The next two questions refer to the following relative frequency table on hurricanes that

have made direct hits on the U.S. between 1851 and 2004. Hurricanes are given a
strength category rating based on the minimum wind speed generated by the storm.
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Frequency of Hurricane Direct Hits

Category # Direct Hits Relative Freq. Cum. Relative Freq.
1 0.39930 0.3993
2 72
3 0.2601
4 0.0659
5 0.0110 1.0000
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What is the relative frequency of direct hits that were category 2 hurricanes?

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a.
0.2637

b.
0.7363

c.
0.2601

d.
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The total of all relative frequencies is 1.000. Denote by p the relative frequency of
category 2 hurricanes. Observe that
0.3993 + p + 0.2601 + 0.0659 + 0.0110 = 1.0000
Consequently,
p = 1 - 0.3993 + 0.2601 + 0.0659 + 0.0110 = 1 - 0.7363 = 0.2637
The correct answer is: 0.2637
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The relative frequency of direct hits that were AT LEAST a category 3 storm is Answer
. (The numerical answer that you provide should be of the form "0.xxxx", with four
0.3370

digits to the right of the zero.)

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The relative frequency of category 3 or more is the sum of the relative frequencies of
categories 3, 4 , and 5:
0.2601 + 0.0659 + 0.0110 = 0.3370
The correct answer is: 0.337
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Sixty adults with gum disease were asked the number of times per week they used to
floss before their diagnoses. The (incomplete) results are shown below:

Flossing Frequency for Adults with Gum Disease

# per Week Freq. Relative Freq. Cum. Relative Freq.
0 27 0.4500
1 18
3 0.9333
6 3
7 1 0.0167
Fill in the blanks in the table and answer the next two question: (The numerical answer
that you provide should be of the form "0.xxxx", with 4 digits to the right of the zero.)

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The relative frequency that flossed 6 times per week is:

Answer:
0.0500
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It is given that the total number of adults with gum disease is 60. There are 3 such adults
that flossed 6 times per week. Therefore, the relative frequency is 3/60 = 0.0500
The correct answer is: 0.05

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The relative frequency that flossed at least once a week is:

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The relative frequency of adults that do not floss at all is 0.4500. All other adults floss at
least once a week. Their relative frequency is 1.0000 - 0.4500 = 0.5500.
The correct answer is: 0.55
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The number of malfunctioning products per production series was recorded for several
production series. The data was entered into an R object by the name "malfunction".
The next 3 questions refer to the following R code:

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The sample size is:

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a.
8
b.
9

c.
72

d.
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The object "freq" contain the table of frequency of the production series, divided
according to the number of malfunctioning products that they had. The cumulative
frequency of all the production series that had 8 malfunctioning products or less, which
includes all production series, is reported under the number "8" in the output of the
expression "cumsum(freq)". This number is 72.
The correct answer is: 72

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The frequency of production series where there are 4 malfunctioning products is:
Select one:

a.
57

b.
9

c.
16

d.
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The cumulative frequency of production series that have 4 malfunctioning products or
less is 57. The cumulative frequency of production series that have 3 malfunctioning
products or less or less is 41. The frequency of production series that have exactly 4
production series is the difference between these two numbers: 57 - 41 = 16.
The correct answer is: 16

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The frequency of production series where there are less than 7 malfunctioning products
is:

Select one:

a.
70

b.
71

c.
72

d.
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Having less that 7 malfunctioning products corresponds to having 6 malfunctioning
products or less. The cumulative frequency of production series with 6 malfunctioning
products or less is 70.
The correct answer is: 70
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The file "ex2.csv" contains information on the blood pressure of a group of healthy
individuals. The file is located
in http://pluto.huji.ac.il/~msby/StatThink/Datasets/ex2.csv. (ALTERNATE
DOWNLOAD LINK) Read the data into R and answer the following 4 questions:

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The number of variables is:

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After saving the file "ex2.csv" in the working directory one can use the code
> ex2 <- read.csv("ex2.csv")
in order to read the file into a data frame by the name "ex2". Writing the content of the
object to the screen will produce:
> ex2
id sex age bmi systolic diastolic group
1 3695908 FEMALE 34 28.78903 112.5887 64.84949 NORMAL
2 5778095 FEMALE 33 18.91321 122.9261 78.71555 NORMAL
3 5138370 MALE 32 27.66339 128.3985 86.57248 NORMAL
...

The correct answer is: 7

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The type of the variable "id" is:

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a.
numeric

b.
factor
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All the values are numbers. Technically, R treats this variable as a numeric sequence.
However, one would typically not use this variable for statistical inference. Usually, it
serves as a key, a unique identifier, in data set management.
The correct answer is: factor

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The type of the variable "sex" is:

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a.
numeric

b.
factor
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Values are non-numeric: "MALE" and "FEMALE".
The correct answer is: factor

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The type of the variable "diastolic" is:

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a.
numeric

b.
factor
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All values are numeric.
The correct answer is: numeric
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A study was done to determine the age, type of activity, number of times per week and
the duration (amount of time) of resident use of a local park in San Jose. The first house
in the neighborhood around the park was selected randomly and then every 8th house
in the neighborhood around the park was interviewed. Answer the following 2
questions:

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"Age" is what type of data?
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a.
qualitative/factor

b.
quantitative/numeric
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Age is a numeric measurement.
The correct answer is: quantitative/numeric

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"Type of activity" is what type of data?
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a.
qualitative/factor

b.
quantitative/numeric
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This variable obtains categorical values
The correct answer is: qualitative/factor
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Identify the type of data that would be used to describe a response for each of the items
below:

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Number of tickets sold to a concert.

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a.
qualitative/factor

b.
quantitative/numeric
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The correct answer is: quantitative/numeric

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Favorite baseball team.

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a.
qualitative/factor

b.
quantitative/numeric
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Number of students enrolled at Evergreen Valley College.

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a.
qualitative/factor

b.
quantitative/numeric
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Distance to the closest movie theater.

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a.
qualitative/factor

b.
quantitative/numeric
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Number of competing computer spreadsheet software packages.
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a.
qualitative/factor

b.
quantitative/numeric
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The correct answer is: quantitative/numeric