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SA:S'tD•t.E Ot' DATA �) Most parents don't care about this issue, ed to the left•
. A) The shape ohhe data is skew
Question NO. J their attitudt is likely• to skew• the
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The U.S. Centers for Disease CO!ltrol recommend& so the mean age .of the presiden
mutts.
that adults fflSJF in :U hours pet Wffk of,-Igor� than the median,
B> Surieya condu<:ted via text mes�agtng are
A
O\U exercise. local health sooefy �w::u a
illegal and .thn-efore ar� not• considere
• d B) The shape ofthe data is faid
y
symmetrlt;
. ft<> seeifpeople art m«ttng this'goal. 'Ibey ts is
� reliable. so the mean age of the preriden
100 people with gym me.mbenhips how many
� the med ian.
ffl!tIUtes C>f ueteiu. th¢y engage ln pet �It. After C) Th� itn1> way to verify ..yhether the. aprroxim.ately equal to
respondus .to the S1l(Vey wete parents of e, so it .is
anal�g the data, the health society 5.nda � . C} The data ha.$ no clear shap
hig scliool ag¢'c;bildrm.
h
ment
the av� respondent exercises 142 minute1 pu impossible to make a reliable state
D) The survey wUblased because patent's who
* week, b\lt the margin of mm-wa$-i,proximatdy
minute&. 'lhe $0Cietywants toli>Wer
of mot, Using which of the following samples
am
margin own a cell phone probably aiso have a .tablet
md would want their childten to learn how
comparing the mean and the
D) The same nwnber o{;55•o
median..
r�older presidents
s who were
instead would do 40? to use it. Iiave bei;n inaugurated as one
is
A) 50 peopi; with srm membership, younger than 55, so the mean age
IIAR DIAGIIAIH ANIJ SKE\l'NI�SS
JJ) 50 people r.mdQrnly selected from thontire exactly 55.
Questioia NOA
adult population
Question N0.6
C) 100 people.with grin membership$, but
from a variety of gyms
D) zoo people randomly selected fro.in the
t.otlre adult population
Quest.ion N0.2
followi ng a swdy ofchildrffl in the United States•
A(ademy of
under
. three yean old. the >,mencan oi the following best dCICribes the
data.
is • II pl)Si tive correlation · Which
Pediatrics $tated that thcxt ed by the figure sJiown ?
watclung eleri.· represent
t
between the amount of time spmt rs
slon �d thelikellhood of deve
)opinga.11 attention A) Skewed to the let\ with two outlie
ap• oi 2
defu:it disorder. Whkh ofthefolki
wingtun :B) Skewed to the leitwith an outlier
usion to draw from .thl.s statemen t?
1,nrtliers
r�ptia�C(lnd C) Skewed to the right with two
betw eeti te lev1s ioii • otttlier of2 .... . ...
A) There I• an .association D} Skewed to the right wifu an
15·24. 25.34 3544 45-54 55•64 65+
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ion diso rdet$ for hme rican
tirne·and at� Question NO.a ·
�Ii under three yew
old·, ts Age
Inauguration Ages of Presiden ln�mes
betweei\ t�ision 'Ihe bu graph shows median household
�) There is an all$Odsatlon .· thro-·._·.·•.,..;• • - - - rding to the
aU childrtn ·-20_2
.... 1 __ in a certain geographic region acco
time and attention disordm f!>r 14..------ d. n
age of the highest earner in the househol Whe
under .three year11 old. -
disorders !$ ll-+------- presenting the data, the reswcher de<:id
es to
C) An inmilse .in at ention
t
bl!Callse it
eaimd 1>y an increase in televisipn
time fllt 104-----­ exclude the iint �ge bracket {15-24),
yW$ old. . mcludesminot!>, which will likely skew the results
er thre e
Amerl«n children und ij'
8 ➔.---� e jo\»l.
because most minors do not have full•tim
ders. is call$td
D) An increase in attention disor
by m iaaease in television tlme
for all g'
6 'lhe teseimher .tso decides to exclu de the last age
becau se it includ es retire es, w h ich is
old, it 4 bracket (65+)
...children under threeyeart ts for the same reaso n.
again likely to skew the resul
Que!ition Nf).3 2 likel y
Which of the following statements most
Atl.educational pomng .:ompany wants to deter� affect the data overal l!
desGrib es how th.is "-ill
• mine whet.her parents ofhlgh school•age dilldren 40 45 55
50 · 60 65 70 -- --:-:--______:__.::__::::_:=_
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bdieve u,smg an electronic tablet in the classroom A g e- chan ge the med ian. but
A} It will significantly
will improve student learning. To do this, the <:om· that any
The United Stalel Conmtuiion requires not the mean.
pany ,onducte<i a survey by sending 50,000 text ;1t least3 5 years of nge the mean, but
candidate fot the presidency be
messages across the e,ntire United State, to to date has been that B) lt will significantly cha
age, althoush no pres iden t
randomly sclect�d phone, with text•meS4aging ibutlo n of not ,be median.
)''Oung; The figurnbove show sthe diatr
the mean
capab.ilities. For e\·ety text that the company sent, ofthe pr«id ents throu gh :ZOll at the time C) It will significantly change both
the ages
it received a response to the survey. Which ohhe infor matio n and the median.
they were inaugurated. Based on the
followlng best upWns why this random sample men ts ls true? geto
sbown,· whkh o!thefo11owln. g state D) • There will be no significant chan
is unlikely to be a good representative sample
either the mean or the median.
o parents' opinions on the use o tablets in the
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QmiNiion N0.20
Average Annual Gas Prices
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Asurveyts conducted regarding a proposed ...... 4.QO ,---....,.........,;.---------------,
. change in the attendance policy at a la� sdlooL
25 30 3S 4S �
N�olM.inutu
i 3.50
The table aboveategoriffl the results of the
n.
wvq> by year of the student (IL. or 3L) and
llmdayt,.1gbt Ell�• _ _
Questio11 N0.25 l
ii 3.001--------
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whether they are fur, against. or unded.ded about Ha �o1J1er i,s.che)ffn "'t �dom
from all of the 2.00
the new policy. What fraction of all 1La and 2Ls Slll\leyl'Upottdents, what is the pl'Qba�ility
that 11\e. I.SO
are against the newpollcyl customer b willing to wait it least 30 minutqfor
1.00 � '- "'�
14 .d)�b�
#V.".d'>
a table?
A) 61 Question N0.20 ,vrV�-,v,v�������
On average. how many
miniltet longu ate cwtom• Year
24 m willing to wait for a table on Saturday night Data from U.S. 1?neq'y hlformati<ln.Admlnislnllion.
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B) the average annuafga
61 than on .Friday night? Rowid your answer to the The .figure abovubows
prices in the United States from 2003 tc> 2013.
C)
28-53 nearm wholemln\\te..
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Questions 30 and 31 refer to the Based on theinformation shown, which of the fol­
following information. lowing conclusions is valid?
A college cafeteria received a petition
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-.- from students to offer healthier meat,
D) 177 vegetarian, and vegan dishes. In
A) A gallon of gas ,ost more in 2008 than in
response to the petition, the cafeteria 2013.
Question N0.2,1 conducted an analysis of its existing B) The price lt½)te than doubled between 2003
menu to determine the current state
of those options- The results are and 1013.
summarized in the table below. The C) The drop in price from 2008. to 2009 was
analyst used a sliding scale based on
thenutrient levels compared against more than $1.00 per gallon.
calorie., sugar, and sodium counts to D) The overall change ln price was greater
determine the health score, a score of
lbeing the least healthy and 5 being the between 2003 and 2008 than it was between.•:_
180 276 645 ll7 healthiest. 2008 and 2013.
Q��;sti�ms !JO and :JI refer tn the
fol.lowing informatio11�
16. • An lru:umbent otate Sf.llator (cu.mntly ln offkeand ---..+---',--+-...;;..--! Each month, the Bureau of Labor statistics conducts
ruririingfou.n additional kml) conducts a survey
to see how favwablf thepeople in her dittri� view •
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5
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+-....;;___-1--...:...---1 a survey called the current Population- survey (CPS)
4 to measure unemployment in the United States.
her. In th11 lllrVey, r'e$ponses oil or 2 tepresent an 5 4. l Across the country, about 60,000 households are
0 i included in the survey sample.
unf'�rable view; a iesp()ni;e of 3 in ni:uttal view, 0
These households are grouped by geographic
and t¢SpOJ1ses of hr 5 iue t.vorable. Thnesull$ of Qmistion N0.27 region. A summary of the January 2014 survey
the SUIVef an: recorded m the table. If one ugjs• What fr.action. of the vegclarian and vegan dishes results for male respondent in one geographic
tered voter ls dlosen at random to attend a town hll$ a health !(:Ore ofl or higher? region is shown in the table below.
hall Iii.ming, what is the probability that the Yoter Age Employ Unemp Not in The Total
does not vi� the senator unfavorably? A) 1 '· Group ed loyed labor
4 Force
A) 40.li'l(, 8 16to19 8 5 10 23
B) 59.4% 13) 21 20to24 26 7 23 56
C) 78.1"6 ·8 25to34 142 11 28 157
C) 35to44 144
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/4 11 8 32 164
u 45to54 66 6 26 98
Questions 2.'i and 2(; refor to the .D) 21 Over 65 7 36 152
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following inforJRation. Question N0.28
Total 451 44 155 650
A restaurant sent out surveys to determine Ifa student dlOO$d a dish at random for luneh one
how long customers are night willing to wait
QueNtion NO.:JO
for a table on Friday versus Saturday night.
<by, what is the probability th.It !twill be a meat According to the data in the table, for whim age
dish wilh a health "ore of at least 4?
Participants randomly received either a group did the smallest percentaie of men report
Friday night or a Saturday night survey. A) 5 that they were unemployed in January 2014?
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Results are shown in the bar graph below
B)
s A) 20 to 24 yem
22 B) 35 to 44 year,
C) l C) 45 to 54 yean
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D) u _Pl Over 54.L..'-rc.:.s____�____,
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