I only
II only
I and III
II and III
I, II, and III
5. Suppose the average score on a national test is 600, with a standard deviation of
50.
If each score is increased by 10, what are the new mean and standard deviation.
a. 600, 60
b. 610, 50
c. 610, 55
d. 610, 60
e. 600, 50
6. When a set of data has suspect outliers, which of the following are preferred
measures
of central tendency and of variability?
a. mean and variance
b. median and range
c. mean and range
d. median and interquartile range
e. mean and standard deviation
7. Use the following boxplot to state which statement is true.
15
I.
II.
III.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
17
19
21
23
25
27
29
31
8. A student poll shows 20% like McDonalds, 30% like Burger King, 25 % like
Wendys and 25% like Taco Bell.
Which of the following visual displays is most appropriate.
a. Boxplot
b. Dotplot
c. Scatterplot
d. Bargraph
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9. Consider the following two histograms, then decide which of the statements are
true.
100
100
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
120
120
140
140
160
160
180
180
10. The mean and standard deviation of a normally distributed data set are 19 and
4, respectively. 19 is subtracted from every term in the data set and then the result
is divided by 4. Which of the following best describes the resulting distribution?
a. It has a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1.
b. It has a mean of 0, and a standard deviation of 4, and its shape is
normal.
c. It has a mean of 1 and a standard deviation of 0.
d. It has a mean of 0, a standard deviation of 1, and its shape is normal.
e. It has a mean of 0, a standard deviation of 4, and its shape is unknown.
11.
The 5-number summary for a data set is {5, 18, 20, 40,75}. If you
wanted to construct a modified box plot for the data set, what would be the
maximum possible length of the right side whisker?
a. 35
b. 33
c. 5
d. 55
e. 73
12. Which of the following statements about the correlation coefficient r are true?
I.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
II.
III.
I only
I and II
I and III
II and III
I, II, and III
II only
I and III
II and III
I, II, and III
I and II
14. The heart disease death rates per 100,000 people in the united states for
certain years were
year
1950
1960
1970
1975
1980
Death rate
307.6
286.2
253.6
217.8
202.0
Find the regression line and predict the death rate for the year 1983
a. 145.8 per 100,000 people
b. 192.5 per 100,000 people
c. 195.41 per 100,000 people
d. 198.5 per 100,000 people
e. 200.0 per 100,000 people
Questions 15 17 are based on the following table which shows the number of high
school students taking an AP class in a subject by grade level
Math
English
Foreign Language
Senior
70
80
70
Junior
150
60
35
Sophomore
180
30
15
II.
III.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
I and III
I, II, and III
I only
I and II
None of the above
40 49
25
50 59
30
60 69 70 79
> 79
29
4
2
What is the probability that a senator is less than 60 years old given that he is over
39 years old?
a. .055
b. .111
c. .611
d. .90
e. .94
27. Which of the following are true statements?
I.
Normal curves with different means can be centered around the
same numbers.
II.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
28. A trucking firm determines that its fleet of trucks averages a mean of 18.2
miles per
gallon with a standard deviation of .8 miles per gallon on cross country hauls.
What
is the probability that one of the trucks averages more than 19 miles per
gallon?
a. .212
b. .788
c. None of the answers is correct
d. .159
e. .841
29. The mean score on a college entrance exam is 600 with a standard deviation of
50.
80% of the tests takers score above what value?
a. 642
b. 558
c. 525
d. 650
e. None of the answers are correct
30. The mean income per household in a certain state is $90,000 with a standard
deviation of $15,000. The middle 95% of incomes are between what two values.
a. $60,000 and $105,000
b. $75,000 and $105,000
c. $60,000 and $120,000
d. $45,000 and $135,000