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TTCM Practice Midterm #3

The document contains a practice midterm exam with multiple choice and free response questions about statistical concepts such as sampling techniques, frequency distributions, measures of central tendency, standard deviation, normal distributions, correlation, and linear regression. Students are asked to identify sampling methods, calculate statistical values, determine areas and percentages for normal distributions, and perform linear regression analysis on a bivariate data set.

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TTCM Practice Midterm #3

The document contains a practice midterm exam with multiple choice and free response questions about statistical concepts such as sampling techniques, frequency distributions, measures of central tendency, standard deviation, normal distributions, correlation, and linear regression. Students are asked to identify sampling methods, calculate statistical values, determine areas and percentages for normal distributions, and perform linear regression analysis on a bivariate data set.

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Practice Midterm #3 Name:______________________________

Directions: Read each problem carefully and use correct notation.

Identify the sampling technique used to obtain the sample.

1. To determine customer opinion of its boarding policy, Southwest Airlines randomly selects 60 flights
during a certain week and surveys all passengers on the flights.

a. Convenience b. Random c. Cluster d. Systematic e. Stratified

2. In an effort to identify whether an advertising campaign has been effective, a marketing firm conducts
a nationwide poll by randomly selecting individuals from a list of known users of the product.

a. Convenience b. Random c. Cluster d. Systematic e. Stratified

3. A college official divides the student population into five classes: freshman, sophomore, junior, and
graduate student. The official takes a sample from each class and asks the members’ opinions regarding
student services.

a. Convenience b. Random c. Cluster d. Systematic e. Stratified

4. To estimate the percentage of defects in a recent manufacturing batch, a quality-control


manufacturer at Intel selects every 8th chip that comes off the assembly line starting with the 3rd until
she obtains a sample of 140 chips.

a. Convenience b. Random c. Cluster d. Systematic e. Stratified

5. A survey regarding download time on a certain Web site is administered on the Internet by a market
research firm to anyone who would like to take it.

a. Convenience b. Random c. Cluster d. Systematic e. Stratified


Practice Midterm #3 Name:______________________________

Part I

For the following frequency distribution,

Class Frequency
9-15 3
16-22 6
23-29 1
30-36 0
37-43 3
44-50 5

a) Total number of observations

b) Width of each class

c) Midpoint of the second class

d) Modal class (or classes)

e) Class limits of the next class if an additional class were to be added

Part III (4pts)

Class Frequency
78-86

Use the data above to construct a frequency distribution to construct a first class of 78-86.
Practice Midterm #3 Name:______________________________
Practice Midterm #3 Name:______________________________

Part III

a. Construct a stem and leaf display for this data set.

b. Find the mean average.

c. Find the median.

d. Find the mode.

e. Find the midrange.

Part IV

Solve the following

1. 2. Anna’s average in Pre-Calculus class is currently a 90%


on three tests. She earned an 83% on the first test, a
96% on the second and 91% on the third test. She has
one more test to take and doesn’t want her test
average to fall below 85%. What is the minimum grade
she needs to get on the fourth test? (Tests are equal
weight)
Practice Midterm #3 Name:______________________________

Part V

The distance 10 students have to drive to school in miles is given in the following data set:

3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

a. Calculate the range

b. Calculate the standard deviation be by completing the following table:

𝑥 𝑥̅ 𝑥 − 𝑥̅ (𝑥 − 𝑥̅ )2
Practice Midterm #3 Name:______________________________

Part I

Find the specified area. Draw a bell shape curve to accompany your solution (2pts each)

1. Between three standard deviations below the mean and one standard deviation above the
mean.

2. To the right of 𝑧 = 1.82.

3. To the left of 𝑧 = −1.62.

4. To the right of 𝑧 = 2.08.

Part II

Determine the percent of data specified. Draw a bell shape curve to accompany your solution (2pts
each)

5. Between 𝑧 = 0 and 𝑧 = 0.71

6. Between 𝑧 = −1.34 and 𝑧 = 2.24


Practice Midterm #3 Name:______________________________

Part III

Assume the amount of time children spend watching TV is per year is normally distributed with a mean
of 1600 hours and a standard deviation of 100 hours. Find the following. Draw a bell shape curve
properly shaded to accompany you solution. (5pts each)

7. What percent of children watch television less than 1650 hours per year?

8. What percent of children watch television between 1650 hours and 1750 hours per year?

9. If a sample of 500 children, how many of them would you expect to watch television between 1650
and 1750 hours per year?
Practice Midterm #3 Name:______________________________

Six students provided the following data for their current Grade Point Average (GPA) and hours video
gaming per week.

Hours Video 28 10 4 12 6 20
Gaming
GPA 2.15 3.45 4 3.25 3.75 2.5

Part I

Complete the following chart for the data. (5pts)

𝑥 𝑦 𝑥2 𝑦2 𝑥𝑦

Part II

From the chart above, find the following: (5pts)

∑𝑥 = ∑𝑦 = ∑ 𝑥2 = ∑ 𝑦2 = ∑ 𝑥𝑦 =

Part III

Determine the correlation coefficient between the hours of video gaming and GPA (5pts)

Part IV

Determine the equation of the line of best fit. Then, use it to predict the GPA of a student who 18 hours
a week. (5pts)

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