0.1151
0.0362
0.8750
0.2158
- As the size of the sample increases, what happens to the shape of the distribution of sample means?
It cannot be predicted in advance.
It is negatively skewed.
It approaches a normal distribution.
It is positively skewed.
- What is the following table called?
| Ages | Number of Ages |
| 20 up to 30 | 16 |
| 30 up to 40 | 25 |
| 40 up to 50 | 51 |
| 50 up to 60 | 80 |
| 60 up to 70 | 20 |
| 70 up to 80 | 8 |
Frequency polygon
Frequency distribution
Histogram
Cumulative frequency distribution
- How is the t distribution similar to the standard z distribution?
Both are continuous distributions.
Both are skewed distributions.
Both are families of distributions.
Both are discrete distributions.
- In a distribution, the second quartile corresponds with the __________.
Median
Variance
Mean
Mode
- A random sample of 85 supervisors revealed that they worked an average of 6.5 years before being promoted. The population standard deviation was 1.7 years. Using the 0.95 degree of confidence, what is the confidence interval for the population mean?
6.99 and 7.99
6.14 and 6.86
4.15 and 7.15
6.49 and 7.49
x±z(S/Ön)
- Incomes of 50 loan applicants are obtained. Which level of measurement is income?
Ordinal
Nominal
Ratio
Interval
- Which of the following is an example of a continuous variable?
Zip codes of shoppers.
Number of students in a statistics class.
Tons of concrete to complete a parking garage.
Rankings of baseball teams in a league.
- For the normal distribution, the mean plus and minus two standard deviations will include about what percent of the observations?
99.7%
68%
50%
95%
- The main purpose of descriptive statistics is to:
Summarize data in a useful and informative manner.
Determine if the data adequately represents the population.
Make inferences about a population.
Gather or collect data.
- Which of the following is true regarding the normal distribution?
The points of the curve meet the x-axis at z = -3 and z = 3.
It is asymmetrical.
It has two modes.
The mean, median, and mode are all equal.
- What is the relationship among the mean, median, and mode in a symmetric distribution?
The mean is always the smallest value.
They are all equal.
The mean is always the largest value.
The mode is the largest value.
- The probability distribution for the number of automobiles lined up at a Lakeside Olds dealer at opening time (7:30 a.m.) for service is:
| Number | Probability |
| 1 | 0.05 |
| 2 | 0.30 |
| 3 | 0.40 |
| 4 | .25 |
On a typical day how many automobiles should Lakeside Olds expect to be lined up at opening time? Use expected value or mean of the probability distribution.
2.85
1.00
10.00
1.96
- Which of the following is a point estimate for the population mean (µ)?
X”
x/n
s
σ
- When all the items in a population have an equal chance of being selected for a sample the process is called _________________.
Simple random sampling
Z-score
Non-probability sampling
Sampling error
- A student was interested in the cigarette smoking habits of college students and collected data from an unbiased random sample of students. The data is summarized in the following table:
| Males who smoke | 20 |
| Males who do not smoke | 30 |
| Females who smoke | 25 |
| Females who do not smoke | 50 |
What type of chart best represents relative class frequencies?
Pie chart
Scatter plot
Frequency polygon
Box plot
- A listing of all possible outcomes of an experiment and their corresponding probabilities of occurrence is called a ____________.
Probability distribution
Random variable
Frequency distribution
Subjective probability
- The distribution of a sample of the outside diameters of PVC pipes approximates a symmetrical bell-shaped distribution. The arithmetic mean is 14.0 inches, and the standard deviation is 0.1 inches. About 68% of the outside diameters lie between what two amounts?
13.8 and 14.2 inches
13.5 and 14.5 inches
13.9 and 14.1 inches
13.0 and 15.0 inches
- For the past week a company’s common stock closed with the following prices: $61.5, $62, $61.25, $60.875, and $61.5. What was the price range?
$1.750
$1.875
$1.250
$1.125
- Judging from recent experience 5% of the computer keyboards produced by an automatic high-speed machine are defective. If six keyboards are randomly selected, what is the probability that none of the keyboards are defective? Use binomial distribution.
0.500
0.001
0.735
0.167
- The National Center for Health Statistics reported that of every 883 deaths in recent years, 24 resulted from an automobile accident, 182 from cancer, and 333 from heart disease. What is the probability that a particular death is due to an automobile accident?
539/883 or 0.610
182/883 or 0.206
24/333 or 0.072
24/883 or 0.027
- The mean of a normal probability distribution is 500 and the standard deviation is 10. About 95% of the observations lie between what two values?
350 and 650
475 and 525
400 and 600
480 and 520
- Which of the following is a characteristic of the normal probability distribution?
It’s bell-shaped.
It’s asymmetrical.
It’s rectangular.
It’s positively skewed.
- Refer to the following breakdown of responses to a survey of “Are you concerned about being tracked while connected to the Internet?”
| Response | Frequency |
| Very concerned | 140 |
| Somewhat concerned | 40 |
| No concern | 20 |
What is the class with the greatest frequency?
Very concerned
No concern
None apply
Somewhat concerned
- The names of the positions in a corporation such as chief operating officer or controller are examples of what type of variable?
Interval
Ratio
Quantitative
Qualitative
- The members of each basketball team wear numbers on their jerseys. What scale of measurement are these numbers considered?
Interval
Nominal
Ratio
Ordinal
- A portion or part of a population is called a:
Random survey
Frequency distribution
Sample
Tally
- Mileage tests were conducted on a randomly selected sample of 100 newly developed automobile tires. The results showed that the mean tread life was 50,000 miles, with a standard deviation of 3,500 miles. What is the best estimate of the mean tread life in miles for the entire population of these tires?
3,500
500
35
50,000
- A large manufacturing firm tests job applicants. Test scores are normally distributed with a mean of 500 and a standard deviation of 50. Management is considering placing a new hire in an upper-level management position if the person scores in the upper sixth percent of the distribution. What is the lowest score a new hire must earn to qualify for a responsible position?
625
50
460
578
- The following graph is a:
Box plot
Contingency table
Dot plot
Stem-and-leaf display
