Example Sheet 1

1. Which statement below is false? A. Data that can only be classified into categories is referred to as nominal or ordinal level of measurement B. Zip codes are an example of qualitative data. C. The number of robberies reported in a city is an example of discrete data. D. A sample is a collection of all-possible individuals, objects or measurements of interest. 2. Which one in the following is the quantitative data: A. The order that runners finish in a particular race B. Political party affiliation C. Zip codes of customers who make a purchase from a certain store D. Social security numbers of individuals E. None of these above 3. All of the following are examples of quantitative data except: A. Concentration (in parts per million) of a pesticide B. Weight of a certain species of fish found in a river C. Length of a certain species of fish found in a river D. The river/lake where a fish was captured 4. Managers study the number of days per month over the last year that employees in the payroll department called in sick to determine the averages they can expect next year. Collecting the data and determining the averages last year is an example of what type of statistics? Determining the averages they can expect next year is an example of what type of statistics? A. They are both examples of inferential statistics because averages are inferred in both instances. B. Inferential statistics; descriptive statistics. C. They are both examples of descriptive statistics because they deal with analyzing data. D. Descriptive statistics; inferential statistics. 5. The grades that a random sampling of students in the psychology degree program received over the last decade of "Abnormal Psychology" classes are an example of what statistical concept? A. The grades are an example of a parameter. B. The grades are an example of a sample. C. The grades are an example of a population. D. The grades are an example of a statistic. 6. What method is used to sample a population so that it is representative of the population? A. All but the samples that appear to have the lowest and highest values are selected. B. Samples are chosen at random from the population. C. Every other element in a population is chosen. D. Only the first half of a population is selected. 7. Look at the survey questions that Good Tunes sent to their customers. What kind of variables and scales of measurement do the questions concerning overall service and quality of the items purchased represent? A. Categorical variables measured on an ordinal scale. 1

B. Categorical variables measured on the nominal scale. C. Categorical variables measured on the interval scale. D. Continuous variables measured on a ratio scale.
8. The number of leaves at present on the trees in a yard is an example of a continuous variable.
True False

9. The weight of each page of your textbook is an example of a numerical variable measured on a ratio scale.
True False

10. Considering the various types of tables and charts introduced in this chapter, which table, chart, diagram or plot would you use to depict categorical data for two variables in a visual format? A. A side-by-side bar chart. B. A contingency table. C. A pie chart. D. A scatter plot/diagram.
11. How might an extreme value in the sample data set affect the value of the mean?
A. All values are treated equally when determining the mean so an extreme value cannot affect it. B. One extreme value is still only one value, so it cannot affect the mean very much. C. An extreme value cannot affect the mean if it is close to the mean. D. Since all values are summed, any extreme value can influence the mean to a large extent.

12. When a distribution of values is skewed to the right, is the value of the median less than or greater than the mean?
A. The median is greater than the mean. B. The median is less than the mean. C. The mean and median should be the same. D. It is not possible to determine this without the values of the data set.

13. Complete the following table: Grade on exam Frequency Relative frequency ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A: 90-100 16 0.08 B: 80-90 36 C: 65-79 90 D: 50-64 30 F: Below 50 28 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Total 1.00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------14. A measurement scale that rates product quality as either 1 = poor, 2 = average, and 3 = good is known as A. nominal. B. ratio. C. ordinal. D. interval. 15. A _______________ lists the number of observations for every combination of values for two 2

categorical or ordinal values. A. scatter plot B. cross table C. histogram D. stem-and-leaf display 16. The Journal of Consumer Marketing reported on a study of company response to letters of consumer complaints. Marketing students in an Uni were asked to write letters of complaints to companies who products legitimately caused them to be dissatisfied. Of the 750 students, 286 wrote letters of complaint. The following table shows the type of reponse received from the companies and number of each type: Type of response number -------------------------------------------------------Letter and product replacement 42 Letter and good coupon 36 Letter and Cents-off coupon 29 Letter and refund check 23 Letter, refund check and coupon 13 Letter only 76 No response 67 -------------------------------------------------------Total 286 -------------------------------------------------------a. Display the study results in a relative frequency bar graph b. What percentage of consumers received a response to their letter of complaint? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

17. Referring to Table 2-1, suppose a frequency distribution for the number of payoff demand notices received by the escrow company is constructed with a first class of 10 but less than 15. The frequency of the 10 but less than 15 class would be A. 0 B. 5 C. 10 D. 15 18. Referring to Table 2-1, suppose a relative frequency distribution for the number of payoff demand notices received by the escrow company is constructed with a first class of 10, but less than 15. The relative frequency of the 25 but less than 30 class would be ________. A. 2 B. 2% C. 6% D. 8% 19. Referring to Table 2-1, suppose a cumulative relative frequency distribution for the number of payoff demand notices received by the escrow company is constructed with a first class of 10 but less than 15. The cumulative percentage frequency of the 15, but less than 20 class would be 3

________. A. 28% B. 48% C. 68% D. 88% 20. Nominal levels of measurement indicate the rank ordering of items. TRUE FALSE 12. The relative frequency is the frequency in each class divided by the total number of observations TRUE FALSE 21. A time series diagram is a bar chart that displays the frequency of defect causes and is used to separate the "vital few" from the "trivial many." TRUE FALSE 22. Calculate the and median value of the following eight numbers: 14, 34, 50, 10, 24, 11, 32, 20. A. 20 B. 22 C. 24. D. 24.4 23. If the sample correlation coefficient rxy is equal to -1.00, then A. all the data points must fall exactly on a straight line when the slope equals 1.00. B. all the data points must fall exactly on a straight line with a negative slope. C. all the data points must fall exactly on a straight line with a positive slope. D. all the data points must fall exactly on a horizontal straight line with a zero slope. 24. Calculate the interquartile range of the following 11 numbers: 14, 34, 50, 10, 24, 11, 32, 20, 9, 51, 7. A. 10 B. 34 C. 22 D. 36 25. When extreme values are present in a set of data, which of the following descriptive summary measures are most appropriate A. CV and range B. Mean and standard deviation C. Median and interquartile range D. Mode and variance 26. Calculate the correlation coefficient of the following sample of four (x, y) pairs: (1, 4), (2, 9), (4, 6), and (5, 9). A. 0.751 B. 0.518 C. 0.225 D. 0.842 27. The coefficient of variation measures variability in a data set relative to the size of the median. 4

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FALSE

28. The interquartile range measures the spread of the middle 50% of data. TRUE FALSE 29. The average score for a class of 30 students was 75. The twenty male students in the class averaged 70. Find the average score for the female students. A. 95 B. 80 C. Not enough information D. 85 E. 90 30. Retailers are always interested in determining why a customer selected their store to make a purchase. A sporting goods retailer conducted a customer survey to determine why its customers shopped at the store. The results are shown here:

What proportion of the customers responded that the merchandise was the reason they shopped at the store? A. 20/70 B. 30/60 C. 30 D. 30/70 31. The coefficient of variation measures variability in a data set relative to the size of the mean TRUE FALSE 32. The slope of the line and the correlation coefficient both have the same sign (positive or negative). TRUE FALSE