is a cluster around 38-40.

c)

The mode is 40.

d)

There is a gap in the data between 39-40.

4.

What numbers make up the cluster?

a)

16-17

b)

15-18

c)

14-18

d)

19-20

5.

Is there an outlier?

a)

No.

b)

Yes, it is 6.

c)

Yes, it is 4-5

d)

Yes, it is 1-3.

6.

What is the shape of the data?

a)

skewed

b)

symmetrical, bell shaped

c)

symmetrical, bimodal

7.

The data in this graph is...

a)

non-symmetrical, bell shaped

b)

non-symmetrical, u shaped

c)

symmetrical, bell shaped

d)

symmetrical, bimodal

8.

Describe the shape of the distribution. Select two answers.

a)

symmetric

b)

skewed

c)

bell-shaped

d)

bimodal

9.

Describe the shape of the distribution. Select two answers.

a)

symmetric

b)

skewed

c)

bimodal

10.

Describe the shape of the distribution. Select all that apply.

a)

bell-shaped

b)

bimodal

c)

skewed left

d)

skewed right

11.
Given the data set below:
15, 56, 58, 60, 63, 75, 80, 80, 85
How does the outlier affect the distribution of the data?
a)
The outlier skews the distribution to the left.
b)
The outlier skews the distribution to the right.
c)
The outlier makes the distribution more symmetrical.
d)
The outlier has no effect on the distribution.
12.

True or false, the data is skewed.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

What is the Mode of this data?

a)

96

b)

97

c)

68

d)

802

14.

How many data items are on the plot?

a)

16

b)

21

c)

22

d)

100

15.

Brenda counted the number of silver beads on each bracelet at Oak Grove Jewelry, the store where she works.


What is the largest number of silver beads?

a)

80 silver beads

b)

88 silver beads

c)

86 silver beads

d)

83 silver beads

16.
What is the minimum in this data set?
a)
0
b)
4
c)
9
d)
40
17.

What is the main purpose of a stem and leaf plot?

a)

To list numbers in ascending order

b)

To draw graphs of plants

c)

To calculate the average age

d)

To organize and display data

18.

How many people made OVER 30 free throws?

a)

6

b)

7

c)

10

d)

15

19.

What was the highest priced ticket?

a)

$49

b)

$409

c)

$125

d)

$402 689

20.

Which time got 4th place in the race?

a)

27.2secs

b)

26.2secs

c)

25.7secs

d)

28.9secs

21.

What is the cost of the cheapest lunch?

a)

35c

b)

$3.05c

c)

$35.00

d)

$3.50

22.

science that consists of collecting, organizing, analyzing and interpreting data

a)

data

b)

statistics

c)

population

d)

sample

23.

information gathered from observations, surveys and experiments

a)

data

b)

population

c)

sample

d)

stats

24.

collection of ALL outcomes, responses, measurements or counts

a)

population

b)

sample

c)

stats

d)

data

25.

collection of a subset of the population

a)

population

b)

sample

c)

parameter

d)

statistic

26.

Weight - Is it classified as numerical or categorical?

a)

Numerical

b)

Categorical

27.

Favourite animal - Is it classified as numerical or categorical?

a)

Numerical

b)

Categorical

28.

Nationality - Is it classified as numerical or categorical?

a)

Numerical

b)

Categorical

29.

A car salesman records information about the cars he is selling.


The colour of each car is _____ data

a)

Qualitative

b)

Continuous

c)

Discrete

30.

There are 40 sheep on a farm.


The weight of the sheep is _____ data

a)

Qualitative

b)

Discrete

c)

Continuous

31.
 Range means?
a)
Middle number
b)
Difference between high and low numbers
c)
Number that shows the most
d)
The average of a set of numbers
32.

What type of graph is shown in the image

a)

Histogram

b)

Scatter

c)

Bar

d)

Pie

33.

What type of data is displayed in the image

a)

Continuous

b)

Numerical

c)

Categorical

d)

Countries

34.

What's wrong with this graph?

a)

No numbers on each axis

b)

No axis labels

c)

No axis units

d)

Best fit line is straight with equal number of points above and below

e)

No title

35.

The height of a tree is being measured over time. What data type does this example represent?

a)

Categorical

b)

Numerical: Discrete

c)

Numerical: Continuous

36.

Which of the following are examples of continuous data?

a)

Room temperature

b)

Height

c)

Number of M&Ms in a bag

d)

The number of days in August

37.

What is an outlier in a data set?

a)

A data point that is irrelevant to the data set

b)

A data point that is within the average range of the data set

c)

A data point that is exactly in the middle of the data set

d)

A data point that differs significantly from other observations in the same data set.

38.

Your math grades are 90, 85, 0, 90, 80, 100, and 90. Which grade is the outlier?

a)

90

b)

0

c)

80

d)

100

39.

The data set below has an outlier of 42.

2, 5, 12, 15, 19, 4, 6, 11, 16, 18, 12, 12, 42

What effect does removing the outlier have on the mean?

a)

The mean will increase.

b)

The mean will decrease.

40.

Population or Sample?

A survey of 1353 American households found that 18% of the households own a computer.

a)

Population

b)

Sample

41.

Population or Sample?

The average weight of every person entering the mall within 3 hour period was 146 lb.

a)

Population

b)

Sample

42.

Biased or unbiased:

A public library asked every 10th person who entered to name the type of book they were getting.

a)
A. Biased
b)
B. Unbiased
43.
The choir director in a high school wants to know how the students in the school feel about singing. If the director selects 100 girls and 100 boys to complete a survey, which method will result in a biased sample?
a)
The students will be selected from the choir
b)
The students will be selected randomly throughout the school
c)
The students will be selected on Wednesday afternoon before the choir concert
d)
The choir director will select five students from each of the forty homerooms in the school
44.

Casey surveyed the members of his soccer team to ask them what their favorite sport is. Is this a biased sample or unbiased sample?

a)

Biased Sample

b)

Unbiased Sample

45.

To get valid results, a sample must be...

a)

biased

b)

unbiased

46.
A sample should be
a)
representative of  only middle school students only
b)
a very large group
c)
representative of the population
d)
representative of people who volunteer
47.

Which of these statements best describes a biased sample?

a)

It is very small.

b)

It is not randomly chosen.

c)

It results in incorrect predictions.

d)

It does not accurately represent the population.

48.

Biased or Random?


Isaac wants to find out the favorite foods of students at Churchill. He asks the boys’ basketball team about their favorite foods.

a)

Biased sample

b)

Random sample