1) A summary method that is computed to describe a characteristic of an entire

population is called a parameter.

2) The mayor of baton rouge commissioned a study of a new business start-ups. The
studyreported of 247 new businesses that were started in 2008, 183 had failes the
start of 2012. This is an example of descriptive statistics.
3) Calculation the percentage of Louisiana residents who have freshwater fishing
licenses in 2010 is an example of inferential statisctics. (FALSE)
4) Trying to estimate the number of hurricanes that wil hit the east coast of the
united states in 2012 by calculation the number of hurricanes that hit the east
coeast in 2012 is an example of descriptive statistics (FALSE)
5) A reasearcher wants to estimate the rate at which Louisiana public high school
students skip school. The population of the research would be all Louisiana
students.
6) the chart above listls some reasons for attending graduate school. The chart is
NOMINAL.
7) The causes of death shwoen on the x-axis of the graph above are best described as
Categorical. (Causes: old age, cancer, heart attack, car crash, shot in the head.
Order highest to least likely to occur)
8) The scale for the data on the y-axis in the bar graph above would best be
described as Nominal.
9) Given the potato chip data set above choose the best response that described the
BEST way to display the data (Given a list of 4 items, including fat,
carbohydrates and protein). The answer is Bar Graph.
10) Which of the following is NOT measured in an ordinal scale? SAT scores. (given:
final placement in a pie-eating contest, investment ratings, a books position in NY
times, items on david lettermans top ten)
11) The table above presents data on incomplete ATM transactions experienced by
customers of 6 banks. What percentage of the banks have 2% or less transactions?
50%.
12) Use the methods described in class and in your textbook to develop six classes for
Hours per Week. Which of the following statements is true? Final Class width is 7
13) The management of Rocket Motors, a ford dealership, awards $250 bonus to the
sales person who contacts the most customers each month. The table above lists
the number of contacts for 5 sales people in order from least to most. What is the
cumulative frequency for the percentage of sales people who contancted less that
150 customers? 0.60
14) As part of a study aimed at imrpvoing safety, you have collected information on
the frequency of errors that have resulted in emergency shutdowns US nuclear
power plants. Which of the following is the BEST way to present the percentage
of shutdowns associated with the errors? Pareto Char
15) Use the following data set (76m 85m 64, 88, 91, 81, 79, 67, 52, 67, 54, 73) to
construct a stem and leaf display. Which group has the lartgest number of
observations? 70-79
16) The histogram above represents scores ANSWER: C: 60%
17) approximately 15 percent of the items in the cumulative poilygon have 5 or fewer
defcts.

18) Suppose a random sample is taken from patients waiting for medical attention in
an emergency room. The waiting time (in minutes) for one Saturday afternoon are
as follows: 5, 10, 10, 15, 25. The average waiting time for this sample is 13.0
minutes.
19) What is the mode for the waiting times in question 18? 10
20) What is the median waiting time for the data in question 18? 10
21) What is the range of waiting times for the data in question 18? 20
22) What is the sample standard deviation for the waiting time data in question 18?
(Round to 2 decimal places if necessary) 7.58
23) What is the sample variance for the waiting time data in question 18? (Round to 2
decimal places if necessary) 57.5
24) Use the following data set (22, 62, 44, 35, 37, 28, 13, 54, 66, 13, 46, 53) to
construct a stem and leaf display. Which of the following best describes the data
set? Rectangular.
25) H
26) Which descriptive summary measures are considered to be resistant statistics?
The median and interquartile range
27) If the distribution of a data set were perfectly symmetrical, the distance from q to
the smallest value would be (FALSE)
28) NONE OF THE ABOVE
29) Which of the following about the normal distribution is NOT true? Its a discrete
probability distribution.
30) The scores on test 1 for fall 2012 ISDS 200 students had an average of 75 with a
standard deviation of 6.
31) Suppose a local barber shop takes an average of 12 minutes to cut a mans hair
with a standard deviation of 4. What is the probability that x is greater than 10? 70
32) D 98 %
33) B 5.7 %
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34) B 56.4 FORMULA: X + Z(s)
35) the probability that a standard normal random variable , Z, falls between -1.2 and
+1.2 is C) 0.77.