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Math 221 Week 1 Quiz

The document contains 10 multiple choice questions related to statistics concepts such as samples, populations, parameters, descriptive and inferential statistics, data types, and sampling methods. It provides the questions and potential answer choices but no explanations or solutions.

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Question 12 pts

A recent survey of the alumni of a university indicated that the average salary of 10,000
of its 200,000 graduates was $130,000. The $130,000 would be considered a:
Homework Help:
1DA. Population/parameter/sample/statistic/inferential/descriptive (Links to an external
site.) (DOCX)
Group of answer choices

Sample

Population

Statistic

Parameter

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Question 22 pts
In a survey of 1000 adults, 34% found they prefer charcoal to gas grills. The 1000 would
be considered a:
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1DA. Population/parameter/sample/statistic/inferential/descriptive (Links to an external
site.) (DOCX)
Group of answer choices

Parameter

Population

Statistic

Sample

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Question 32 pts
Based on past experience, it is predicted that 31% of registered voters in Oklahoma will
vote in the next primary. The 31% would be considered an example of:
Homework Help:
1DA. Population/parameter/sample/statistic/inferential/descriptive (Links to an external
site.) (DOCX)
Group of answer choices

Inferential statistics

Qualitative data

A sample

Descriptive statistics

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Question 42 pts
The milligrams of tar in 30 cigarettes would be considered:
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1DB. Qualitative/quantitative/nominal/ordinal/interval/ratio (Links to an external
site.) (DOCX)
Group of answer choices

Ratio data

Nominal data

Ordinal data

Interval data

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Question 52 pts
The annual salaries for all teaching in Ohio would be considered:
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1DB. Qualitative/quantitative/nominal/ordinal/interval/ratio (Links to an external
site.) (DOCX)
Group of answer choices

Qualitative data
Interval data

Sample data

Ratio data

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Question 62 pts
The compensation of all college graduates would be considered:
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1DB. Qualitative/quantitative/nominal/ordinal/interval/ratio (Links to an external
site.) (DOCX)
Group of answer choices

Qualitative data

Nominal data

Ordinal data

Ratio data

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Question 72 pts
Sixteen students are randomly selected from each grade level at a high school and
asked about their eating habits. This sampling technique is called:
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1DC. Random/cluster/stratified/convenience/systematic (Links to an external
site.) (DOCX)
Group of answer choices

Convenience

Random

Cluster

Stratified
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Question 82 pts
A personnel director at a large company would like to determine whether the company
cafeteria is widely used by employees. She calls each employee and asks them
whether they usually bring their own lunch, eat at the company cafeteria, or go out for
lunch. This study design would be considered:
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1DD. Observational/experiment/simulation/survey (Links to an external site.) (DOCX)
Group of answer choices

Observational

Experimental

Survey

Simulation

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Question 92 pts
Which of the following would be the mean of this data set: 5, 7, 12, 36, 14, 12, 33, 21
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1VA. Calculating mean/standard deviation/variance (population and sample) (Links to
an external site.) (2:57)
1DE. Mean/median/mode/right skewed/left skewed/normal (Links to an external
site.) (DOCX)
1DF. Range/variance/standard deviation (population and sample) and shape of
distribution, examples (Links to an external site.) (DOCX)
Group of answer choices

17.5

13.00

11.6

11.6

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Question 102 pts
Which of the following would be the standard deviation of this sample data set: 67, 54,
30, 77, 92, 41, 75, 81
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1VA. Calculating mean/standard deviation/variance (population and sample) (Links to
an external site.) (2:57)
1DF. Range/variance/standard deviation (population and sample) and shape of
distribution, examples (Links to an external site.) (DOCX)
Group of answer choices

19.9

21.2

517.0

64.6

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Question 112 pts
Which of the following would be the variance of this population data set: 3, 6, 8, 9, 4, 5,
7, 1, 9, 7, 5, 4, 3, 1
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1VA. Calculating mean/standard deviation/variance (population and sample) (Links to
an external site.) (2:57)
Group of answer choices

6.55

2.56

2.66

7.05

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Question 122 pts
What is the relationship between variance and standard deviation?
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1VA. Calculating mean/standard deviation/variance (population and sample) (Links to
an external site.) (2:57)
1DF. Range/variance/standard deviation (population and sample) and shape of
distribution, examples (Links to an external site.) (DOCX)
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Variance is the square root of the standard deviation

Variance is four times the standard deviation

Standard deviation is four times the variance

Standard deviation is the square root of the variance

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Question 132 pts
If data set A has a smaller standard deviation than data set B, what would be different
about their distributions?
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1VB. Data distribution comparisons of means and standard deviations, examples (Links
to an external site.) (3:01)
1DF. Range/variance/standard deviation (population and sample) and shape of
distribution, examples (Links to an external site.) (DOCX)
Group of answer choices

Data set A would have a larger mean

Data set A would have more data near the center of the distribution

Data set A would have most of its data to one side of the distribution

Data set A would have flatter distribution with more data in each tail

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Question 142 pts
In a normally distributed data set with a mean of 24 and a standard deviation of 4.2,
what percentage of the data would be between 15.6 and 32.4 and why?
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1VC. Empirical rule definitions and calculations (Links to an external site.) (4:56)
1DG. Standard scores and Empirical Rule definitions and calculations (Links to an
external site.) (DOCX)
Group of answer choices

95% based on the histogram

68% based on the histogram

68% based on the Empirical Rule

95% based on the Empirical Rule

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Question 152 pts
Which of the following data sets would you expect to have the highest standard
deviation?
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1DF. Range/variance/standard deviation (population and sample) and shape of
distribution, examples (Links to an external site.) (DOCX)
Group of answer choices

Weight of an orange (in ounces)

Ages of people taking college classes (in years)

The number of phones a person owns

Amount of soda in an unopened can (in ounces)

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Question 162 pts
Which data outcome of the number of customers in line would best support opening
another cash register?
Homework Help:
1DF. Range/variance/standard deviation (population and sample) and shape of
distribution, examples (Links to an external site.) (DOCX)
Group of answer choices

Low mean with small standard deviation


High mean with small standard deviation

High mean with high standard deviation

Low mean with high standard deviation

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Question 172 pts
In manufacturing, convenience sampling could be used to determine if the machines are
operating correctly. Which of the following best describes this type of sampling?
Homework Help:
1DC. Random/cluster/stratified/convenience/systematic (Links to an external
site.) (DOCX)
Group of answer choices

Products are put into groups and some are randomly selected from each group

Every 10th product in the line is selected

Products are put into groups and all are included from several randomly selected
groups

Samples are randomly selected throughout the day

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Question 182 pts
A graph shows vertical bars with the number of data points on the y-axis and groups on
the x-axis. This graphic is most likely to be:
Homework Help:
1VD. Graphs: histogram, circle graphs, scatter plots in Excel (Links to an external
site.) (3:21)
1DH. Graphs: histogram, frequency polygon, stem-leaf plot, dot plot, bar chart (Links to
an external site.) (DOCX)
Group of answer choices

A stem-leaf plot

A frequency polygon
A dot plot

A frequency histogram

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