Test 3 Review

Name:________________________________

Date:___________

Statistical Studies
1. Scientists at a local research facility wanted to see how caffeine affects the concentration
levels of college students. Half of the students received a large coffee with caffeine and
the other half received a large coffee without caffeine. They monitored their
concentration levels by measuring how often they got off task during their first morning
class.
a. Is this an observational study or an experimental study? How do you know?
b. What is the variable of interest?
c. What group could be considered the control group? Why?
d. What group could be considered the experimental group? Why?
e. What was the treatment that was given to the experimental group?
f. What could be considered the population of this study?
g. Develop a possible research question that you think could represent what the
scientists are investigating.
h. Develop a hypothesis as to what you think the scientists will discover in this
experiment.
2. Mr. Branson was curious as to how often his students cussed in his classroom. He placed
audio recorders in his classroom and then tallied how many cuss words he heard each
day.
a. What makes this study an observational study?
b. What is the variable of interest?

3. What could make the following studies produce biased data?

a. Dr. Holland asked all the parents of his basketball players what their favorite
school sport was.
b. Mr. Branson asked the entire math department what their favorite subject in
school was as a kid.
c. Mrs. Seigler asked the seniors at TCHS what grade has the best students.
4. Identify if the following studies involve collections of primary data or secondary data.
Justify your answer.
a. Mr. Branson wanted to discover the components of a perfect golf swing. He found
magazine articles and online journals that describe the perfect golf swing and
compiled his results.
b. Mr. Branson wanted to discover the components of a perfect golf swing. He went
and interviewed all of the students and coaches that were associated with the
TCHS Golf Team.
c. Mr. Branson wanted to discover the components of a perfect golf swing. He went
to the local driving range and recorded people and their swings. He chose the best
swings and wrote down all of the components that they had in common.

5. What makes the following studies unethical when considering the ethical obligations a
researcher has towards their participants?
a. A group of researchers wanted to know the effects of second hand smoke on the
health of babies. They blew smoke through the vents of a local nursery and
examined the health of the babies.

b. A group of researchers wanted to know if images of foot would cause people to

gain weight. They spliced images of different foods on all television shows
without telling the viewers. They then examined the weight gain of everybody.

Sampling Methods
6. Label each of the following with the correct sampling method used. Explain what
characteristics are required for the sample that you chose.
a. In order to check the quality of coffee, Starbucks samples every 100th bag of
coffee they produce.
b. The mayor of Tifton wanted to know how Tiftonites felt about the new stores
coming to Tifton. He split up Tifton into eight regions and held town hall
meetings in locations inside each of the eight regions. He randomly chose 3
responses from each town hall meeting to put on the Tifton website.
c. A local news broadcasting station wanted to know how their viewers felt about
Donald Trump. They allowed their viewers to Tweet in their opinions.
d. In order to pick who was going to present problems during the closing, Mr.
Branson told all of his students to put their name into a cup. He drew names out
and those people had to present.
e. The commissioner of Major League Baseball wanted to know how many baseball
players were on steroids. He randomly chose 3 teams to participate in drug
testing. If your team got chosen, you had to participate.
f. Mr. Winger, a math teacher, wanted to know how many teachers properly knew
the safety procedures at TCHS. During the next department meeting, he made the
math department take a survey pertaining to school safety procedures.
Frequency Tables and Stem and Leaf Plots
7. Organize the following data values in a frequency table and a stem and leaf plot.
2, 4, 2, 6, 8, 12, 16, 18, 16, 22, 25, 26, 33, 32, 37, 32, 32

Box-and-Whisker Plots
8. Using the numbers below, identify your five number summary and draw a box-andwhisker plot.
5, 7, 2, 5, 12, 15, 19, 25, 32, 12, 15, 3, 16, 2, 7, 23, 15, 8, 2, 14
Min:_______

Q1:_______

Q2:_______

Q3:_______

Max:_______

9. Use the following box and whisker plot to be able to answer the questions below.

a. What is the percentage of students in Class #2 that passed the test?

b. What is the percentage of students in Class #1 that scored an 80 or above?
c. What is the percentage of students in Class #2 that scored below a 75?
d. How do the grades of the highest quartile of the two classes compare?
e. In Class #2, did more students score between a 50 and a 70 or between a 90 and a
100?