Question 1

SCENARIO 2-13
Given below is the stem-and-leaf display representing the amount of detergent used in gallons (with leaves in 10ths of gallons) in a day by 25 drive-through car wash operations in Phoenix. $$\begin{array} { l } 
9 \mid 147 \
10 \mid 02238 \
11 \mid 135566777 \
12 \mid 223489 \
13 \mid 02
\end{array}$$
-Referring to Scenario 2-13, if a percentage histogram for the detergent data is constructed, using "9.0 but less than 10.0 gallons" as the first class, the percentage of drive-through car wash operations that use "12.0 but less than 13.0 gallons" of detergent would be .

Accepted Answer

The answer of SCENARIO 2-13
Given below is the stem-and-leaf display...

Question 2

SCENARIO 2-15
The figure below is the ogive for fat (in grams) for a sample of 36 pizza products where the upper boundaries of the intervals are: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30.
 $\quad$ 
-Referring to Scenario 2-15, roughly what percentage of pizza products contains less than 10 grams of fat?

Accepted Answer

A) 3% 
B) 14% 
C) 50% 
D) 75%

Question 3

SCENARIO 2-10
The relative frequency histogram below represents scores achieved by 200 job applicants on a personality profile. 
-Referring to the histogram from Scenario 2-10, the number of job applicants who scored 50 or above is .

Accepted Answer

The answer of SCENARIO 2-10
The relative frequency histogram below represents...

Question 4

A polygon can be constructed from a bar chart.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Apple Computer, Inc.collected information on the age of their customers.Suppose the youngest customer was 12 and the oldest was 72.To study the distribution of the age among its customers, it is best to use a pie chart.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

SCENARIO 2-18
The stem-and-leaf display below shows the result of a survey on 50 students on their satisfaction with their school with the higher scores represent higher level of satisfaction. 
-Referring to Scenario 2-18, if a student is randomly selected, his/her most likely level of satisfaction will be in the 70s among the 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

SCENARIO 2-17
The following table presents total retail sales in millions of dollars for the leading apparel companies over a two-year period in the past. $$\begin{array} { | l | r | r | } 
\hline \text { APPAREL COMPANY } & \text { Year 1 } &  { \text { Year 2 } } \
\hline \text { Gap } & 1,159.0 & 962.0 \
\hline \text { TJX } & 781.7 & 899.0 \
\hline \text { Limited } & 596.5 & 620.4 \
\hline \text { Kohl's } & 544.9 & 678.9 \
\hline \text { Nordstrom } & 402.6 & 418.3 \
\hline \text { Talbots } & 139.9 & 130.1 \
\hline \text { Ann Taylor } & 114.2 & 124.8 \
\hline
\end{array}$$
-Referring to Scenario 2-17, construct a side-by-side bar chart.

Accepted Answer

The answer of SCENARIO 2-17
The following table presents total retail...

Question 8

A professor of economics at a small Texas university wanted to determine what year in school students were taking his tough economics course.Shown below is a pie chart of the results.What percentage of the class took the course prior to reaching their senior year?

Accepted Answer

A) 14% 
B) 44% 
C) 54% 
D) 86%

Question 9

The stem-and-leaf display is often superior to the frequency distribution in that it maintains the original values for further analysis.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

SCENARIO 2-3
Every spring semester, the School of Business coordinates a luncheon with local business leaders for graduating seniors, their families, and friends.Corporate sponsorship pays for the lunches of each of the seniors, but students must purchase tickets to cover the cost of lunches served to guests they bring with them.The following histogram represents the attendance at the senior luncheon, where X is the number of guests each graduating senior invited to the luncheon and f is the number of graduating seniors in each category. 
-Referring to the histogram from Scenario 2-3, if all the tickets purchased were used, how many guests attended the luncheon?

Accepted Answer

A) 4 
B) 152 
C) 275 
D) 388

Question 11

SCENARIO 2-8
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. $$\begin{array} { l l } 
\text { Stem } & \text { Leaves } \
\hline 0 & 01222223333334445666666667789999 \
1 & 1111222234444555669999 \
2 & 00011223455556889 \
3 & 0000446799 \
4 & 011345567 \
5 & 0077 \
6 & 8 \
7 & 67 \
8 & 3 \
9 & 0247
\end{array}$$
-Referring to Scenario 2-8, 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 SCENARIO 2-8
The Stem-and-Leaf display represents the number...

Question 12

The Best Practices for Creating Visual Summaries recommend always including a scale for each axis if the chart contains axes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Apple Computer, Inc.collected information on the age of their customers.Suppose the youngest customer was 12 and the oldest was 72.To study the distribution of the age among its customers, it can use a Pareto chart.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

SCENARIO 2-10
The relative frequency histogram below represents scores achieved by 200 job applicants on a personality profile. 
-Referring to the histogram from Scenario 2-10, the number of job applicants who scored between30 and below 60 is _.

Accepted Answer

The answer of SCENARIO 2-10
The relative frequency histogram below represents...

Question 15

Apple Computer, Inc.collected information on the age of their customers.Suppose 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 16

SCENARIO 2-15
The figure below is the ogive for fat (in grams) for a sample of 36 pizza products where the upper boundaries of the intervals are: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30.
 $\quad$ 
-Referring to Scenario 2-15, what percentage of pizza products contains between 10 and 25 grams of fat?

Accepted Answer

A) 14% 
B) 44% 
C) 62% 
D) 81%

Question 17

SCENARIO 2-13
Given below is the stem-and-leaf display representing the amount of detergent used in gallons (with leaves in 10ths of gallons) in a day by 25 drive-through car wash operations in Phoenix. $$\begin{array} { l } 
9 \mid 147 \
10 \mid 02238 \
11 \mid 135566777 \
12 \mid 223489 \
13 \mid 02
\end{array}$$
-Referring to Scenario 2-13, if a relative frequency or percentage distribution for the detergent data is constructed, using "9.0 but less than 10.0 gallons" as the first class, what percentage of drive- through car wash operations use at least 10 gallons but less than 13 gallons of detergent in a day?

Accepted Answer

The answer of SCENARIO 2-13
Given below is the stem-and-leaf display...

Question 18

2-2 Organizing and Visualizing Variables
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. $$\begin{array} { r r } 
X & f \
\hline 1 & 7 \
2 & 5 \
3 & 11 \
4 & 8 \
5 & 9
\end{array}$$
-Referring to Scenario 2-2, how many regional offices are represented in the survey results?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 19

SCENARIO 2-12
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. $$\begin{array} { l c c c c } 
& \text { For } & \text { Neutral } &  \text { Against } & \text {  Totals } \
\hline  \text { Female } & 38 & 54 & 12 & 104 \
\text { Male } & 12 & 36 & 48 & 96 \
\text { Totals } & 50 & 90 & 60 & 200
\end{array}$$
-Referring to Scenario 2-12, of the males in the sample, percent were for the plan.

Accepted Answer

The answer of SCENARIO 2-12
The table below contains the opinions...

Question 20

Given below is the scatter plot of the price/earnings ratio versus earnings per share of 20 U.S.companies.There appear to be a positive relationship between price/earnings ratio and earnings per share.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 2: Organizing and Visualizing Variables

SCENARIO 2-15 The figure below is the ogive for fat (in grams) for a sample of 36 pizza products where the upper boundaries of the intervals are: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30. \quad -Referring to Scenario 2-15, roughly what percentage of pizza products contains less than 10 grams of fat?

SCENARIO 2-10 The relative frequency histogram below represents scores achieved by 200 job applicants on a personality profile. -Referring to the histogram from Scenario 2-10, the number of job applicants who scored 50 or above is .

A polygon can be constructed from a bar chart.

Apple Computer, Inc.collected information on the age of their customers.Suppose the youngest customer was 12 and the oldest was 72.To study the distribution of the age among its customers, it is best to use a pie chart.

A professor of economics at a small Texas university wanted to determine what year in school students were taking his tough economics course.Shown below is a pie chart of the results.What percentage of the class took the course prior to reaching their senior year?

The stem-and-leaf display is often superior to the frequency distribution in that it maintains the original values for further analysis.

The Best Practices for Creating Visual Summaries recommend always including a scale for each axis if the chart contains axes.

Apple Computer, Inc.collected information on the age of their customers.Suppose the youngest customer was 12 and the oldest was 72.To study the distribution of the age among its customers, it can use a Pareto chart.

SCENARIO 2-10 The relative frequency histogram below represents scores achieved by 200 job applicants on a personality profile. -Referring to the histogram from Scenario 2-10, the number of job applicants who scored between30 and below 60 is _.

Apple Computer, Inc.collected information on the age of their customers.Suppose 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.

SCENARIO 2-15 The figure below is the ogive for fat (in grams) for a sample of 36 pizza products where the upper boundaries of the intervals are: 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30. \quad -Referring to Scenario 2-15, what percentage of pizza products contains between 10 and 25 grams of fat?

Given below is the scatter plot of the price/earnings ratio versus earnings per share of 20 U.S.companies.There appear to be a positive relationship between price/earnings ratio and earnings per share.