AP Statistics Name _______________________ ___ 11. Which is true of the data whose distribution is shown?

Unit 1 Test Review Date ____________ Blk _________ I. The distribution is skewed to the right.
II. The mean is probably smaller than the median.
___ 1. School administrators collect data on ___ 2. Which of the following variables would III. We should summarize with mean and standard deviation.
students attending the school. Which of the most likely follow a Normal model?
following variables is quantitative? A) family income A) I only B) II only C) I and II D) II and III E) I, II, and III
A) class (fresh., soph., junior, senior) B) heights of singers in a co-ed choir
B) grade point average C) weights of adult male elephants ___ 12. The mean number of hours worked for the 30 males was 6, and for the 20 females was 9.
C) if the student is in AP classes D) scores on an easy test The overall mean number of hours worked …
D) if the student has taken the SAT E) all of these
E) none of these A) is 6.5 B) is 7.2 C) is 7.5 D) is none of these. E) cannot be determined.

___ 3. The mean score on a chapter test in Algebra I was 78% and a median of 77.5%. The teacher ___13. George has an average bowling score of 180 and bowls in a league where the average for all bowlers
accidentally recorded one student’s score as 85, but it should have been 90. If the teacher corrects the is 150 and the standard deviation is 20. Bill has an average bowling score of 190 and bowls in a league where
score, then the average is 160 and the standard deviation is 15. Who ranks higher is his own league, George or Bill?
A) the mean will remain the same, but the median will increase. A) Bill, because his 190 is higher than George’s 180.
B) the mean and median will remain the same. B) Bill, because his standardized score is higher than George’s.
C) the median will remain the same, but the mean will increase. C) Bill & George have the same rank in their leagues, both are 30 pins above the mean.
D) George, because his standardized score is higher than Bill’s.
D) the mean and median will both increase.
E) George, because the standard deviation of bowling scores is higher in his league.
E) We do not know how the mean and median are affected without further calculations, but the
variance will increase. ___ 14. If a distribution is skewed to the right with no outliers,
A) mean < median B) mean ≈ median C) mean = median
___ 4. The weights of baby pythons are approximately normally distributed with a mean of 31.8 grams and a D) mean > median E) we can’t tell without examining the data
st. deviation of 2.39 grams. The percentage of baby pythons between 25 grams and 33 grams is about:
A) 69% B) 22% C) 31% D) 41% E) 50%
___ 15. Suppose that a Normal model describes the acidity (pH) of rainwater, and that water tested after last
___ 5. The veterinary bills for the dogs are summarized in the ogive week’s storm had a z–score of 1.8. This means that the acidity of that rain …
(cumulative graph) shown. Estimate the IQR of these expenses. A) had a pH of 1.8.
A) $50 B) $75 C) $100 D) $150 E) $200 B) varied with a standard deviation of 1.8
C) had a pH 1.8 higher than average rainfall.
___ 6. Last weekend police ticketed 18 men whose mean speed was 72 miles D) had a pH 1.8 times that of average rainwater.
per hour, and 30 women going an average of 64 mph. Overall, what was the E) had a pH 1.8 standard deviations higher than that of average rainwater.
mean speed of all the people ticketed?
A) 67 mph B) 68 mph C) 69 mph D) none of those E) It cannot be determined. ___ 16. Jorge’s score on Exam 1 in his statistics class was at the 64th percentile of the scores for all students.
Which of the following statements is true?
___ 7. Which is true of the data shown in the histogram to the right? A) Jorge scored a 64% on the exam.
I. The distribution is skewed to the right. B) Jorge scored better or the same as 64% of the students in the class.
II. The mean is probably smaller than the median. C) Jorge got 64 questions correctly.
III. We should use median and IQR to summarize these data. D) Jorge failed the exam.
A) I only B) II only C) III only D) II and III only E) I, II, and III E) None of the above are true statements.

___ 8. We collect these data from 50 male students. Which variable is categorical? ___ 17. Which of the following histograms pictured below has the largest standard deviation?
A) eye color B) head circumference C) hours of homework last week
D) number of cigarettes smoked daily E) number of TV sets at home A) B) C) D) E)

___ 9. Which of those variables in #8 is most likely to be bimodal?

___ 10. Which of those variables in #8 is most likely to follow a Normal model?
18. The average yearly snowfall in Chillyville is Normally distributed with a mean of 55 inches and a standard 21. At a school field day, 50 students and 50 faculty members each completed an obstacle course.
deviation of 4.83 inches. Illustrate with a picture and evaluate each of the following: Descriptive statistics for the competition times (in minutes) for the two groups are shown.
a. P(snowfall < 60) b. P(snowfall > 57) Students Faculty Members
Mean 9.90 12.09
Median 9.25 11.00
Minimum 3.75 4.50
Maximum 16.50 25.00
Lower Quartile 6.75 8.75
c. P(31 < snowfall < 57) d. The value of x if P(snowfall > x) = .423 Upper Quartile 13.75 15.75

A) Use the same scale to draw boxplots for the completion times for students and for faculty
members.

19. In their October 2003 issue, Consumer Reports evaluated the price and performance of 23 models of
cordless phones. Computer output gives these summaries for the prices:

Min Q1 Median Q3 Max MidRange Mean TrMean SD B) Write a few sentences comparing the variability of the two distributions.
15 30 50 110 200 107.5 71.75 67.63 52.08

a. Were any of the prices outliers? Explain how you made your decision.

C) You have been asked to report on this event for the school newspaper. Write a few sentences
describing student and faculty performances in this completion for the paper.
b. One of the manufacturers advertises a cordless phone “economy-priced at only $31.95”. Would you
consider that to be a very low price? Explain.

20. Owners of an exercise gym believe that a Normal model is useful in projecting the number of clients who
will exercise in their gym each week. They use a mean of 800 clients and a standard deviation of 90 clients. Textbook problems:
a. Draw and clearly label this model.
Do page 127 #41, 42, and page 131 #6, 8, 15, 16, 24 (abd), 25, 27, 29.

b. What is the first quartile of the weekly number of clients?

c. What is the IQR of the number of clients who will exercise in their gym each week.