Math 115 Ch 1 Worksheet

Name_________________________

Population Parameter or Sample Statistic?

1. Among the Senators in the current Congress, 44% are Democrats.

2. In New York City, there are 3250 walk buttons that pedestrians can press at
traffic intersections. It was found that 77% of those buttons do not work.

3. The author randomly selected 35 movies and found the amount of money
that they
grossed from ticket sales. The average (mean) is $123.7 million.

4. Researchers studied a sample of 877 surveyed executives and found that 45% of
them would not hire someone with a typographic error on a job application.
*Is the 45% value a statistic or a parameter?

*What is the population?

*What is the sample?

Discrete or Continuous?
5. A woman is randomly selected and her weight is recorded.

6. A car is randomly selected at a traffic safety checkpoint, and the car has 6
cylinders.

Quantitative or Categorical?
7. The number of CD's students have in their cars.

8. The channel or radio station a student listens to most.

Experiment or an Observational Study?

9. A Gallup poll surveyed 1018 adults by telephone, and 22% of them reported that
they smoked cigarette within the past week.

10. A study of the effectiveness of Echinacea involved 707 cases of upper

respiratory tract infections. 337 of the infected children were given Echinacea
and 370 of the infected children were given placebos.
Note: Many of these questions were taken or adapted from Larson & Fabers Elementary Statistics: Picturing the
World, Second Edition and Mario F. Triolas Elementary Statistics, 11th edition.
What type of sampling? Stratified, Random, Convenience, Cluster, or Systematic?
11. 42 freshmen, 35 sophomores, 26 juniors, and 41 seniors were randomly
selected from a large city high school system.

12. Every fifth teenager entering a concert is checked for possession of drugs.

13. At a local university, five math classes are randomly selected and all of the
students from each of the five classes are interviewed concerning their attitude
about price of textbooks.

14. The names of 60 contestants are written on 60 cards. The cards are placed in a
bag, and three names are picked from the bag to determine the winners.

15. Chik-fil-A gives the first 50 customers at its new store opening free chicken for a
year.

Decide whether you think the following statements about me are true or false

I have appeared in a movie. True

False

I have been sky diving. True

False

I have been interviewed on MTV. True False

I was on SportsCenters Plays of the Year. True

False

I performed on stage during the lighting of the torch in the 1996 Olympics.
True False

I have coached swimming, basketball, baseball, cross country, and track and field.
True False

I have travelled across the country speaking to students who wanted to be teachers.
True False

Note: Many of these questions were taken or adapted from Larson & Fabers Elementary Statistics: Picturing the
World, Second Edition and Mario F. Triolas Elementary Statistics, 11th edition.
I have ridden a roller coaster continuously for two hours. True
False

Note: Many of these questions were taken or adapted from Larson & Fabers Elementary Statistics: Picturing the
World, Second Edition and Mario F. Triolas Elementary Statistics, 11th edition.