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Exercise 1

1. Which of the following provides a measure of central location for the data?
a. standard deviation
b. mean
c. variance
d. range

2. The median of a sample will always equal the


a. mode
b. mean
c. 50th percentile
d. all of the above answers are correct

3. The median is a measure of


a. relative dispersion
b. absolute dispersion
c. central location
d. relative location

4. The 75th percentile is referred to as the


a. first quartile
b. second quartile
c. third quartile
d. fourth quartile

5. The difference between the largest and the smallest data values is the
a. variance
b. interquartile range
c. range
d. coefficient of variation

6. The first quartile


a. contains at least one third of the data elements
b. is the same as the 25th percentile
c. is the same as the 50th percentile
d. is the same as the 75th percentile
7. Which of the following is not a measure of central location?
a. mean
b. median
c. variance
d. mode

8. If a data set has an even number of observations, the median


a. cannot be determined
b. is the average value of the two middle items
c. must be equal to the mean
d. is the average value of the two middle items when all items are arranged
in ascending order

9. The most frequently occurring value of a data set is called the


a. range
b. mode
c. mean
d. median

10. The interquartile range is


a. the 50th percentile
b. another name for the variance
c. the difference between the largest and smallest values
d. the difference between the third quartile and the first quartile

11. When the data are skewed to the right, the measure of Skewness will be
a. negative
b. zero
c. positive
d. one

12. When data are positively skewed, the mean will usually be
a. greater than the median
b. smaller than the median
c. equal to the median
d. positive
13. Which of the following is not a measure of dispersion?
a. the range
b. the 50th percentile
c. the standard deviation
d. the interquartile range

14. If the variance of a data set is correctly computed with the formula using n -
1 in the denominator, which of the following is true?
a. the data set is a sample
b. the data set is a population
c. the data set could be either a sample or a population
d. the data set is from a census

15. The descriptive measure of dispersion that is based on the concept of a


deviation about the mean is
a. the range
b. the interquartile range
c. the absolute value of the range
d. the standard deviation

16. The numerical value of the standard deviation can never be


a. larger than the variance
b. zero
c. negative
d. smaller than the variance

17. Which of the following symbols represents the mean of the population?
a. 2
b. 
c. 
d. x

20. Which of the following symbols represents the variance of the population?
a. 2
b. 
c. 
d. x
21. Which of the following symbols represents the size of the population?
a. 2
b. 
c. 
d. N

The following data show the number of hours worked by 200 statistics
students.
Number of Hours Frequency
0- 9 40
10 - 19 50
20 - 29 70
30 - 39 40

22. Refer to Exhibit 3-1. The class width for this distribution
a. is 9
b. is 10
c. is 11
d. varies from class to class

23. Refer to Exhibit 3-1. The cumulative frequency for the class of 10 - 19
a. is 90
b. is 25
c. is 50
d. cannot be determined from the information given

The following is the frequency distribution for the speeds of a sample of


automobiles traveling on an interstate highway.
Speed
Miles per Hour Frequency
50 - 54 2
55 - 59 4
60 - 64 5
65 - 69 10
70 - 74 9
75 - 79 5
35

24. Refer to Exhibit 3-4. The mean is


a. 35
b. 670
c. 10
d. 67

25. Constructing a frequency distribution

A. is one of the most common means of summarizing data.


B. begins by recording the number of times a particular value occurs.
C. is the basis for construction of a percentage distribution.
D. all of the above
E. none of the above

26. What is the mean for the following scores: 2, 5, 4, 1, 8?


A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 20

27. What is the mean for the scores shown in the frequency distribution?
A. 1.5
B. 3.0
C. 2.9
D. 5.8

28. What is the median for the following scores: 2, 5, 4, 1, 8?


A. 3.5
B. 4
C. 4.5
D. 7

Find the five-number summary, mean, and mode of the data:


1) {65, 68, 70, 71, 73, 73, 74, 76, 78, 81, 81, 85, 86, 87, 89, 90, 91, 91, 93, 95}
Min = Q1 = M = Q3 = Max =

MEAN = Mode =

2)
Frequency Table for Chemistry 103 Exam
Score 10 50 60 70 80 100
Frequency 1 3 7 7 4 2
Min = Q1 = M = Q3 = Max =

MEAN = Mode =

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