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1.

ứucThe following is a histogram of 87 home sale prices (in thousands of dollars) in one
community:

Which of the following could be the median of the sale prices?


(A) $162,500
(B) $175,000
(C) $187,500
(D) $212,500
(E) $237,500

2. Following is a histogram of test scores. Which of the following is a true statement?

(A) The middle (median) score was 75.


(B) The mean score was 70.
(C) The mean score is probably less than the median score.
(D) If the passing score was 60, most students failed.
(E) More students scored between 50 and 60 than between 90 and 100.

3.

3
a. To which of the above cumulative relative frequency plots does the following
histogram correspond?
4. The winning percentages for a major league baseball team over the past 22
years are shown in the following stemplot:

(a) Interpret the lowest value.


(b) Describe the distribution.
(c) Give a reason that one might argue that the team is more likely to lose a given game than
win it.
(d) Give a reason that one might argue that the team is more likely to win a given game than
lose it.
5. A college basketball team keeps records of career average points per game of players
playing at least 75% of team games during their college careers. The cumulative relative
frequency plot below summarizes statistics of players graduating over the past 10 years.
(a) Interpret the point (20, 0.4) in context.
(b) Interpret the intersection of the plot with the horizontal axis in context.
(c) Interpret the horizontal section of plot from 5 to 7 points per game in context.
(d) The players with the top 10% of the career average points per game achievements will be
listed on a plaque. What is the cutoff score for being included on the plaque?
(e) What proportion of the players averaged between 10 and 20 points per game

6. (2.98) Which of the following are true statements?


I. The range of the sample data set is never greater than the range of the population.
II. The interquartile range is half the distance between the first quartile and the third quartile.
III. While the range is affected by outliers, the interquartile range is not.
(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) III only
(D) I and II
(E) I and III
7. (3.98) Dieticians are concerned about sugar consumption in teenagers’ diets (a 12-ounce can
of soft drink typically has 10 teaspoons of sugar). In a random sample of 55 students, the
number of teaspoons of sugar consumed for each student on a randomly selected day is
tabulated.
Summary statistics are noted below:
Min = 10 Max = 60 First quartile = 25 Third quartile = 38
Median = 31 Mean = 31.4 n = 55 s = 11.6
Which of the following is a true statement?
(A) None of the values are outliers.
(B) The value 10 is an outlier, and there can be no others.
(C) The value 60 is an outlier, and there can be no others.
(D) Both 10 and 60 are outliers, and there may be others.
(E) The value 60 is an outlier, and there may be others at the high end of the data set.

8. Consider the boxplots below:

Which boxplot correspond to this histogram?


a,

b,
c,

9, Find corresponding histogram and boxplot

a,
b,

c,

Below is a boxplot of yearly tuition and fees of all four year colleges and universities in a
Western state. The low outlier is from a private university that gives full scholarships to all
accepted students, while the high outlier is from a private college catering to the very rich.

10. (11.103) Removing both outliers will effect what changes, if any, on the mean and median
costs for this state’s four year institutions of higher learning?
(A) Both the mean and the median will be unchanged.
(B) The median will be unchanged, but the mean will increase.
(C) The median will be unchanged, but the mean will decrease.
(D) The mean will be unchanged, but the median will increase.
(E) Both the mean and median will change.

11. (12.103) Suppose the average score on a national test is 500 with a standard deviation of
100. If each score is increased by 25, what are the new mean and standard deviation?
(A) 500, 100
(B) 500, 125
(C) 525, 100
(D) 525, 105
(E) 525, 125
12. (13.103) Suppose the average score on a national test is 500 with a standard deviation of
100. If each score is increased by 25%, what are the new mean and standard deviation?
(A) 500, 100
(B) 525, 100
(C) 625, 100
(D) 625, 105
(E) 625, 125

13. (14.104) If quartiles Q1 = 20 and Q3 = 30, which of the following must be true?
I. The median is 25.
II. The mean is between 20 and 30.
III. The standard deviation is at most 10.
(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) III only
(D) All are true.
(E) None are true.

14. (17.105) Which of the following are true statements?


I. If the sample has variance zero, the variance of the population is also zero.
II. If the population has variance zero, the variance of the sample is also zero.
III. If the sample has variance zero, the sample mean and the sample median are equal.
(A) I and II
(B) I and III
(C) II and III
(D) I, II, and III
(E) None of the above gives the complete set of true responses.

15. (21.106) If the standard deviation of a set of observations is 0, you can conclude
(A) that there is no relationship between the observations.
(B) that the average value is 0.
(C) that all observations are the same value.
(D) that a mistake in arithmetic has been made.
(E) none of the above.

16. (1. 109) Victims spend from 5 to 5840 hours repairing the damage caused by identity theft
with a mean of 330 hours and a standard deviation of 245 hours.
(a) What would be the mean, range, standard deviation, and variance for hours spent repairing
the damage caused by identity theft if each of the victims spent an additional 10 hours?
(b) What would be the mean, range, standard deviation, and variance for hours spent repairing
the damage caused by identity theft if each of the victims’ hours spent increased by 10%?

17. (2, 119) 2. Which of the following statements about the two histograms above is true?

(A) The empirical rule applies only to set A.


(B) The mean of set A looks to be greater than the mean of set B.
(C) The mean of set B looks to be greater than the mean of set A.
(D) Both sets have roughly the same variance.
(E) The standard deviation of set B is greater than 5.

18. (4.120) The following boxplots were constructed from SAT math scores of boys and girls
at a high school:
Which of the following is a possible boxplot for the combined scores of all the students?

19. (1.148) A student reasons that either he will or will not receive a 5 on the Statistics exam,
and therefore the probability of receiving a 5 is 0.5.
Why is this incorrect reasoning?
(A) The events are mutually exclusive.
(B) The events are independent.
(C) The events are not independent.
(D) The events are complements.
(E) The events are not equally probable.
20. (2.248) In the November 27, 1994, issue of Parade magazine, the “Ask Marilyn” section
contained this question: “Suppose a person was having two surgeries performed at the same
time. If the chances of success for surgery A are 85%, and the chances of success for surgery
B are 90%, what are the chances that both would fail?” What do you think of Marilyn’s
solution: (0.15)(0.10) = 0.015 or 1.5%?
(A) Her solution is mathematically correct but not explained very well.
(B) Her solution is both mathematically correct and intuitively obvious.
(C) Her use of complementary events is incorrect.
(D) Her use of the general addition formula is incorrect.
(E) She assumed independence of events, which is most likely wrong.

21. (4.249) According to a CBS/New York Times poll taken in 1992, 15% of the public have
responded to a telephone call-in poll. In a random group of five people, what is the probability
that exactly two have responded to a call-in poll?
(A) 0.138
(B) 0.165
(C) 0.300
(D) 0.835
(E) 0.973

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