Question 1

According to a survey of the top 10 employers in a major city in the Midwest, a worker spends an average of 413 minutes a day on the job. Suppose the standard deviation is 26.8 minutes and the time spent is approximately a normal distribution. What are the times within which approximately 99.73 percent of all workers will fall?

Accepted Answer

A)  [305.8, 520.2] 
B)  [386.2, 439.8] 
C)  [372.8, 453.2] 
D)  [359.4, 466.6] 
E)  [332.6, 493.4]

Question 2

In a statistics class, 10 scores were randomly selected with the following results: 74, 73, 77, 77, 71, 68, 65, 77, 67, 66. What is the IQR?

Accepted Answer

A)  12.00 
B)  5.25 
C)  10 
D)  5.00 
E)  11.00

Question 3

The following table shows the Price-to-Earnings ratio for a stereo equipment manufacturing company between 1998 and 2002.  Determine the percentage change in the P/E ratios from 1998 to 1999.

Accepted Answer

A)  15.07% 
B)  17.74% 
C)  20.72% 
D)  −17.74% 
E)  −15.07%

Question 4

In the calculation of a mean for grouped data, we assume that the average of the measurements in each class equals the class midpoint.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

In a statistics class, 10 scores were randomly selected with the following results (mean = 71.5): 74, 73, 77, 77, 71, 68, 65, 77, 67, 66. What is the standard deviation?

Accepted Answer

A)  22.72 
B)  12.00 
C)  4.77 
D)  516.20 
E)  144.00

Question 6

The median is said to be resistant to extreme values.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The pth percentile is a value such that (100 − p) percent of the measurements fall at or below the value.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The local amusement park was interested in the average wait time at their most popular roller coaster at the peak park time (2 p.m.). They selected 13 patrons and had them get in line between 2 and 3 p.m. Each was given a stopwatch to record the time they spent in line. The times recorded were as follows (in minutes). 118, 124, 108, 116, 99, 120, 148, 118, 119, 121, 45, 130, 118
What is the first quartile?

Accepted Answer

A)  100.8 
B)  118 
C)  130 
D)  116 
E)  45

Question 9

A measurement located outside the upper limits of a box-and-whiskers display is ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  always in the first quartile 
B)  an outlier 
C)  always the largest value in the data set 
D)  within the lower limits

Question 10

In a statistics class, 10 scores were randomly selected with the following results (mean = 71.5): 74, 73, 77, 77, 71, 68, 65, 77, 67, 66. What is the range?

Accepted Answer

A)  22.72 
B)  12.00 
C)  4.77 
D)  516.20 
E)  144.00

Question 11

The ________ is a quantity that measures the variation of a population or sample relative to its mean.

Accepted Answer

A)  mean 
B)  standard deviation 
C)  range 
D)  coefficient of variation 
E)  Z-score

Question 12

An initial investment of $10,000 has a value of $7,382 at the end of year 1. What is the rate of return for the first year?

Accepted Answer

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Question 13

Using Chebyshev's theorem, approximate the minimum proportion of the data that will be within μ ± kσ for k = 3.2.

Accepted Answer

A)  90% 
B)  95% 
C)  84% 
D)  97% 
E)  10%

Question 14

In the calculation of a mean for grouped data, ________ are used.

Accepted Answer

A)  total sample size and sum of the midpoints of each class 
B)  total sample size and sum of the weighted midpoints 
C)  sum of the frequency of each class and the sum of the midpoints of each class 
D)  sum of the frequency of each class and the sample midpoint

Question 15

Find the weighted mean per capita income for the following random sample of six cities in the Midwest.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Find the weighted mean per capita income...

Question 16

The population variance is the average of the squared deviations of the individual population measurements from the population mean.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The following frequency table summarizes the ages of 60 shoppers at the local grocery store.  The sample mean for the above frequency table is calculated as 36.25. Calculate the approximate sample standard deviation for this data set.

Accepted Answer

A)  192.49 
B)  195.75 
C)  26.83 
D)  13.87 
E)  13.99

Question 18

Quality control is an important issue at ACME Company, which manufactures light bulbs. To test the life-hours of their light bulbs, they randomly sampled nine light bulbs and measured how many hours they lasted: 378, 361, 350, 375, 200, 391, 375, 368, 321. What is the median?

Accepted Answer

A)  375 
B)  368 
C)  389.9 
D)  200 
E)  346.6

Question 19

In a hearing test, randomly selected subjects estimate the loudness (in decibels) of a sound, and the results are (mean = 70): 68, 67, 70, 71, 68, 75, 68, 62, 80, 73, 68. What is the variance?

Accepted Answer

A)  18 
B)  4.73 
C)  22.40 
D)  324 
E)  6.76

Question 20

Interpret a lift ratio of 1.111.

Accepted Answer

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Exam 3: Descriptive Statistics and Analytics: Numerical Methods

In a statistics class, 10 scores were randomly selected with the following results: 74, 73, 77, 77, 71, 68, 65, 77, 67, 66. What is the IQR?

The following table shows the Price-to-Earnings ratio for a stereo equipment manufacturing company between 1998 and 2002. Determine the percentage change in the P/E ratios from 1998 to 1999.

In the calculation of a mean for grouped data, we assume that the average of the measurements in each class equals the class midpoint.

In a statistics class, 10 scores were randomly selected with the following results (mean = 71.5) : 74, 73, 77, 77, 71, 68, 65, 77, 67, 66. What is the standard deviation?

The median is said to be resistant to extreme values.

The pth percentile is a value such that (100 − p) percent of the measurements fall at or below the value.

A measurement located outside the upper limits of a box-and-whiskers display is ________.

In a statistics class, 10 scores were randomly selected with the following results (mean = 71.5) : 74, 73, 77, 77, 71, 68, 65, 77, 67, 66. What is the range?

The ________ is a quantity that measures the variation of a population or sample relative to its mean.

An initial investment of $10,000 has a value of $7,382 at the end of year 1. What is the rate of return for the first year?

Using Chebyshev's theorem, approximate the minimum proportion of the data that will be within μ ± kσ for k = 3.2.

In the calculation of a mean for grouped data, ________ are used.

Find the weighted mean per capita income for the following random sample of six cities in the Midwest.

The population variance is the average of the squared deviations of the individual population measurements from the population mean.

The following frequency table summarizes the ages of 60 shoppers at the local grocery store. The sample mean for the above frequency table is calculated as 36.25. Calculate the approximate sample standard deviation for this data set.

Quality control is an important issue at ACME Company, which manufactures light bulbs. To test the life-hours of their light bulbs, they randomly sampled nine light bulbs and measured how many hours they lasted: 378, 361, 350, 375, 200, 391, 375, 368, 321. What is the median?

In a hearing test, randomly selected subjects estimate the loudness (in decibels) of a sound, and the results are (mean = 70) : 68, 67, 70, 71, 68, 75, 68, 62, 80, 73, 68. What is the variance?

Interpret a lift ratio of 1.111.