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CHAPTER 2 - Descriptive Statistics

This document provides an overview of descriptive statistics and methods for tabular and graphical displays of data, including: 1) Bar charts can display data with a minimum of one variable. Pie charts and bar charts are appropriate for displaying categorical data. 2) Stem-and-leaf displays use a single digit to define stems and leaves, with leaves having one or more digits. Frequency distributions tabulate data into non-overlapping classes. 3) Methods like bar charts, pie charts, and cumulative frequency distributions provide easy visual summaries of categorical data.

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CHAPTER 2 - Descriptive Statistics

This document provides an overview of descriptive statistics and methods for tabular and graphical displays of data, including: 1) Bar charts can display data with a minimum of one variable. Pie charts and bar charts are appropriate for displaying categorical data. 2) Stem-and-leaf displays use a single digit to define stems and leaves, with leaves having one or more digits. Frequency distributions tabulate data into non-overlapping classes. 3) Methods like bar charts, pie charts, and cumulative frequency distributions provide easy visual summaries of categorical data.

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CHAPTER 2—DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL DISPLAYS

1. The minimum number of variables 7. Data that provide labels or names for
represented in a bar chart is groupings of like items are known as

a. 1 a. categorical data
b. 2 b. quantitative data
c. 3 c. label data
d. 4 d. generic data

2. Which of the following graphical methods 8. A researcher is gathering data from four
is most appropriate for categorical data? geographical areas designated: South = 1;
North = 2; East = 3; West = 4. The designated
a. ogive geographical regions represent
b. pie chart
c. histogram a. categorical data
d. scatter diagram b. quantitative data
c. directional data
d. either quantitative or categorical data
3. In a stem-and-leaf display

a. a single digit is used to define each stem, 9. Data that indicates how much or how many
and a single digit is used to define each are known as
leaf a. categorical data
b. a single digit is used to define each stem, b. quantitative data
and one or more digits are used to define c. label data
each leaf d. category data
c. one or more digits are used to define
each stem, and a single digit is used to
define each leaf 10. The ages of employees at a company
d. one or more digits are used to define each represent
stem, and one more digits are used to
define each leaf a. categorical data
b. quantitative data
c. label data
4. A graphical method that can be used to d. time series data
show both the rank order and shape of a
data set simultaneously is a
11. A frequency distribution is
a. relative frequency distribution
b. pie chart a. a tabular summary of a set of data showing
c. stem-and-leaf display the fraction of items in each of several non-
d. pivot table overlapping classes
b. a graphical form of representing data
c. a tabular summary of a set of data
showing the number of items in each of
several non-overlapping classes
d. a graphical device for presenting categorical
data
12. The sum of frequencies for all classes will 17. The relative frequency of a class is
always equal computed by

a. 1 a. dividing the midpoint by the sample size


b. The number of elements in a data set b. dividing the frequency of the class by the
c. the number of classes midpoint
d. a value between 0 and 1 c. dividing the sample size by the frequency of
the class
d. dividing the frequency of the class by the
13. In constructing as frequency distribution, sample size
as the number of classes are decreased the
class width
18. The sum of the relative frequencies for all
a. decreases classes will always equal
b. remains unhanged
c. increases a. the sample size
d. can increase or decrease depending on the b. the number of classes
data values c. one
d. 100

14. If several frequency distributions are


constructed from the same data set, the 19. A tabular summary of data showing the
distribution with the widest class width will percentage of items in each of several
have the nonoverlapping classes is a

a. fewest classes a. frequency distribution


b. most classes b. relative frequency distribution
c. same number of classes as the other c. percent frequency distribution
distributions since all are constructed from the d. cumulative percent frequency distribution
same data
d. None of the other answers are correct
20. The percent frequency of a class is
computed by
15. Excel's ____ can be used to construct a
frequency distribution for categorical data a. multiplying the relative frequency by 10
b. dividing the relative frequency by 100
a. DISTRIBUTION function c. multiplying the relative frequency by 100
b. SUM function d. adding 100 to the relative frequency
c. FREQUENCY function
d. COUNTIF function
21. The sum of the percent frequencies for all
classes will always equal
16. A tabular summary of a set of data
showing the fraction the total number of items a. one
in several nonoverlapping classes is a b. the number of classes
c. the number of items in the study
a. frequency distribution d. 100
b. relative frequency distribution
c. frequency
d. cumulative frequency distribution
22. In a frequency distribution, the last class 27. A graphical device for presenting
will always have a cumulative frequency equal categorical data summaries based on
to subdivision of a circle into sectors that
correspond to the relative frequency for each
a. one class is a
b. 100%
c. the total number of elements in the data a. histogram
set b. stem-and-leaf display
d. None of the other answers are correct c. pie chart
d. bar chart

23. In a cumulative frequency distribution, the


last class will have a relative frequency equal 28. Categorical data can be graphically
to represented by using a(n)

a. one a. histogram
b. zero b. frequency polygon
c. 100 c. pie char
d. None of the other answers are correct. d. bar chart

24. In a cumulative percent frequency 29. Fifteen percent of the students in a School
distribution, the last class will have a of Business Administration are majoring in
cumulative percent frequency equal to Economics, 20% in Finance, 35% in
Management, and 30% in Accounting. The
a. one graphical device(s) that can be used to present
b. 100 these data is (are)
c. the total number of elements in data set a. a line graph
d. None of the other answers are correct. b. only a bar chart
c. only a pie chart
d. both a bar chart and a pie chart
25. The difference between the lower class
limits of adjacent classes provides the
30. Methods that use simple arithmetic and
a. number of classes easy-to-draw graphs to summarize data
b. class limits quickly are called
c. class midpoint
d. class width a. exploratory data analysis
b. relative frequency distribution
c. bar charts
26. A graphical device for categorical data that d. pie charts
have been summarized in a frequency
distribution, relative frequency distribution, or
percent frequency distribution is a(n)

a. histogram
b. stem-and-leaf display
c. ogive
d. bar chart

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