Chapter 3 Exam Review - Summarizing Univariate Data
Chapter 3 Exam Review - Summarizing Univariate Data
7)
Listed
below
are
the
points
scored
in
the
2009
playoffs
for
all
20
players
on
the
Stanley
Cup
winning
Pittsburgh
Penguins.
0,
1,
1,
2,
4,
4,
5,
5,
6,
7,
7,
9,
9,
13,
14,
14,
14,
15,
31,
36
Use
the
above
population
data
to
complete
the
chart
below
(you
may
use
your
graphing
calculator).
Standard
Mean
Mode
𝑸𝟏
𝑸𝟐
𝑸𝟑
𝑰𝑸𝑹
Deviation
8) Given the following distribution of mathematics marks on a test out of 25…
Score 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Frequency 1 1 2 0 4 2 3 3 4 6 3 4 4 1 2
a) Calculate the population mean score on the test for the class.
b)
Calculate
the
population
standard
deviation
of
the
test
scores.
9)
A
sample
of
10
quiz
marks
of
two
students
are
compared.
Sue:
75,
59,
58,
72,
80,
66,
71,
79,
68,
55
Leopold:
90,
83,
55,
84,
72,
63,
50,
65,
52,
91
a)
Which
student
has
the
higher
sample
average?
b)
Which
student
gets
the
more
consistent
mark?
(calculate
the
sample
standard
deviation)
10)
You
are
taking
a
class
in
which
your
grade
is
determined
from
5
sources:
15%
from
your
homework,
30%
from
your
quizzes
(15%
per
quiz),
25%
from
your
final
exam,
15%
from
your
culminating
project,
and
15%
from
your
speech.
Based
on
the
following
results,
what
is
the
weighted
mean
of
your
scores?
Source
Score,
𝒙
Weight,
𝒘
𝒙𝒘
Homework
80
Quiz
#1
85
Quiz
#2
76
Project
95
Speech
90
Final
Exam
84
Mean:
11)
The
following
data
represent
the
salaries
of
a
sample
of
employees
at
RIM
Corporation
Salary
(in
thousands)
Frequency,
𝒇
Midpoint,
𝒎
𝒇 × 𝒎
30-‐39
18
40-‐49
15
50-‐59
10
60-‐69
5
70-‐79
3
Mean:
12)
The
middle
50%
of
the
data
surrounding
the
median
is
called
the
________________________________________.
13)
Jordan’s
term
mark
is
82.
The
term
mark
counts
for
70%
of
the
final
mark.
What
mark
must
Jordan
achieve
on
the
final
exam
to
earn
a
final
mark
of
75%?
Section
3.4:
The
Normal
Distribution
14)
Fill
in
the
blanks:
Normal
distributions
are
symmetrical
and
approach
__________________
at
the
extremes.
Of
the
data,
_______%
is
within
one
standard
deviation
of
the
mean,
_______%
is
within
two
standard
deviations,
and
_________%
is
within
three
standard
deviations
of
the
mean.
The
area
under
any
normal
curve
is
______.
15)
The
temperatures
in
Florida
for
the
month
of
December
can
be
represented
by
the
normal
distribution
𝑋~𝑁(24, 4.8! )
a)
What
range
of
temperatures
would
you
expect
68%
of
the
days
in
December
to
fall
between?
b)
In what percent of the days will the temperature be between 19.2 and 24 degrees Celcius?
c)
In what percent of the days will the temperature be greater than 14.4 degrees Celcius?
e) Calculate the z-score for a temperature of 30 degrees Celsius. What does this z-score mean?
16)
If
the
mass
of
children
in
Oakville
were
normally
distributed,
with
a
mean
of
11.2
kg
and
a
standard
deviation
of
2.8
kg,
determine:
a)
The
percent
of
children
with
a
mass
less
than
or
equal
to
6.1
kg.
b)
The
percent
of
children
with
a
mass
between
7.3
kg
and
14
kg.
c)
The
percent
of
children
with
a
mass
greater
than
10.5
kg.
d)
What
percentile
would
a
child
weighing
15
kg
be
in?
17)
Calculate
the
z-‐score,
to
two
decimal
places,
of
𝑥 = 87.2
if
𝜇 = 89.1
and
𝜎 = 3
18) Suppose 𝑋~𝑁 50, 4! . What value of 𝑥 would have a z-‐score of 2.10?
19)
In
𝑋~𝑁(12, 2! ),
what
percent
of
the
data
is
between
10
and
13?
20)
In
𝑋~𝑁(12, 2! ),
what
value
of
𝑥
corresonds
to
the
87th
percentile?
21)
For
the
distribution
𝑁(16, 3.5! ),
determine
the
percent
of
the
data
that
is
within
the
given
interval.
a)
𝑋 > 12
b)
10 < 𝑋 < 15
c)
𝑋 < 18.7
22)
A
group
of
students
wrote
an
entrance
Math
exam
and
the
scores
were
normally
distributed.
The
mean
score
was
750
and
there
was
a
standard
deviation
of
95.
If
Johnny
wants
to
score
in
the
94th
percentile,
what
score
must
he
get?
23)
Mr.
Jensen’s
Average
golf
score
is
80
with
a
standard
deviation
of
3.
In
what
percent
of
his
golf
rounds
will
he
score
less
than
72?
24)
The
lengths
of
nails,
in
millimeters,
at
a
certain
plant
are
normally
distributed
with
a
mean
of
20.00
and
a
standard
deviation
of
0.21.
Nails
produced
will
be
rejected
unless
their
lengths
are
between
19.71
mm
and
20.42
mm.
What
percent
of
the
nails
are
accepted?
25)
The
masses,
in
grams,
of
750
packages
of
cheese
are
normally
distributed.
A
package
will
be
rejected
if
its
z-‐score
is
-‐2.57
or
less.
How
many
of
these
packages
face
rejection?