Directions: Answer all Questions and please give me a justification on why you chose that answer. Thank you.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS In the following multiple choice questions circle the correct answer. !. A numerical value used as a summary measure for a sample such as sample mean is known as a a. population parameter ". sample parameter c. sample statistic d. population mean e. #one of the a"ove answers is correct. ANSWER: $. %ince the population si&e is always larger than the sample si&e then the sample statistic a. can never "e larger than the population parameter ". can never "e equal to the population parameter c. can never "e &ero d. can never "e smaller than the population parameter e. #one of the a"ove answers is correct. ANSWER: '. is an e(ample of a a. population parameter ". sample statistic c. population variance d. mode e. #one of the a"ove answers is correct. ANSWER: ). The mean of a sample is a. always equal to the mean of the population ". always smaller than the mean of the population c. computed "y summing the data values and dividing the sum "y *n + !, d. computed "y summing all the data values and dividing the sum "y the num"er of items e. #one of the a"ove answers is correct. ANSWER: -. The sum of the percent frequencies for all classes will always equal a. one ". the num"er of classes c. the num"er of items in the study d. !.. e. #one of the a"ove answers is correct. ANSWER: /. In a five num"er summary which of the following is not used for data summari&ation0 a. the smallest value ". the largest value c. the median d. the $-th percentile e. the mean ANSWER: 1. %ince the mode is the most frequently occurring data value it

a. can never "e larger than the mean ". is always larger than the median c. is always larger than the mean d. must have a value of at least two e. #one of the a"ove answers is correct. ANSWER: Exhibit 3-1 The following data show the num"er of hours worked "y $.. statistics students. #um"er of 2ours .+ 4 !. + !4 $. + $4 '. + '4 5. 3requency ). -. 1. ).

6efer to 7(hi"it '+!. The class width for this distri"ution a. is 4 ". is !. c. is !! d. varies from class to class e. #one of the a"ove answers is correct. ANSWER:

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6efer to 7(hi"it '+!. The num"er of students working !4 hours or less a. is ). ". is -. c. is 4. d. can not "e determined without the original data e. #one of the a"ove answers is correct. ANSWER:

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6efer to 7(hi"it '+!. The relative frequency of students working 4 hours or less a. is .$ ". is .)c. is ). d. can not "e determined from the information given e. #one of the a"ove answers is correct. ANSWER:

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6efer to 7(hi"it '+!. The cumulative relative frequency for the class of !. + !4 a. is 4. ". is .$c. is .)d. can not "e determined from the information given e. #one of the a"ove answers is correct. ANSWER:

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The difference "etween the largest and the smallest data values is the a. variance ". interquartile range c. range d. coefficient of variation e. #one of the a"ove answers is correct. ANSWER:

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8hich of the following is not a measure of central location0 a. ". c. mean median variance

d. mode e. #one of the a"ove answers is correct. ANSWER: !). If a data set has an even num"er of o"servations the median a. can not "e determined ". is the average value of the two middle items c. must "e equal to the mean d. is the average value of the two middle items when all items are arranged in ascending order e. #one of the a"ove answers is correct. ANSWER: The sum of deviations of the individual data elements from their mean is a. always greater than &ero ". always less than &ero c. sometimes greater than and sometimes less than &ero depending on the data elements d. always equal to &ero e. #one of the a"ove answers is correct. ANSWER: !/. The value that has half of the o"servations a"ove it and half the o"servations "elow it is called the a. range ". median c. mean d. mode e. #one of the a"ove answers is correct. ANSWER: !1. The most frequently occurring value of a data set is called the a. range ". mode c. mean d. median e. #one of the a"ove answers is correct. ANSWER:

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In a sample of 5.. students in a university !/. or $.9 are :usiness majors. :ased on the a"ove information the school;s paper reported that <$.9 of all the students at the university are :usiness majors.< This report is an e(ample of a. a sample ". a population c. statistical inference d. descriptive statistics e. #one of the a"ove answers is correct. ANSWER:

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A statistics professor asked students in a class their ages. =n the "asis of this information the professor states that the average age of all the students in the university is $! years. This is an e(ample of a. a census ". descriptive statistics c. an e(periment d. statistical inference e. #one of the a"ove answers is correct. ANSWER:

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A ta"ular summary of a set of data showing the fraction of the total num"er of items in several classes is a a. frequency distri"ution ". relative frequency distri"ution c. frequency d. cumulative frequency distri"ution e. #one of the a"ove answers is correct. ANSWER:

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The standard deviation of a sample of !.. o"servations equals /). The variance of the sample equals a. 5 ". !. c. / ).. d. ) .4/ e. #one of the a"ove answers is correct. ANSWER:

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The variance of a sample of 5! o"servations equals /). The standard deviation of the sample equals a. . ". ).4/ c. 5 d. / -/! e. #one of the a"ove answers is correct. ANSWER:

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6efer to 7(hi"it '+$. The median is a. ". / c. 1 d. 5 e. #one of the a"ove answers is correct. ANSWER:

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6efer to 7(hi"it '+$. The mode is a. ". / c. 1 d. 5 e. #one of the a"ove answers is correct. ANSWER:

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6efer to 7(hi"it '+$. The mean is a. ". / c. 1 d. 5 e. #one of the a"ove answers is correct. ANSWER:

Exhibit 3-3 A researcher has collected the following sample data. The mean of the sample is -. ' !$ ' $ $/. 6efer to 7(hi"it '+'. The variance is a. 5. ". )../$ c. !'.$ d. !/.e. #one of the a"ove answers is correct. ANSWER: $1. 6efer to 7(hi"it '+'. The standard deviation is

a. 5.4)) ". )../$ c. !'.$ d. !/.e. #one of the a"ove answers is correct. ANSWER: $5. 6efer to 7(hi"it '+'. The coefficient of variation is a. 1$.//9 ". 5!.$)9 c. $/)9 d. ''.9 e. #one of the a"ove answers is correct. ANSWER: $4. 6efer to 7(hi"it '+'. The range is a. ! ". $ c. !. d. !$ e. #one of the a"ove answers is correct. ANSWER: '.. 6efer to 7(hi"it '+'. The interquartile range is a. ! ". $ c. !. d. !$ e. #one of the a"ove answers is correct. ANSWER: Exhibit 3-4 The following is the frequency distri"ution for the speeds of a sample of automo"iles traveling on an interstate highway. %peed >iles per 2our -. + -) -- + -4 /. + /) /- + /4 1. + 1) 1- + 14 '!. 6efer to 7(hi"it '+). The mean is a. '". /1. c. !. d. /1 e. #one of the a"ove answers is correct. ANSWER: '$. 6efer to 7(hi"it '+). The variance is a. /.4/4 ". 1..1! c. )5.-1. d. -..... e. #one of the a"ove answers is correct. ANSWER: ''. 6efer to 7(hi"it '+). The standard deviation is a. ". /.4/4 1..1! 3requency $ ) !. 4 '-

c. )5.-1. d. -..... e. #one of the a"ove answers is correct. ANSWER: '). 8hich of the following is not a measure of dispersion0 a. the range ". the -.th percentile c. the standard deviation d. the interquartile range e. the variance ANSWER: '-. If the variance of a data set is correctly computed with the formula using n + ! in the denominator which of the following is true0 a. the data set is a sample ". the data set is a population c. the data set could "e either a sample or a population d. the data set is from a census e. #one of the a"ove answers is correct. ANSWER: '/. In computing descriptive statistics from grouped data a. data values are treated as if they occur at the midpoint of a class ". the grouped data result is more accurate than the ungrouped result c. the grouped data computations are used only when a population is "eing analy&ed d. All of the a"ove answers are correct. e. #one of the a"ove answers is correct. ANSWER: '1. The measure of dispersion that is influenced most "y e(treme values is a. the variance ". the standard deviation c. the range d. the interquartile range e. #one of the a"ove answers is correct. ANSWER: '5. 8hen should measures of location and dispersion "e computed from grouped data rather than from individual data values0 a. as much as possi"le since computations are easier ". only when individual data values are unavaila"le c. whenever computer packages for descriptive statistics are unavaila"le d. only when the data are from a population e. #one of the a"ove answers is correct. ANSWER: '4. The descriptive measure of dispersion that is "ased on the concept of a deviation a"out the mean is a. the range ". the interquartile range c. "oth a and " d. the standard deviation e. #one of the a"ove answers is correct. ANSWER: 40 !o" # $%& 't(t) th) Ch)b*+h),-' in)./(0it*