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E1 Midterm Exam
Fall 2016
SCORE:____________
NOTE: RETURN TO THE MOODLE DROPBOX ONLY THE ANSWER SHEET OF THIS EXAM.
I. You are given the following population data of the highest IQs at Really Bright University.
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A politician who is running for the office of governor of a state with 3 million registered voters
commissions a survey. In the survey, 53.6% of the 5,000 registered voters interviewed say they
plan to vote for him. The population of interest is the:
a. 3 million registered voters in the state
b. 5,000 registered voters interviewed
c. 53.6%, or 2,680 voters interviewed who plan to vote for him
d. 46.4%, or 2,320 voters interviewed who plan not to vote for him
e. none of these
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When data are collected in a statistical study for only a portion or subset of all elements of
You asked five of your classmates about their height. On the basis of this information, you
stated that the average height of all students in your university or college is 67 inches. This is
an example of:
a. descriptive statistics
b. statistical inference
c. parameter
d. population
e. none of these
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The most appropriate type of chart for determining the number of observations at or below a
specific value is:
a. a histogram
b. a pie chart
c. a time-series chart
d. a cumulative frequency ogive
e. none of these
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The best type of chart for comparing two sets of categorical data is:
a. a line chart
b. a pie chart
c. a histogram
d. a bar chart
e. none of these
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The total area of the six bars in a relative frequency histogram for which the width of each bar is
five units is:
a. 6
b. 5
c. 11
d. 1
e. none of these
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The two graphical techniques usually used to present nominal data are
a. bar chart and histogram
b. pie chart and ogive
c. bar chart and pie chart
d. histogram and ogive
e. none of these
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The effect of making the slope of a line graph appear steeper can be created by:
a. Stretching the vertical axis.
b. Shrinking the horizontal axis.
c. Stretching the horizontal axis.
d. Both a and b
e. None of these
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Which of the following statements about the arithmetic mean is not always correct?
a. The sum of the deviations from the mean is zero
b. Half of the observations are on either side of the mean
c. The mean is a measure of the middle (center) of a distribution
d. The value of the mean times the number of observations equals the sum of all of the
observations.
e. None of these
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In a histogram, the proportion of the total area, which must be to the left of the median, is:
a. exactly 0.50
b. less than 0.50 if the distribution is skewed to the left
c. more than 0.50 if the distribution is skewed to the right
d. between 0.25 and 0.60 if the distribution is symmetric and unimodal
e. none of these
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A sample of 20 observations has a standard deviation of 3. The sum of the squared deviations
from the sample mean is:
a. 9
b. 60
c. 171
d. 180
e. none of these
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Which measure of central location is meaningful when the data are nominal?
a. The arithmetic mean
b. The geometric mean
c. The median
d. The mode
e. None of these
27.
Chebyshevs Theorem states that the percentage of measurements in a data set that fall within
3.5 standard deviations of their mean is:
a. 89%
b. at least 89%
c. 91.8%
d. at least 91.8%
e. none of these
28.
The Empirical Rule states that the approximate percentage of measurements in a data set
(providing that the data set has a bell-shaped distribution) that falls within two standard
deviations of their mean is approximately:
a. 68%
b. 75%
c. 95%
d. 99%
e. none of these
29.
Since the population is always larger than the sample, the population mean:
a. is always larger than the sample mean
b. is always smaller than the sample mean
c. is always larger than or equal to the sample mean
d. is always smaller than or equal to the sample mean
e. none of these
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Which of the following summary measures cannot be easily approximated from a box-andwhisker plot?
a. The range
b. The interquartile range
c. The second quartile
d. The standard deviation
e. None of these
32.
The average score for a class of 30 students was 75. The 20 male students in the class
averaged 70. The 10 female students in the class averaged:
a. 75
b. 85
c. 65
d. 70
e. 80
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Which of the following statements is true for the following data values: 7, 5, 6, 4, 7, 8, and 12?
a. The mean, median and mode are all equal
b. Only the mean and median are equal
c. Only the mean and mode are equal
d. Only the median and mode are equal
e. None of these
37.
The difference between a sample mean and the population mean is called:
a. Non-response error.
b. Selection bias.
c. Sampling error.
d. Non-sampling error.
e. None of these
38.
When every possible sample with the same number of observations is equally likely to be
chosen, the selected sample is called:
a. Simple random sample.
b. Stratified sample
c. Cluster sample
d. Biased sample
e. None of these
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1. Population
2. Sample
3. Parameter
4. Statistic
5. Quantitative
6. Qualitative
7. Confidence Level
8. Significance Level
9. Probability
10. Probability Interval
11. Binomial Distribution
12. Central Tendency
13. Variability
14. Chebyshevs Theorem
a. Categorical
b. Sample Measure
c. Entire Group
d. Part Of An Entire Group
e. P(Correct)
f. Numerical
g. Population Measure
h. P(Error)
i. 1 1/k^2
j. Two Outcomes
k. Likelihood
l. Range, Standard Deviation
m. Zero To One
n. Mean, Median, Mode
Name: _____________________
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