Home Work

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1. 1What type of sampling is being employed if the country is divided into economic classes
7 a sample is chosen from each class to be surveyed?
and
.
A) cluster sampling
C) systematic sampling
B) random sampling
D) stratified sampling
2. .Which of the following could be a cumulative frequency graph?
A)

B)

C)

D)

3. 1If the mean of a set of data is 23.00, and 12.60 has a z-score of 1.30, then the standard
.
deviation
must be:
A) 4.00

B) 32.00

C) 64.00

D) 8.00

4. 3Find the z score for each student and indicate which one is higher.
s5
.Art Major
X 46
X 50
Theater Major X 70
X 75
s7
A) Both students have the same score.
B) Neither student received a positive score; therefore, the higher score cannot be
determined.
C) The theater major has a higher score than the art major.
D) The art major has a higher score than the theater major.
5. 9Find Q1 , Q2 , and Q3 for the following data set.
.7, 21, 32, 38.
A) Q1 5 , Q2 20 , and Q3 39
B) Q1 14 , Q2 26.5 , and Q3 35
6. 1Find the mean of the distribution shown.
3
x
.
P(x)

A) 1.97

B) 1.76

C) 1.45

C) Q1 14 , Q2 25 , and Q3 25
D) Q1 10 , Q2 25 , and Q3 36

-3
0.19

-2
0.24

-1
0.40

0
0.17

D) 1.97

7. 1What is the standard deviation of the following probability distribution?

4
P( x )
.x
0
0.20
2
0.05
4
0.35
6
0.25
8
0.15

A) 3.9

B) 2.6

C) 4.7

D) 5.4

8. 9If a student randomly guesses at 20 multiple-choice questions, find the probability that
. student gets exactly four correct. Each question has four possible choices.
the
A) 0.17

B) 0.08

C) 0.23

D) 0.19

9. 1A study was conducted to determine if there was a relationship between the prices a
7
non-member
of a club paid for various publications and the prices that a member paid
. the same publications. The data gathered is shown below.
for
Non-member
Member
Price, x
Price, y
58
32
42
22
46
20
32
16
25
19
75
58
35
34
63
48
What is the value of the correlation coefficient?
A) 0.857

B) 0.679

C) 0.932

D) 0.762

10. 1
What is the equation for the regression line if n 7 , x 69 , y 528 , xy 4754
3
2
,. and x 825 ?
.
106.089 x
A) y 3110
.
109.638x
B) y 2168

. x
C) y 109.638 2168
. x
D) y 106.089 3110

11. Compute
1
the intercept of the regression line for the data below.
1 values
X
5
1
. values
Y
7
6

A) 3.46

B) 3.67

C) 7.06

4
2

D) 1.55

12. The
1 average hourly wage of workers at a fast food restaurant is $6.50/hr with a standard
3
deviation
of $0.45. Assume that the distribution is normally distributed. If a worker at
. fast food restaurant is selected at random, what is the probability that the worker
this
earns more than $6.75?
A) 27.64%

B) 5.17%

C) 28.77%

D) 42.07%

13. The
1 mean weight of loads of rock is 46.0 tons with a standard deviation of 8.0 tons. If
. loads are chosen at random for a weight check, find the probability that the mean
25
weight of those loads is less than 44.24 tons. Assume that the variable is normally
distributed.
A) 0.1677

B) 0.1357

C) 0.3643

D) 0.2957

14. In
2 a recent study, the following data was obtained in response to the question, Do you
2
favor
recycling in your neighborhood?
.
Yes
No
No Opinion
Males
25
15
10
Females
30
10
10
If a person is picked at random, what is the probability that the person is either male or
has no opinion regarding recycling?
A)

3
5

B)

3
10

C)

4
5

D)

7
10

15. If
8 25 tickets are sold and 2 prizes are to be awarded, find the probability that one person
0 win both prizes if that person buys exactly 2 tickets.
will
.
A) 1/700 B) 1/600 C) 1/300 D) 1/2300
16. What z value corresponds to 17% of the data between the mean and the z value?
A) 1.25 B) 0.44 C) 0.52 D) 2.10
17. What
7
are the boundaries of the class 1.873.43?
.
A) 1.93.4 B) 1.873.43 C) 1.8793.439

D) 1.8653.435

18. An
1 advertisement for a car states that it is 10% more powerful than it's competitor. This
5 an example of
is
.
A) ambiguous averages
C) changing the subject
B) suspect samples
D) detached statistics
19. Given
4
the following frequency distribution, how many pieces of data were less than
2
28.5?
.Class Boundaries
Frequencies
13.518.5
4
18.523.5
9
23.528.5
12
28.533.5
15
33.538.5
17
A) 12 B) 9 C) 25 D) 17
20. .It has been reported that 3% of all cars on the highway are traveling at speeds in excess
of 70 mph. If the speeds of four random automobiles are measured via radar, what is the
probability that at least one car is going over 70 mph?
A) 0.03 B) 0.7 C) 0.97 D) 0.11