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1. An advertisement for a car states that it is 10% more powerful than its competitor.

This is
an example of
A.detached statistics

2. Which of the following statements is true regarding the data set 10, 10, 10, 10, and 10?
D.all of the above

3. Researchers may gain insight into the characteristics of a population by examining a


B.sample of the population

Question 4 of 20

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Which of the following correctly describes the relationship between a sample and a population?
C.A sample is a group of subjects selected from a population to be studied.

Question 5 of 20

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A population includes:
D.all objects of interest in a particular study
6- Which of the following indicates how many observations fall into various categories?
C.The frequency table

Question 7 of 20

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What type of graph is the figure below?


C.Pareto chart
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Question 8 of 20
The length of the box in the boxplot portrays the

B.interquartile range

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Question 9 of 20
Which measure of central location is meaningful when the data are categorical?
D.The mode

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Question 10 of 20
The total frequency of the data whose ogive is shown below is approximately
C.34

Question 11 of 20

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If you classified the fruit in a basket as apple, orange, or banana, this would be an example of
which level of measurement?
B.nominal

Question 12 of 20
The mode is best described as the
C.most frequently occurring value

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13. Accepted characters: The following data are the base salaries, in thousands of dollars, of
50 chief executive officers for a sample of companies doing business with the state of
Connecticut. That is, the first entry in the table below corresponds to a salary of $125,000. A
copy of this data set can be found in the Excel Workbook called CEOSalaries.xls.
125

157

113

127

201

165

145

119

148

158

148

168

117

105

136

136

125

148

108

178

179

191

225

204

104

205

197

119

209

157

209

205

221

178

247

235

217

222

224

187

265

148

165

228

239

245

152

148

115

150

Find the standard deviation of the CEO salaries, in thousands of dollars, rounded to 2 decimal
places. Do not use a dollar sign. Note: $177,760 should be recorded as 177.76. 43.94
CEOSalaries.xls

Answer Key: 42.00|45.00


14. Accepted characters: A statistics professor has just given a final examination in his statistical inference
course. He is particularly interested in learning how his class of 40 students performed on this exam. The scores are
shown below.
77
83
90
82

81
84
85
78

74
81
92
86

77
73
84
86

79
75
81
82

73
91
64
70

80
76
75
76

85
77
90
78

86
95
78
72

73
76
78
93

What is the mean score on this exam? Place your answer, rounded to two decimal places in the blank. For example,
65.78 would be a legitimate entry. 80.40

Answer Key: 80.40

Question 15 of 20

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Accepted characters: The histogram below represents scores achieved by 250 job applicants on a personality
profile.
How many job applicants scored above 50? Place your answer in the blank. Do not use any stray symbols. For
example, 123 would be a legitimate answer.
50

Question 16 of 20

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Accepted characters: The following data represent the number of children in a sample of 10
families from Chicago: 4, 2, 1, 1, 5, 3, 0, 1, 0, and 2.
Compute the variance of the data. Place your answer, rounded to two decimal places, in the
blank. For example, 3.45 would be a legitimate entry. 2.77
Answer Key: 2.77

Question 17 of 20

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Accepted characters: The histogram below represents scores achieved by 250 job applicants on a personality
profile.
What percentage of the job applicants scored below 60? Place your answer in the blank, rounded to 2
decimal places. Do not use a percentage sign (%). For example, 44.44 would be a legitimate answer.
90

8. Accepted characters: The following data represent the number of children in a sample of 10
families from Chicago: 4, 2, 1, 1, 5, 3, 0, 1, 0, and 2.
Compute the median number of children. Place your answer, rounded to two decimal places, in
the blank. For example, 3.45 would be a legitimate entry. 1.5
Answer Key: 1.50
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Question 19 of 20

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Categorical variables can be classified as either discrete or continuous.


True
False
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Question 20 of 20

The scatterplot is a graphical technique used to describe the relationship between two numerical
variables.
True

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