Exam

Name___________________________________

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the
question.

1) Which of the following is the properly rounded mean for the given data? 1)
7, 8, 13, 9, 10, 11
A) 9.7 B) 9 C) 10 D) 9.67

2) Find the mean of the following data set? 2)

10, 5, 8, 3, 14
A) 5.0 B) 8.0 C) 9.0 D) 7.0

SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the
question.

3) Find the mean of the following set of values. 3)

5, 12, 10, 8, 10

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the
question.

4) For the data set 1, 8, 7, 2, 9, 15, 18, the properly rounded mean is 9. 4)
A) False B) True

5) What is the mean of the following data set? 5)

4, 8, 11, 12, 13
A) 7.0 B) 14.4 C) 11.0 D) 9.6

SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the
question.

6) Find the mean of the following data set. 6)

6, 8, 8, 8, 6, 12

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the
question.

7) Find the mean for the following data set: 7)

13 15 21 20 22
A) 9 B) 20 C) 18.2 D) 3.5

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 8) Find the mean for the following data set: 8)
32 15 29 15 25
A) 15 B) 23.2 C) 17 D) 25

9) Find the mean for the following data set: 9)

25 24 21 13 14 15
A) 18.7 B) 18 C) 12 D) 4.9

10) Find the mean for the following data set: 10)
28 25 23 34 14 14
A) 23.0 B) 20 C) 14 D) 24

11) What is the median of the following set of values? 11)

10, 8, 5, 3, 14
A) 7 B) 5 C) 9 D) 8

12) What is the median of the following data set? 12)

6, 9, 13, 14, 18
A) 14 B) 16 C) 13 D) 12

SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the
question.

13) Find the median of the following data set. 13)

3, 10, 7, 6, 3

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the
question.

14) Find the median for the following data. 14)

6, 7, 4, 5, 3, 7, 4
A) 4 B) 7 C) 3 D) 5

15) What is the median of the following set of values? 15)

2, 16, 14, 10, 14, 9, 10, 14
A) 12 B) 8 C) 10 D) 14

16) Find the median for the following data set: 16)

21 12 31 27 15
A) 19 B) 21 C) 21.2 D) 7.1

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 17) Find the median for the following data set: 17)
27 21 15 25 15
A) 20.6 B) 12 C) 15 D) 21

18) Find the median for the following data set: 18)
25 20 24 14 10 15
A) 17.5 B) 5.4 C) 15 D) 18.0

19) Find the median for the following data set: 19)
27 22 25 10 10 16
A) 19 B) 17 C) 18.3 D) 10

20) Find the mode for the following data? 20)

5, 4, 3, 4, 5, 6, 5, 5, 3, 4
A) 4 B) 5 C) 3 D) 6

21) What is the mode of the following data set? 21)

5, 19, 17, 13, 17, 15, 12
A) 13 B) 17 C) 11 D) 15

22) Find the mode for the following data set: 22)
19 10 23 20 10
A) 10 B) 19 C) 13 D) 16.4

23) Find the mode for the following data set: 23)

10 30 10 36 26 22
A) 26 B) 10 C) 22.3 D) 24

24) The number of police officers in selected city districts is listed below. Find the mode. 24)
24, 26, 24, 30, 23, 28, 19, 31, 24, 26, 19
A) 26 B) 24 C) 28 D) 23

25) What is the midrange of the following data set? 25)

5, 11, 10, 12, 4, 12, 18, 18, 18
A) 11 B) 5 C) 18 D) 12

SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the
question.

26) Find the mean, mode, median, and midrange for the following data set. 26)
12, 15, 18, 18, 15, 22, 15, 30, 12

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 27) Find the median of the following data set. 27)
9, 11, 11, 11, 9, 15

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the
question.

28) A random sample of weights (in carats) of sapphires in a jeweler's collection is shown. 28)
Find the mean of the sample.

Class Boundaries Frequency

0.95-2.95 10
2.95-4.95 15
4.95-6.95 10
6.95-8.95 10
8.95-10.95 9
A) 5.69 B) 5.95 C) 10.80 D) 5.55

29) A recent survey of a new diet cola reported the following percentages of people who 29)
liked the taste. Find the weighted mean of the percentages.

Area % Favored Number surveyed

1 30 2500
2 25 1500
3 50 3000
A) 36 B) 38 C) 25 D) 35

SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the
question.

30) Find the weighted mean for a particular student's scores on three exams if the 30)
first one was worth 75 points and the student received a score of 70%, the
second was worth 50 points and the student received a score of 80%, and the
third was worth 30 points and the student received a score of 95%?

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MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the
question.

31) A student received the following grades last semester. Find the student's semester grade 31)
point average.

Course Credits Grade/Points

Statistics 4 A / 4.0
Physics 5 F / 0.0
Sociology 3 B / 3.0
Literature 2 B / 3.0
Tennis 1 D / 1.0
A) 1.90 B) 2.40 C) 2.52 D) 2.13

32) Find the mode for the following data set: 32)

33 28 22 11 11 17
A) 20.3 B) 11 C) 19.5 D) 22

33) Use the given frequency distribution to approximate the mean. 33)

Class Frequency
0–9 18
10 – 19 18
20 – 29 9
30 – 39 9
40 – 49 9

A) 12.6 B) 20.7 C) 14 D) 14.1

34) Following are heights, in inches, for a sample of college basketball players. 34)

83 77 83 84 84 81 79 83 83 77
77 82 78 80 83 83 81 84 81 81

Find the mean height of the basketball players.

A) 80.5 inches B) 81.2 inches C) 70 inches D) 5.7 inches

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35) The table below lists the populations, in thousands, of several rural western counties. 35)
What is the mean population?

County Population (thousands)

Aldridge 17
Cleveland 20
McCarthy 12
Pope 22
Sorrell 19
Wilson 18

A) 18.5 thousand B) 10 thousand

C) 17 thousand D) 18.0 thousand

36) The table below lists the populations, in thousands, of several rural western counties. 36)
What is the median population?

County Population (thousands)

Aldridge 27
Cleveland 25
McCarthy 24
Pope 11
Sorrell 15
Wilson 19

A) 19 thousand B) 20.2 thousand

C) 16 thousand D) 21.5 thousand

37) The following data represent the total price, in dollars, of 20 randomly-selected gasoline 37)
purchases at a certain convenience store.

Find the mean price for these purchases.

A) $41.88 B) $35.88 C) $130.84 D) $37.40

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38) The following data represent the total price, in dollars, of 20 randomly-selected gasoline 38)
purchases at a certain convenience store.

Find the median price for these purchases.

A) $60.14 B) $26.11 C) $37.70 D) $36.67

39) The following data represent the total price, in dollars, of 20 randomly-selected gasoline 39)
purchases at a certain convenience store.

65.11 58.35 53.36 70.22 57.31 44.17 41.53 71.76 49.11 58.87
78.90 62.13 46.36 75.27 47.79 54.39 10.11 47.10 48.23 68.69

Which value in this data set is most accurately described as an extreme value?
A) $68.69 B) $78.90 C) $10.11 D) $68.79

40) The following data represent the ice cream flavor choices of 20 diners at a college 40)
cafeteria.

Which flavor ice cream is the mode?

A) Rocky Road B) Moose Tracks
C) Chocolate Chip D) Vanilla

41) Find the mean of the data in the following stem-and-leaf plot. The leaf represents the 41)
ones digit.

A) 24.6 B) 28 C) 26.9 D) 26

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42) Find the median of the data in the following stem-and-leaf plot. The leaf represents the 42)
ones digit.

A) 28 B) 26 C) 21.2 D) 24.6

43) Find the mode of the data in the following stem-and-leaf plot. The leaf represents the 43)
ones digit.

A) 13.3 B) 13.8 C) 14 D) 12.3

44) For the data shown in the histogram, which of the following choices best describes the 44)
relationship between the median and the mean?

A) median mean B) median > mean C) median < mean

45) A report states that the mean household income last year for a certain rural county was 45)
$55,300 and the median was $62,800. If a histogram were constructed for the incomes
of all households in the county, would you expect it to be skewed to the right, to the
left, or approximately symmetric?

A) skewed left
B) approximately symmetric
C) skewed right

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 46) If a distribution is negatively skewed as shown in the figure below, the mean will fall to 46)
the right of the median and the mode will fall to the left of the median.

A) False B) True

47) In a unimodal, symmetrical distribution as shown in the figure below, 47)

A) the mean is the same as the median, but the mode can be different.
B) the mean, the median, and the mode are different.
C) the mean, the median, and the mode are the same.
D) the median and the mode are the same, but the mean can be different.

48) A characteristic or measure obtained by using all the data values for a specific 48)
population is called a .
A) parameter B) mode C) statistic D) variable

49) A weighted mean is used when the values of the data set are not all equally represented. 49)
A) False B) True

50) The median can be a more appropriate measure of central tendency if the distribution of 50)
the data is extremely skewed.
A) True B) False

SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the
question.

51) A is the midpoint in a data array. 51)

52) The is the mode for grouped data. 52)

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MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the
question.

53) A data set has a median of 84, and six of the numbers in the data set are less than 53)
median. The data set contains a total of n numbers.

If n is odd, and exactly one number in the data set is equal to 84, what is the value of n?
A) 16 B) 17 C) 15 D) 13

54) A data set has a median of 76, and eighteen of the numbers in the data set are less than 54)
median. The data set contains a total of n numbers.

If n is even, and none of the numbers in the data set is equal to 76, what is the value of
n?
A) 40 B) 34 C) 37 D) 36

55) A student has an average of 78 on seven chapter tests. If the student's scores on six of 55)
the tests are 72, 82, 84, 66, 68, and 89, what was the score on the remaining test?
A) 85 B) 78 C) 77 D) 96

56) A data set contains three unique values. Which of the following must be true? 56)
A) mean = median = midrange B) median = midrange
C) none of these D) mean = median

57) The variance of a data set is the square root of the standard deviation. 57)
A) True B) False

58) The range of a data set is the difference between the highest value and the lowest value. 58)
A) False B) True

59) Chebyshev's theorem can be used to find the minimum percentage of the values in a 59)
data set that will fall within a certain distance of the mean.
A) False B) True

60) The coefficient of variation for a data set is the mean divided by the standard deviation, 60)
expressed as a percentage.
A) False B) True

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SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the
question.

61) The and are two measures of variation 61)

used to describe the spread of the data in a data set.

62) identifies a minimum percentage of the data points that fall 62)
within a certain distance of the mean, and it applies to any distribution
regardless of its shape.

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the
question.

63) A distribution in which approximately 68% of the data values fall within one standard 63)
deviation of the mean behaves according to
A) a symmetrical distribution. B) the empirical rule.
C) a boxplot. D) differential statistics.

SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the
question.

64) The is the average of the squares of the distance each value is 64)
from the mean.

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the
question.

65) Determine the range for the following data set. 65)
4, 7, 3, 16, 5, 22, 8
A) 14 B) 4 C) 3 D) 19

66) Determine the range for the following data set. 66)
6, 19, 10, 8, 26
A) 6 B) 10 C) 26 D) 20

SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the
question.

67) The range of the following data set is . 67)

9, 5, 14, 24, 12

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MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the
question.

68) Find the sample variance for the following data set: 68)

25 20 19 15 31

A) 16 B) 6.2 C) 38 D) 30.4

69) Find the sample standard deviation for the following data set: 69)

25 13 31 33 20

A) 66.8 B) 7.3 C) 8.2 D) 53.4

70) Find the population variance for the following data set: 70)

26 28 16 23 20

A) 12 B) 4.8 C) 22.8 D) 18.2

71) Find the population standard deviation for the following data set: 71)

20 18 15 12 24

A) 4.6 B) 21.2 C) 17 D) 4.1

72) The grades for the trigonometry exam are listed below. Find the range. 72)
85, 76, 93, 82, 84, 90, 75
A) 18 B) 76 C) 11 D) 9

73) What is the range of the set of values 5, 8, 3, 9, and 17. 73)
A) 14 B) 20 C) 5 D) 8

74) Find the range of the set of values 4, 13, 3, 10, and 5. 74)
A) 3 B) 10 C) 13 D) 8

75) The average age of Stokes County school board members over the last 40 years has 75)
been 46, but members have ranged from 29 to 67. Use the range rule of thumb to
estimate the standard deviation of the members' ages.
A) 9.5 B) 24 C) 19 D) 47.3

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76) The costs per load (in cents) of 47 dish-washing detergents tested by a consumer 76)
organization are shown here. Find the standard deviation of the sample.

Class limits Frequency

20-28 12
29-37 10
38-46 14
47-55 11
A) 10.0 B) 6.2 C) 10.4 D) 10.1

77) Approximate the sample variance given the following frequency distribution. 77)

Class Frequency
0 - 19 14
20 - 39 15
40 - 59 9
60 - 79 9
80 - 99 9

A) 28.2 B) 28.5 C) 810.4 D) 795.9

78) Approximate the sample standard deviation given the following frequency distribution. 78)

Class Frequency
0 - 14 11
15 - 29 8
30 - 44 10
45 - 59 9
60 - 74 14

A) 512.0 B) 22.6 C) 22.4 D) 502.2

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79) Approximate the population variance given the following frequency distribution. 79)

Class Frequency
0 - 19 15
20 - 39 13
40 - 59 8
60 - 79 10
80 - 99 10

A) 29.5 B) 857.0 C) 872.6 D) 29.3

80) Approximate the population standard deviation given the following frequency 80)
distribution.

Class Frequency
0-9 11
10 - 19 13
20 - 29 19
30 - 39 12
40 - 49 14

A) 180.6 B) 13.5 C) 13.4 D) 183.3

81) For a set of data with a mean of 6 and a variance of 9, approximately 68% of the values 81)
will fall between 3 to 9.
A) True B) False

82) The average resident of Metro City produces 570 pounds of solid waste each year, and 82)
the standard deviation is approximately 70 pounds. Use Chebyshev's theorem to find
the weight range that contains at least 75% of all residents' annual garbage weights.
A) Between 290 and 850 pounds B) Between 430 and 710 pounds
C) Between 360 and 780 pounds D) Between 500 and 640 pounds

83) Following are heights, in inches, for a sample of college basketball players. 83)

84 88 86 85 70 75 72 86 78 81
86 78 81 72 73 76 77 87 88 84

Find the sample standard deviation for the heights of the basketball players.
A) 80.4 B) 6 C) 18 D) 5.8

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84) Following are the closing prices (in dollars) of a certain stock for the past 20 trading 84)
days.

153.21 151.33 155.74 147.55 123.45 151.24 145.02 127.33 157.17 125.64
145.78 142.76 125.17 126.34 153.05 130.41 141.26 137.18 147.74 147.19

Find the population standard deviation for the closing prices.

A) $33.72 B) $11.10 C) $141.73 D) $11.39

85) The following table presents the heights (in inches) of a sample of college basketball 85)
players.

Height (in.) Frequency

68 - 71 3
72 - 75 5
76 - 79 2
80 - 83 2
84 - 87 2

Considering the data to be a population, approximate the variance of the heights.

A) 5.4 B) 5.6 C) 28.8 D) 31.0

86) The following table presents the heights (in inches) of a sample of college basketball 86)
players.

Height (in.) Frequency

68 - 71 11
72 - 75 56
76 - 79 54
80 - 83 40
84 - 87 13

Considering the data to be a population, approximate the standard deviation of the

heights.
A) 77.7 B) 4.2 C) 17.6 D) 4

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 87) A paint manufacturer discovers that the mean volume of paint in a gallon-sized pail is 1 87)
gallon with a standard deviation of 0.05 gallons. The paint volumes are approximately
bell-shaped. Estimate the percent of pails with volumes between 0.95 gallons and 1.05
gallons.
A) 32% B) 95%
C) 68% D) almost all (greater than 95%)

88) A consumer advocacy group tested the "on-air" lifetimes a random sample of 241 cell 88)
phone batteries. The mean lifetime was 3.2 hours with a standard deviation of 0.1
hours. The lifetimes are approximately bell-shaped. Estimate the number of batteries
with lifetimes between 3.0 hours and 3.4 hours.
A) 164 B) 12
C) 229 D) almost all (greater than 229)

89) According to Chebyshev's theorem, the maximum proportion of data values from a data 89)
set that are more than 1.5 standard deviations from the mean is .
A) 0.17 B) 0.67 C) 1.33 D) 0.44

90) Given that the variance for a data set is 1.20, what is the standard deviation? 90)
A) 0.60 B) 1.10 C) 1.44 D) 1.20

91) If a set of data has 49 values with a variance of 4.4, then the standard deviation is 91)
.
A) 0.3 B) 0.1 C) 2.1 D) 0.6

92) If a data set has 16 values and a standard deviation 9.4, then the variance is . 92)
A) 37.6 B) 88.4 C) 22.1 D) 2.4

SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the
question.

93) If a set of data has mean 12 and variance 16, then it's coefficient of variation is 93)
.

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the
question.

94) Given that the mean of a set of data is 25 and the standard deviation is 3, what is the 94)
coefficient of variation?
A) 12% B) 833% C) 0.12 D) 8.33

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95) For which of the following histograms is it appropriate to use the Empirical Rule? 95)
A)

B)

C)

D) all of these

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96) The completion times for a certain marathon race was 3 hours with a standard deviation 96)
of 0.5 hours. What can you determine about these data by using Chebyshev's Inequality
with K = 2?
A) At most 88.9% of the completion times are between 2 hours and 4 hours.
B) At least 75% of the completion times are between 2 hours and 4 hours.
C) At least 88.9% of the completion times are between 2 hours and 4 hours.
D) No more than 75% of the completion times are between 2 hours and 4 hours.

97) A data set has a mean of 70 and a standard deviation of 10. Which of the following 97)
might possibly be true?
A) More than 90% of the data values are between 40 and 100.
B) No more than 50% of the data values are between 50 and 90.
C) No less than 30% of the data values are less than 50 or greater than 90.
D) At least 15% of the data values are less than 40 or greater than 100.

98) A data set has a mean of 177 and a standard deviation of 20. Compute the coefficient of 98)
variation.
A) 9.09 B) 20.00 C) 2.26 D) 0.11

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Answer Key
Testname: UNTITLED1

1) A
2) B
3) 9.0
4) A
5) D
6) 8.0
7) C
8) B
9) A
10) A
11) D
12) C
13) 6
14) D
15) A
16) B
17) D
18) A
19) A
20) B
21) B
22) A
23) B
24) B
25) A
26) mean = 17.4
mode = 15
median = 15
midrange = 21.0
27) 11
28) A
29) B
30) 78.1
31) D
32) B
33) B
34) B
35) D
36) D
37) B
38) C
39) C
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Answer Key
Testname: UNTITLED1

40) D
41) A
42) B
43) C
44) A
45) A
46) A
47) C
48) A
49) B
50) A
51) median
52) modal class
53) D
54) D
55) A
56) C
57) B
58) B
59) B
60) A
61) Choose two of the following three: variance, standard deviation, and range.
62) Chebyshev's theorem
63) B
64) variance
65) D
66) D
67) 19
68) C
69) C
70) D
71) D
72) A
73) A
74) B
75) A
76) D
77) C
78) B
79) B
80) C
81) A
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Answer Key
Testname: UNTITLED1

82) B
83) B
84) B
85) C
86) B
87) C
88) C
89) D
90) B
91) C
92) B
93) 33.3%
94) A
95) A
96) B
97) A
98) D

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