Exam 2: Organising and Visualising Data

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Figure 2.2 The histogram below represents scores achieved by 200 job applicants on a personality profile. Figure 2.2 The histogram below represents scores achieved by 200 job applicants on a personality profile.   -Referring to the histogram from Figure 2.2,90% of the job applicants scored above or equal to _________. -Referring to the histogram from Figure 2.2,90% of the job applicants scored above or equal to _________.

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The percentage polygon is formed by having the lower boundary of each class represent the data in that class and then connecting the sequence of lower boundaries at their respective class percentages.

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Instruction 2.7 The ordered array below resulted from taking a sample of 25 batches of 500 computer chips and determining how many in each batch were defective. Defeds 1 2 4 4 5 5 6 7 9 9 12 12 15 17 20 21 23 23 25 26 27 27 28 29 29 -Referring to Instruction 2.7,construct a histogram for the defects data,using '0 but less than 5' as the first class.

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A _________is a summary table in which numerical data are tallied into class intervals or categories.

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Relationships in a contingency table can be examined more fully if the frequencies are converted into_________.

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Data on the number of credit hours of 20,000 students at a public university enrolled in the first semester were collected.Which of the following is the best for presenting the information?

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A _________ is a vertical bar chart in which the rectangular bars are constructed at the boundaries of each class interval.

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Instruction 2.4 The following are the durations in minutes of a sample of long-distance phone calls made within Australia reported by one long-distance carrier. Time (in Minutes) Relative Frequency 0 but less than 5 0.37 5 but less than 10 0.22 10 but less than 15 0.15 15 but less than 20 0.10 20 but less than 25 0.07 25 but less than 30 0.07 30 or more 0.02 -Referring to Instruction 2.4,if 100 calls were randomly sampled,_________of them would have lasted at least 15 minutes but less than 20 minutes.

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Instruction 2.5 The Stem-and-Leaf display below contains data on the number of months between the date a civil suit is filed and when the case is actually adjudicated for 50 cases heard in the Supreme Court of Victoria. Stem Leaves 1 23444 1 7899 2 2222345 5 2 678889 3 001113 3 5778 4 0234 4 5579 5 1124 5 66 6 15 6 8 Note: 1L means the 'low teens' - 10, 11, 12, 13, or 14; 1H means the 'high teens' - 15, 16, 17, 18, or 19; 2L means the 'low twenties' - 20, 21, 22, 23, or 24, etc. -Referring to Instruction 2.5,_________of the 100 members visited the health club no more than 12 times in a year.

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To present a good graph,one should avoid including _________ that will reduce the clarity of the graph.

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If the values of the seventh and eighth class in a cumulative frequency distribution are the same,we know that there are no observations in the eighth class.

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Instruction 2.11 The table below contains the number of people who own a portable DVD player in a sample of 600 broken down by gender. Own a Portable DVD Player Male Fermale Yes 96 40 No 224 240 -Referring to Instruction 2.11,if the sample is a good representation of the population,we can expect _________%t of the population will be males.

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Drill-down is a method of data discovery that involves revealing data that underlie a higher-level summary.

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To determine the width of class interval,divide the number of class groups by the range of the data.

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Instruction 2.7 The ordered array below resulted from taking a sample of 25 batches of 500 computer chips and determining how many in each batch were defective. Defeds 1 2 4 4 5 5 6 7 9 9 12 12 15 17 20 21 23 23 25 26 27 27 28 29 29 -Referring to Instruction 2.7,construct a relative frequency or percentage distribution for the defects data,using '0 but less than 5' as the first class.

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Instruction 2.11 The table below contains the number of people who own a portable DVD player in a sample of 600 broken down by gender. Own a Portable DVD Player Male Fermale Yes 96 40 No 224 240 -Referring to Instruction 2.11,if the sample is a good representation of the population,we can expect _________% of the population will own a portable DVD.

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When comparing two or more large batches of numerical data,the distributions being developed should use the same _________.

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Instruction 2.4 The following are the durations in minutes of a sample of long-distance phone calls made within Australia reported by one long-distance carrier. Time (in Minutes) Relative Frequency 0 but less than 5 0.37 5 but less than 10 0.22 10 but less than 15 0.15 15 but less than 20 0.10 20 but less than 25 0.07 25 but less than 30 0.07 30 or more 0.02 -Referring to Instruction 2.4,what is the width of each class?

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Instruction 2.7 The ordered array below resulted from taking a sample of 25 batches of 500 computer chips and determining how many in each batch were defective. Defeds 1 2 4 4 5 5 6 7 9 9 12 12 15 17 20 21 23 23 25 26 27 27 28 29 29 -Referring to Instruction 2.7,construct a cumulative percentage distribution for the defects data if the corresponding frequency distribution uses '0 but less than 5' as the first class.

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In general,a frequency distribution should have at least eight class groups but no more than 20.

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