Cat2 Set 1 - True/False questions

INSTRUCTION:True/False
1 Relative frequency distributions permit comparisons between data sets of different sizes.
 A. True
 B. False
Only a very small (5 or 10) percentage of measurements can be more than two standard deviations from the
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mean
 A. True
 B. False
3 Generally, a small standard deviation implies that the measurements are clustered close to the mean
 A. True
 B. False

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Cat2 Set 1 - Multiple choice questions

INSTRUCTION:Multiple choice
When the histogram of a sample shows several outliers that are very large compared to the rest of the data,
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but no outliers that are very small, the median will usually be
 A. larger than the mean
 B. exactly equal to the mean
 C. smaller than the mean
 D. in no relation whatsoever to the mean
A researcher asks 1,600 randomly chosen doctors whether or not they take aspirin regularly. She also asks
2 them to estimate the number of headaches they have had in the past six months, and compares the number
of headaches reported by those who take aspirin regularly to the number of headaches reported by those
 who do not take aspirin regularly. This type of study design is
 A. a census. .
 B. a retrospective observational study
 C. a randomized experiment
 D. a prospective study
3 As a general rule, the _______ is the best measure of central tendency because it is more precise.
 A. mean
 B. median
 C. mode
 D. range
Referring to the following box plot, which of the following is considered an outlier?

 A. 0
 B. 10
 C. 20
 D. 3
 E. 6
5 The main purpose of descriptive statistics is to:
 A. summarize data in a useful and informative manner.
 B. make inferences about a population
 C. determine if the data adequately represents the population
 D. gather or collect data.
6 A graph that uses vertical bars to represent data is called a
 A. line graph
 B. bar graph.
 C. scatter-plot.
 D. vertical graph
As measured by the Stanford-Binet test, IQ scores are approximately normally distributed with mean 100
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and standard deviation 16. Mensa is an organization whose members have IQ scores in the top 2% of the
 population. To be admitted to Mensa, a person\'s Stanford-Binet IQ score is at least:

 A. 100 - (16 x 2.05) = 67.20.

 B. 100 - (16 x 0.98) = 84.32.
 C. 100 + (16 x 2.05) = 132.80
 D. 100 + (16 x 0.98) = 1 5.68
8 Why are variance and standard deviation the most popular measures of variability?
 A. They are the most stable and are foundations for more advanced statistical analysis.
 B. They are the most simple to calculate with large data sets
 C. They provide nominally scaled data.
 D. None of the above
A sample of 28 temperature measurements in oF, all taken at 12:00 p.m., was collected in Assela. The data
are given in the following stem plot:

 A. the two data sets have the same have the same standard deviations
 B. the standard deviation of the Assela data exceeds the standard deviation of the Goba data by oF
 C. the standard deviation of the Goba data exceeds the standard deviation of the Assela data by oF
 D. none of the above; that is, there is no relationship between the two standard deviations.
Which of the following is true about the sample depicted in the histogram below?

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 A. The mean is equal to the median

 B. The mean is larger than the median
 C. The mean is smaller than the median.
 D. It is impossible to tell from this histogram alone whether the mean is larger than, smaller than, or
equal to the median

Cat2 Set 2 - True/False questions

INSTRUCTION:True/False
1 A set of data organized in by variables in rows and columns-format is known as a "data set".
 A. True
 B. False
2 If the standard deviation of a set of scores is zero, all the scores have the same value
 A. True
 B. False
3 If the percentile rank for the value 60 is 40, this means that 60% of the observations will fall above 40.
 A. True
 B. False

Cat2 Set 2 - Multiple choice questions

INSTRUCTION:Multiple choice
1 The denominator (bottom) of the z-score formula is
 A. the standard deviation
 B. the difference between a score and the mean
 C. the range
 D. the mean
Which of the following is the formula for range? (H=highest, L= lowest)
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 A. H+L
 B. LxH
 C. L-H
 D. H - L
To test the effects of sleepiness on driving performance, twenty volunteers took a simulated driving test
under each of three conditions: Well-rested, Sleepy, and Exhausted. The order in which each volunteer took
3 the three tests was randomized, and an evaluator rated their driving accuracy without knowing the
condition of the volunteer. The explanatory variable is:

 A. the evaluator's rating of driving accuracy

 B. the order in which the volunteers took the tests.
 C. the condition of sleepiness
 D. the evaluator's rating of the driver's condition.
As measured by the Stanford-Binet test, IQ scores are approximately normally distributed with mean 100
4 and standard deviation 16. Because of the Empirical Rule (68-95-99.7 Rule), we can conclude that
approximately 68% of all IQ scores will fall between:
 A. 84 and 116
 B. 0 and 200
 C. 32 and 168
 D. 68 and 132.
5 The most frequently occurring number in a set of values is
 A. mean
 B. median.
 C. mode.
 D. range

Cat2 Set 3 - True/False questions

INSTRUCTION:True/False
When a set of numbers is heterogeneous, you can place more trust in the measure of central tendency as
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representing the typical person or unit.
 A. True
 B. False
2 Standard deviation is a measure of dispersion around the mean
 A. True
 B. False
3 Hypothesis testing and estimation are both types of descriptive statistics.
 A. True
 B. False

Cat2 Set 3 - Multiple choice questions

INSTRUCTION:Multiple choice
1 The median is ______.
 A. the middle point
 B. the highest number
 C. the average
 D. affected by extreme scores
2 Which of the following is NOT a measure of variability?
 A. Median
 B. Variance
 C. Standard deviation
 D. Range
Approximately what percentage of these scores falls within one standard deviation of the mean in a normal
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distribution?
 A. 34%
 B. 95%
 C. 99%
 D. 68%
4 What is the median of the set of numbers: 4, 6, 7, 9, and 2000000?
 A. 7.5
 B. 6
 C. 7
 D. 4
5 What is the mean of the set of numbers: 4, 6, 7, 9, and 2000000?
 A. 7.5
 B. 400,005.2
 C. 7
 D. 4
6 If a data set is normally distributed, then
 A. the mean is smaller than the median or the mode .
 B. the mean is larger than the median but not larger than the mode
 C. the mean, median and mode are the same
 D. None of the above
A sample of 28 temperature measurements in oF, all taken at 12:00 p.m., was collected in Assela. The data
7 are given in the following stem plot:
For the data given in the steam plot, the five number summary is:
 A. 32, 66, 78, 84, 98
 B. 32, 68, 79, 88, 98
 C. 32, 66, 78.5, 84.5, 98
 D. 55, 66, 78.5, 84.5, 95
8 The ______ is the value you calculate when you want the arithmetic average.
 A. mean
 B. median
 C. mode
 D. all of the above
If a test was generally very easy, except for a few students who had very low scores, then the distribution of
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scores would be _____.
 A. positively skewed
 B. negatively skewed
 C. not skewed at all
 D. normal
Suppose we are predicting the score on a training post test from number of years of education and the score
10 on an aptitude test given before training. Here is the regression equation: What is the predicted score for
someone with 10 years of education and an aptitude test score of 5?
 A. 25
 B. 50
 C. 35
 D. 80
Focusing on describing or explaining data versus going beyond and making inferences is the difference
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between _______.
 A. central tendency and common tendency
 B. mutually exclusive and mutually exhaustive properties
 C. descriptive and inferential statistics
 D. positive skew and negative skew.
12 The general process of gathering, organizing, summarizing, analyzing, and interpreting data is called
 A. statistics.
 B. descriptive statistics
 C. inferential statistics.
 D. levels of measurement
 E. none of the above
13 Which measure of central tendency takes into account the magnitude of scores?
 A. Mean
 B. Median
 C. Mode
 D. Range
14 How many dependent variables are used in multiple regression?
 A. one
 B. one or more
 C. two or more
 D. two
Referring to the following box plot, what is the median of the sample?

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 A. 20
 B. 3
 C. 6
 D. 0
 E. 10
___________ are used when we want to visually examine the relationship between two quantitative
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variables.
 A. Bar graphs
 B. Pie graphs
 C. Line graphs
 D. Scatter plots
A researcher asks 1,600 randomly chosen doctors whether or not they take aspirin regularly. She also asks
them to estimate the number of headaches they have had in the past six months, and compares the number of
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headaches reported by those who take aspirin regularly to the number of headaches reported by those who
do not take aspirin regularly. With regard to all people in the country, this study is likely to:
 A. provide accurate information because a random sample of size 1,600 has a margin of error of 2.5%
 B. be somewhat unrealistic because doctors are not representative of the population
 C. provide inaccurate inference because 1,600 doctors is a tiny proportion of the population of the
country
 D. provide accurate information because the subjects were chosen randomly
Which of the following represents the fiftieth percentile, or the middle point in a set of numbers arranged in
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order of magnitude?
 A. Mode
 B. Median
 C. Mean
 D. Variance
19 Which is a raw score that has been transformed into standard deviation units?
 A. z-score
 B. t-score
 C. e-score
To test the effects of sleepiness on driving performance, twenty volunteers took a simulated driving test
under each of three conditions: Well-rested, Sleepy, and Exhausted. The order in which each volunteer took
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the three tests was randomized, and an evaluator rated their driving accuracy without knowing the condition
of the volunteer. This type of experiment is a:
 A. single-blind, matched-pair experiment
 B. single-blind, block design experiment.
 C. double-blind, matched-pair experimen
 D. retrospective observational study

Cat2 Set 4 - True/False questions

INSTRUCTION:True/False
When a p-value, p <0.05, is reported in a journal article that you read for an observed relationship, it means
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author has rejected the null hypothesis (assuming that the author is using a significance or alpha level of 0.05
 A. True
 B. False
 2 If the sample size is large enough, almost any null hypothesis can be rejected.
 A. True
 B. False

Cat2 Set 4 - Multiple choice questions

INSTRUCTION:Multiple choice
1 A certain test for hepatitis has a sensitivity of 90%. What does this mean?
 A. 90% of individuals who have hepatitis will test positive
 B. 90% of individuals who have hepatitis will test negative
 C. 90% of individuals who do not have hepatitis will test negative
 D. 90% of individuals who do not have hepatitis will test positive
A marketing class of 50 students evaluated the instructor using the following scale: superior, good, average,
2 and inferior. The descriptive summary showed the following survey results: 2% superior, 8% good, 45% ave
45% poor, and 0% inferior.
 A. The instructor's performance was great!!!
 B. The instructor's performance was inferior
 C. Most students rated the instructor as poor or average
 D. No conclusions can be made
3 In a grouped frequency distribution, the intervals should be what?
 A. Mutually exclusive
 B. Exhaustive
 C. Both a and b
 D. Neither a nor b
Consider the following data y: 53, 61, 38, 65, 72, 58, 52, 63, 69, 74, 66 for which for
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which ∑ i = 1 11 ( Yi − Y ¯ ) 2 = 1082 ; ∑ i = 1 11 Y i = 671 The sample mean Y ¯ is
 A. 67.1
 B. 98.4
 C. 108.2
 D. 61.0
 E. none of the abov