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This document contains instructions and questions for a statistics exam. It provides 3 questions to be answered in 20 minutes. Question 1 asks students to identify the level of measurement for 6 variables. Question 2 involves calculating the mean, median, and verifying an equation using data on clients seen by accounting firm partners. Question 3 presents a frequency distribution on employee frequent flier miles and asks students to calculate totals, midpoints, construct a histogram and frequency polygon using the data.

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Bus 511 CT 1 Sampleq

This document contains instructions and questions for a statistics exam. It provides 3 questions to be answered in 20 minutes. Question 1 asks students to identify the level of measurement for 6 variables. Question 2 involves calculating the mean, median, and verifying an equation using data on clients seen by accounting firm partners. Question 3 presents a frequency distribution on employee frequent flier miles and asks students to calculate totals, midpoints, construct a histogram and frequency polygon using the data.

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BUS 

511 – Summer 2017 – CT‐1                                    June 04, 2017  

‐ Marks are shown in brackets []. 
‐ You may use calculators (for basic calculations ONLY) unless stated otherwise 
‐ On all questions you are expected to EXPLAIN YOUR WORKING and SHOW ALL CALCULATIONS unless explicitly   
  stated otherwise.               
 
Name: _____________________________________ Student ID: __________________________ Time: 20 minutes 
 
1. [6] What is the level of measurement for each of the following variables? 
(a) Student IQ ratings. 
(b) Distance students travel to class. 
(c) Student scores on the first statistics test. 
(d) A classification of students by state of birth. 
(e) A ranking of students by freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior. 
(f) Number of hours students study per week. 
 

2. [4] The accounting firm of Crawford and Associates has five senior partners. Yesterday the senior partners saw 
six, four, three, seven, and five clients, respectively. 
(a) Compute the mean number and median number of clients seen by a partner. 
(b) Is the mean a sample mean or a population mean? 
(c) Verify that    X     0.  
 

   
3. [10] The following frequency distribution reports the number of frequent flier miles, reported in thousands, 
for employees of Brumley Statistical Consulting, Inc. during the first quarter of 2004. 
 
Frequent Flier Miles (000)  Number of employees 
0 up to 3  5 
3 up to 6  12 
6 up to 9  23 
9 up to 12  8 
12 up to 15  2 
 
(a) How many employees were studied? 
(b) What is the midpoint of the first class? 
(c) Construct a histogram. 
(d) A frequency polygon is to be drawn. What are the coordinates of the plot for the first class? 
(e) Construct a frequency polygon. 
 

   

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