Question 1

Student grades (A to
F) are an example of continuous numerical data.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

TABLE 2-11
The histogram below represents scores achieved by 200 job applicants on a personality profile.
 
-Referring to the histogram from Table 2-11, half of the job applicants scored below ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of TABLE 2-11
The histogram below represents scores achieved...

Question 3

TABLE 2-15
The table below contains the number of people who own a portable DVD player in a sample of 600 broken down by gender.
 
-Referring to Table 2-15, of those who did not own a portable DVD in the sample, ________ percent were males.

Accepted Answer

The answer of TABLE 2-15
The table below contains the number...

Question 4

The sum of relative frequencies in a distribution always equals 1.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

TABLE 2-15
The table below contains the number of people who own a portable DVD player in a sample of 600 broken down by gender.
 
-Referring to Table 2-15, if the sample is a good representation of the population, we can expect ________ percent of the females in the population will not own a portable DVD.

Accepted Answer

The answer of TABLE 2-15
The table below contains the number...

Question 6

The Dean of Students conducted a survey on campus. Average SAT score in mathematics is an example of a ________ numerical variable.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The Dean of Students conducted a survey...

Question 7

TABLE 2-10
The frequency distribution below represents the rents of 250 randomly selected federally subsidized apartments in Minneapolis.
 
-Referring to Table 2-10, ________ percent of the apartments rented for no less than $600.

Accepted Answer

The answer of TABLE 2-10
The frequency distribution below represents the...

Question 8

TABLE 2-15
The table below contains the number of people who own a portable DVD player in a sample of 600 broken down by gender.
 
-Referring to Table 2-15, of the females in the sample, ________ percent did not own a portable DVD.

Accepted Answer

The answer of TABLE 2-15
The table below contains the number...

Question 9

TABLE 2-3
At a meeting of information systems officers for regional offices of a national company, a survey was taken to determine the number of employees the officers supervise in the operation of their departments, where X is the number of employees overseen by each information systems officer.
 
-The width of each bar in a histogram corresponds to the

Accepted Answer

A)  differences between the boundaries of the class. 
B)  number of observations in each class. 
C)  midpoint of each class. 
D)  percentage of observations in each class.

Question 10

TABLE 2-15
The table below contains the number of people who own a portable DVD player in a sample of 600 broken down by gender.
 
-Referring to Table 2-15, ________ percent of the 600 owned a portable DVD.

Accepted Answer

The answer of TABLE 2-15
The table below contains the number...

Question 11

TABLE 2-13
The table below contains the opinions of a sample of 200 people broken down by gender about the latest congressional plan to eliminate anti-trust exemptions for professional baseball.
 
-Referring to Table 2-13, construct a table of total percentages.

Accepted Answer

The answer of TABLE 2-13
The table below contains the opinions...

Question 12

TABLE 2-13
The table below contains the opinions of a sample of 200 people broken down by gender about the latest congressional plan to eliminate anti-trust exemptions for professional baseball.
 
-Referring to Table 2-13, of the females in the sample, ________ percent were either neutral or against the plan.

Accepted Answer

The answer of TABLE 2-13
The table below contains the opinions...

Question 13

Apple Computer, Inc. collected information on the age of their customers. The youngest customer was 12 and the oldest was 72. To study the percentage of their customers who are below a certain age, it can use an ogive.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The quality ("terrible", "poor", "fair", "acceptable", "very good" and "excellent") of a day care center is an example of a nominal scaled variable.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Retailers are always interested in determining why a customer selected their store to make a purchase. A sporting goods retailer conducted a customer survey to determine why its customers shopped at the store. The results are shown in the bar chart below. What proportion of the customers responded that they shopped at the store because of the merchandise or the convenience?

Accepted Answer

A)  35% 
B)  50% 
C)  65% 
D)  85%

Question 16

TABLE 2-1
The manager of the customer service division of a major consumer electronics company is interested in determining whether the customers who have purchased a DVD player made by the company over the past 12 months are satisfied with their products.
-Referring to Table 2-1, the possible responses to the question "How much time do you use the DVD player every week on the average?" result in

Accepted Answer

A)  a nominal scale variable. 
B)  an ordinal scale variable. 
C)  an interval scale variable. 
D)  a ratio scale variable.

Question 17

TABLE 2-3
At a meeting of information systems officers for regional offices of a national company, a survey was taken to determine the number of employees the officers supervise in the operation of their departments, where X is the number of employees overseen by each information systems officer.
 
-Referring to Table 2-3, how many regional offices are represented in the survey results?

Accepted Answer

A)  5 
B)  11 
C)  15 
D)  40

Question 18

You have collected data on the number of U.S. households actively using online banking and/or online bill payment from 1995 to 2007. Which of the following is the best for presenting the data?

Accepted Answer

A)  A pie chart. 
B)  A stem-and-leaf display. 
C)  A side-by-side bar chart. 
D)  A time-series plot.

Question 19

In purchasing an automobile, there are a number of variables to consider. The classification of the car as a subcompact, compact, standard, or luxury size is an example of a ________ variable.

Accepted Answer

The answer of In purchasing an automobile, there are a...

Question 20

TABLE 2-9
The Stem-and-Leaf display represents the number of times in a year that a random sample of 100 "lifetime" members of a health club actually visited the facility.
 
-Referring to Table 2-9, if a frequency distribution with equal sized classes was made from this data, and the first class was "0 but less than 10," the cumulative percentage of the next-to-last class would be ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of TABLE 2-9
The Stem-and-Leaf display represents the number...

Exam 2: Presenting Data in Tables and Charts

Student grades (A to F) are an example of continuous numerical data.

TABLE 2-11 The histogram below represents scores achieved by 200 job applicants on a personality profile. -Referring to the histogram from Table 2-11, half of the job applicants scored below ________.

TABLE 2-15 The table below contains the number of people who own a portable DVD player in a sample of 600 broken down by gender. -Referring to Table 2-15, of those who did not own a portable DVD in the sample, ________ percent were males.

The sum of relative frequencies in a distribution always equals 1.

The Dean of Students conducted a survey on campus. Average SAT score in mathematics is an example of a ________ numerical variable.

TABLE 2-10 The frequency distribution below represents the rents of 250 randomly selected federally subsidized apartments in Minneapolis. -Referring to Table 2-10, ________ percent of the apartments rented for no less than $600.

TABLE 2-15 The table below contains the number of people who own a portable DVD player in a sample of 600 broken down by gender. -Referring to Table 2-15, of the females in the sample, ________ percent did not own a portable DVD.

TABLE 2-15 The table below contains the number of people who own a portable DVD player in a sample of 600 broken down by gender. -Referring to Table 2-15, ________ percent of the 600 owned a portable DVD.

TABLE 2-13 The table below contains the opinions of a sample of 200 people broken down by gender about the latest congressional plan to eliminate anti-trust exemptions for professional baseball. -Referring to Table 2-13, construct a table of total percentages.

Apple Computer, Inc. collected information on the age of their customers. The youngest customer was 12 and the oldest was 72. To study the percentage of their customers who are below a certain age, it can use an ogive.

The quality ("terrible", "poor", "fair", "acceptable", "very good" and "excellent") of a day care center is an example of a nominal scaled variable.

You have collected data on the number of U.S. households actively using online banking and/or online bill payment from 1995 to 2007. Which of the following is the best for presenting the data?

In purchasing an automobile, there are a number of variables to consider. The classification of the car as a subcompact, compact, standard, or luxury size is an example of a ________ variable.