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Practice Test, Unit 1 AP Statistics Name:

1. Here are the IQ test scores of 10 randomly chosen fifth-grade students:

145 139 126 122 125 130 96 110 118 118
To make a stemplot of these scores, you would use as stems
(a) 0 and 1.
(b) 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14.
(c) 96, 110, 118, 122, 125, 126, 130, 139, and 145.
(d) 0, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9.
(e) None of the above is a correct answer.

2. For the IQ test scores from the previous question, what kind of plot is appropriate?
(a) a stemplot but not a boxplot
(b) a boxplot but not a histogram
(c) a bar graph but not a pie chart
(d) a histogram but not a dotplot
(e) None of the above is a correct answer.

3. A scientist is weighing each of 30 fish. She obtains a mean of 30 g and a standard deviation of 2 g. After
completing the weighing, she finds that the scale was misaligned and always under reported every weight by
2 g that is, a fish that really weighed 26 g was reported to weigh 24 grams. What are the mean and standard
deviation after correcting for the error in the scale?

(a) 28 g, 2 g (b) 30 g, 4 g (c) 32 g, 2 g (d) 32 g, 4 g (e) 28 g, 4 g

4. If a distribution is skewed to the right,

(a) the mean is less than the median.
(b) the mean and median are equal.
(c) the mean is greater than the median.
(d) It’s impossible to tell without seeing the data.
(e) None of the above is a correct answer.

5. The population of the United States is aging, though less rapidly than in other developed countries. Here is
a stemplot of the percents of residents aged 65 and older in the 50 states, according to the 2000 census:

5|7 There are two outliers: Alaska has the lowest percent of older
6| residents, and Florida has the highest. What is the percent for
7| Florida?
8|5 (a) 13.8%
9 | 679 (b) 57%
10 | 6 (c) 176%
11 | 02233677 (d) 17.6%
12 | 0011113445789 (e) 5.7%
13 | 00012233345568
14 | 034579
15 | 36
16 |
17 | 6
6. The shape of the distribution in the previous question is
(a) strongly skewed to the right.
(b) slightly skewed to the right.
(c) roughly symmetric.
(d) bimodal
(e) skewed to the left.

7. To make a boxplot of a distribution, you must know

(a) all of the individual observations.
(b) the mean and the standard deviation.
(c) the quartiles.
(d) the five-number summary.
(e) the individual observations, the mean, and the IQR.

8. What are all the values that a standard deviation can possibly take?

(a) 0 ≤ s (b) 0 ≤ s ≤ 1 (c) –1 ≤ s ≤ 1 (d) s ≤ 0 (e) any real number

9. The GPA’s of five students are as follows:

3.75 4.25 3.81 3.53 3.98

The standard deviation of the sample is

(a) 3.864
(b) 19.32
(c) 74.942
(d) 0.2692
(e) 0.2408

10. The five-number summary for scores on a statistics exam is 11, 35, 61, 70, 79. In all, 380 students took the
test. About how many had scores between 35 and 61?
(a) 26
(b) 76
(c) 95
(d) 190
(e) None of these

11. Mr. Yates picked up a dozen items in the grocery store with a mean cost of $3.25. Then he added an apple
pie for $6.50. The new mean for all 13 items is
(a) $3.00
(b) $3.50
(c) $3.75
(d) $4.88
(e) None of the above
Part 2: Free Response
Communicate your thinking clearly and completely.

12. The test grades for a certain class were entered into a Minitab worksheet. The results were
N MEAN MEDIAN TR-MEAN STDEV SE-MEAN
Grades 28 74.71 76.00 75.50 12.61 2.38

MIN MAX Q1 Q3
Grades 35.00 94.00 68.00 84.00

You happened to see, on a scrap of paper, that the lowest grades were 35, 57, 59, 60, . . . but you don’t
know what the other individual grades are. Nevertheless, a knowledgeable user of statistics can tell a lot
about the data set simply by studying the set of descriptive statistics above.

(a) Construct a modified boxplot for these data.

(b) Describe the distribution of grades of this class.

13. Give a real-life example of a data set for which the mean is greater than the third quartile. Briefly explain
your reasoning.
14. The weights in pounds and positions of the players on the 2015 San Francisco Forty-Niners team were
recorded. The positions are quarterback (QB), running back (RB), offensive line (OL), wide receiver
(WR), tight end (TE), kicker/punter (KP), defensive back (DB), linebacker (LB), and defensive line (DL).
Here are side-by-side boxplots of the weights.
PosCode
1

4 **

Weight
150 200 250 300 350

Code: 1=QB, 2=RB, 3=OL, 4=WR, 5=TE, 6=KP, 7=DB, 8=LB, 9=DL

Compare the weight distributions of the heaviest players (overall) and lightest players (overall).

15. CHALLENGE (optional).

A, B, and C are integers and A < B < C. S is the set of all integers from A to B, inclusive. Q is the set of all
integers from B to C, inclusive. The median of Set S is (3/4)B. The median of set Q is (7/8)C. If R is the set of
all integers from A to C, inclusive, what fraction of C is the median of set R?