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Student name:__________

TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F'


if the statement is false.
1) A frequency distribution is a grouping of quantitative
data into overlapping classes showing the number of
observations in each class.

⊚ true ⊚ false

2) A frequency table for qualitative data has class limits.

⊚ true ⊚ false

3) To summarize the gender of students attending a


college, the number of classes in a frequency table depends on
the number of students.

⊚ true ⊚ false

4) In frequency distributions, classes are mutually included in only one


exclusive if each individual, object, or measurement is category.

⊚ true ⊚ false

5) In a bar chart, the horizontal axis is usually labeled


with the values of a qualitative variable.

⊚ true ⊚ false

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⊚ true ⊚ false

7) The midpoint of a class is halfway between the lower


and upper limits.

⊚ true ⊚ false

8) A class interval can be determined by subtracting the


lower limit of a class from the lower limit of the next higher
class.

⊚ true ⊚ false

9) To convert a frequency distribution to a relative sum of the class


frequency distribution, divide each class frequency by the frequencies.

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10) To convert a frequency distribution to a relative


frequency distribution, divide each class frequency by the
number of classes.

⊚ true ⊚ false

11) A pie chart is similar to a relative frequency


distribution.

⊚ true ⊚ false

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12) A pie chart shows the relative frequency in each class.

⊚ true ⊚ false

13) To construct a pie chart, relative class frequencies are


used to graph the "slices" of the pie.

⊚ true ⊚ false

14) A cumulative frequency distribution is used when we


want to determine how many observations lie above or below
certain values.

⊚ true ⊚ false

15) A frequency polygon is a very useful graphic


technique when comparing two or more distributions.

⊚ true ⊚ false

MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that and $1,420. These figures
best completes the statement or answers the question. are referred to as
16) Monthly commissions of first-year insurance brokers
are $1,270, $1,310, $1,680, $1,380, $1,410, $1,570, $1,180,

D) a frequency
A) a histogram. polygon.
B) raw data.
C) a frequency distribution.

17) A small sample of


computer operators shows

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monthly incomes of $1,950, $1,775, $2,060, $1,840, $1,795,
$1,890, $1,925, and $1,810. What are these ungrouped
numbers called?

C) Class
A) Histograms frequencies
B) Class limits D) Raw data

18) When data are collected using a quantitative, ratio


variable, what is true about a frequency distribution that
summarizes the data?

variable values.
A) Upper and lower class limits must be calculated. D) The "5 to the
k rule" can be applied.
B) A pie chart can be used to summarize the data.
C) The number of classes is equal to the number of

19) When data are collected using a qualitative, nominal


variable, what is true about a frequency table that summarizes
the data?

variable's values plus 2.


A) The upper and lower class limits must be D) The "5 to the
calculated. k rule" can be applied.
B) A pie chart can be used to summarize the data.
C) The number of classes is equal to the number of

20) When data are collected using a qualitative, nominal table that summarizes the
variable (e.g., male or female), what is true about a frequency data?

of a variable's values.
A) The upper and lower class limits must be D) The "2 to the
calculated. k rule" can be applied.
B) Class midpoints can be computed.
C) The number of classes corresponds to the number

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21) A student was interested in the cigarette-smoking following table.
habits of college students and collected data from an unbiased
random sample of students. The data are summarized in the

Males 50 Females who do 5


Females 75 not smoke 0
Males who smoke 20
Males who do not smoke 30 What is wrong with this
Females who smoke 25 frequency table?

C) There are too


A) The number of males does not equal the sum of many classes.
males that smoke and do not smoke. D) Class limits
B) The classes are not mutually exclusive. cannot be computed.

22) A student was interested in the cigarette-smoking


habits of college students and collected data from an unbiased
random sample of students. The data are summarized in the
following table.

Males who smoke 20


Males who do not smoke 30 What type of chart best
Females who smoke 25 represents the frequency
Females who do not smoke 50 table?

C) Scatterplot
A) Bar chart D) Frequency
B) Box plot polygon

23) A student was interested in the cigarette-smoking


habits of college students and collected data from an unbiased
random sample of students. The data are summarized in the
following table.

Males who smoke 20


Males who do not smoke 30

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Females who smoke 25
Females who do not smoke 50 What type of chart best
represents the relative class
frequencies?

C) Scatterplot
A) Box plot D) Frequency
B) Pie chart polygon

24) When a class interval is expressed as 100 up to 200,

C) observations
A) observations with values of 100 are excluded with values of 200 are
from the class. excluded from the class.
B) observations with values of 200 are included in D) the class
the class. interval is 99.

25) For a relative frequency distribution, relative


frequency is computed as

D) the class
A) the class width divided by the class interval. frequency divided by the
B) the class midpoint divided by the class frequency. number of observations.
C) the class frequency divided by the class interval.

26) The relative frequency for a class represents the

C) class interval.
A) class width. D) percentage of
B) class midpoint. observations in the class.

27) A group of 100


students was surveyed
about their interest in a
new International Studies

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program. Interest was measured in terms of high, medium, or responded low interest.
low. In the study, 30 students responded high interest, 40 What is the relative
students responded medium interest, and 30 students frequency of students with
high interest?

C) 0.40
A) 0.30 D) 0.030
B) 0.50

28) A group of 100 students were surveyed about their best way to illustrate the
interest in a new Economics major. Interest was measured in relative frequency of
terms of high, medium, or low. In the study, 30 students student interest?
responded high interest, 50 students responded medium
interest, and 20 students responded low interest. What is the

D) Use a
A) Use a cumulative frequency polygon. frequency table.
B) Use a box plot.
C) Use a pie chart.

29) The monthly salaries of a sample of 100 employees into seven classes, what is
were rounded to the nearest $10. They ranged from a low of the most convenient class
$1,040 to a high of $1,720. If we want to condense the data interval?

C) $150
A) $50 D) $200
B) $100

30) A student was studying the political party preferences Republican. This question
of a university's student population. The survey instrument is flawed because
asked students to identify themselves as a Democrat or a

D) political
A) students generally don't know their political preference is a continuous
preferences. variable.
B) the categories are generally mutually exclusive.
C) the categories are not exhaustive.

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31) A student was studying the political party preferences The best way to illustrate
of a university's student population. The survey instrument the frequencies for each
asked students to identify their political preferences—for political preference is a
example, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, or another party.

C) histogram.
A) bar chart. D) frequency
B) box plot. polygon.

32) A student was studying the political party preferences


of a university's student population. The survey instrument
asked students to identify their political preferences—for
example, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, or another party.
The best way to illustrate the relative frequency distribution is
a

C) histogram.
A) bar chart. D) frequency
B) pie chart. polygon.

33) What is the following table called?

Ages Number of Ages


20 up to 30 16 A) Histogram
30 up to 40 25
40 up to 50 51 B) Frequency
50 up to 60 80 polygon
60 up to 70 20 C) Cumulative
70 up to 80 8 frequency distribution
D) Frequency
distribution

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Heights 60" up to 65" up to 70" up to
65" 70" 75" A) 64 and up to
Frequenc 10 70 20 70
y B) 65 and 69
C) 65 and up to
70
D) 69.5 and 74.5

35) In a frequency distribution, the number of


observations in a class is called the class

C) array.
A) midpoint. D) frequency.
B) interval.

36) Why are unequal class intervals sometimes used in a


frequency distribution?

C) To make the
A) To avoid a large number of classes with very class frequencies smaller
small frequencies D) To avoid the
B) For the sake of variety in presenting the data need for midpoints

37) The number of employees less than the upper limit of


each class at Lloyd's Fast Food Emporium is shown in the
following table.

Ages Cumulative Number 38 up 6


18 up to 23 6 to 43 5
23 up to 28 19
28 up to 33 52
33 up to 38 61

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What is it called?

C) A pie chart
A) A histogram D) A frequency
B) A cumulative frequency distribution polygon

38) Here is a sample distribution of hourly earnings in


Paul's Cookie Factory.

Hourly $6 up to $9 up to $12 up to
Earning $9 $12 $15 The limits of the class
Frequency 16 42 10 with the smallest
frequency are

D) $12.00 and up
A) $6.00 and $9.00. to $15.00.
B) $12.00 and up to $14.00.
C) $11.75 and $14.25.

39) Refer to the following distribution of commissions.

Monthly Commissions Class Frequencies 2,000 up 4


$600 up to $800 3 to 2,200
800 up to 1,000 7
1,000 up to 1,200 11 What is the relative
1,200 up to 1,400 12 frequency for salespeople
1,400 up to 1,600 40 who earn from $1,600 up
1,600 up to 1,800 24 to $1,800?
1,800 up to 2,000 9

C) 0.20
A) 0.02 D) 0.24
B) 0.024

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Monthly Commissions Class Frequencies 1,800 up 9
$600 up to $800 3 to 2,000
800 up to 1,000 7 2,000 up 4
1,000 up to 1,200 11 to 2,200
1,200 up to 1,400 12
1,400 up to 1,600 40 To plot a cumulative
1,600 up to 1,800 24 frequency distribution, the
first coordinate would be

D) X = 600, Y =
A) X = 0, Y = 600. 0.
B) X = 500, Y = 3.
C) X = 3, Y = 600.

41) Refer to the following distribution of commissions.

Monthly Commissions Class Frequencies 1,800 up 9


$600 up to $800 3 to 2,000
800 up to 1,000 7 2,000 up 4
1,000 up to 1,200 11 to 2,200
1,200 up to 1,400 22
1,400 up to 1,600 40 What is the relative
1,600 up to 1,800 24 frequency of salespeople
who earn $1,600 or more?

C) 29.5%
A) 25.5% D) 30.8%
B) 27.5%

42) Refer to the following distribution of commissions.

Monthly Commissions Class Frequencies


$600 up to $800 3
800 up to 1,000 7
1,000 up to 1,200 11
1,200 up to 1,400 12
1,400 up to 1,600 40

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1,600 up to 1,800 24
1,800 up to 2,000 9 For the preceding
2,000 up to 2,200 4 distribution, what is the
midpoint of the class with
the greatest frequency?

C) 1,700
A) 1,400 D) The midpoint
B) 1,500 cannot be determined.

43) Refer to the following distribution of commissions.

Monthly Commissions Class Frequencies 1,800 up 9


$600 up to $800 3 to 2,000
800 up to 1,000 7 2,000 up 4
1,000 up to 1,200 11 to 2,200
1,200 up to 1,400 12
1,400 up to 1,600 40 What is the class interval?
1,600 up to 1,800 24

C) 3,500
A) 200 D) 400
B) 300

44) Refer to the following wage breakdown for a garment


factory.

Hourly Wages Number of Employees


$6 up to $7 18 What is the class interval
7 up to 10 36 for the preceding table of
10 up to 13 20 wages?
13 up to 16 6

C) $4
A) $2 D) $5
B) $3

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45) Refer to the following wage breakdown for a garment
factory.

Hourly Wages Number of Employees


$6 up to $7 18 What is the class midpoint
7 up to 10 36 for the class with the
10 up to 13 20 greatest frequency?
13 up to 16 6

C) $11.50
A) $5.50 D) $14.50
B) $8.50

46) Refer to the following wage breakdown for a garment


factory.

Hourly Wages Number of Employees


$6 up to $7 18 What are the class limits
7 up to 10 36 for the class with the
10 up to 13 20 smallest frequency?
13 up to 16 6

C) 13 and up to
A) 3.5 and 6.5 16
B) 4 and up to 7 D) 12.5 and 15.5

47) Refer to the following distribution of ages.

Ages Frequency
40 up to 50 10 For this distribution of
50 up to 60 28 ages, what is the relative
60 up to 70 12 class frequency for the
lowest class?

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C) 0.20
A) 0.50 D) 0.10
B) 0.18

48) Refer to the following distribution of ages.

Ages Frequency 60 up to 12
40 up to 50 10 70
50 up to 60 28
What is the class interval?

C) 10.5
A) 9 D) 11
B) 10

49) Refer to the following distribution of ages.

Ages Frequency
40 up to 50 10 What is the class midpoint
50 up to 60 28 of the highest class?
60 up to 70 12

C) 64
A) 54 D) 65
B) 55

50) Refer to the following information from a frequency


distribution for heights of college women recorded to the
nearest inch: the first two class midpoints are 62.5" and 65.5".
What is the class interval?

C) 2.5"
A) 1" D) 3"
B) 2"

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51) Refer to the following information from a frequency What are the class limits
distribution for heights of college women recorded to the for the lowest class?
nearest inch: the first two class midpoints are 69.5" and 72.5".

C) 69 and 72
A) 68 and up to 71 D) 69 and 70
B) 69 and up to 71

52) Refer to the following information from a frequency What are the class limits
distribution for heights of college women recorded to the for the lowest class?
nearest inch: the first two class midpoints are 62.5" and 65.5".

C) 62 and 65
A) 61 and up to 64 D) 62 and 63
B) 62 and up to 64

53) Refer to the following information from a frequency What are the class limits
distribution for heights of college women recorded to the for the third class?
nearest inch: the first two class midpoints are 68.5" and 71.5".

C) 73 and up to
A) 70 and up to 73 76
B) 73 and 75 D) 72 and 74

54) Refer to the following information from a frequency What are the class limits
distribution for heights of college women recorded to the for the third class?
nearest inch: the first two class midpoints are 62.5" and 65.5".

C) 67 and up to
A) 64 and up to 67 70
B) 67 and 69 D) 66 and 68

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Cost of Textbooks Frequency 65 up to 1
$25 up to $35 15 75 7
35 up to 45 10
45 up to 55 13 What is the relative class
55 up to 65 5 frequency for the $25 up to
$35 class?

C) 0.26
A) 0.23 D) 0.31
B) 0.25

56) Refer to the following distribution.

Cost of Textbooks Frequency 65 up to 1


$25 up to $35 2 75 6
35 up to 45 5
45 up to 55 7 What is the relative class
55 up to 65 20 frequency for the $25 up to
$35 class?

C) 0.05
A) 0.02 D) 0.10
B) 0.04

57) Refer to the following distribution.

Cost of Textbooks Frequency 83 up to 1


$43 up to $53 2 93 6
53 up to 63 5
63 up to 73 7 What is the class midpoint
73 up to 83 20 for the $63 up to $73
class?

C) 68.00
A) 67.00 D) 68.50
B) 67.50

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58) Refer to the following distribution.

Cost of Textbooks Frequency 65 up to 1


$25 up to $35 2 75 6
35 up to 45 5
45 up to 55 7 What is the class midpoint
55 up to 65 20 for the $45 up to $55
class?

C) 50
A) 49 D) 50.5
B) 49.5

59) Refer to the following distribution.

Cost of Textbooks Frequency 65 up to 2


$25 up to $35 12 75 0
35 up to 45 14
45 up to 55 6 What are the class limits
55 up to 65 8 for the class with the
highest frequency?

C) 65 up to 75
A) 65 up to 74 D) 65 up to 74.5
B) 64 up to 74

60) Refer to the following distribution.

Cost of Textbooks Frequency 65 up to 1


$25 up to $35 2 75 6
35 up to 45 5
45 up to 55 7 What are the class limits
55 up to 65 20 for the class with the
highest frequency?

C) 55 up to 65
A) 55 up to 64 D) 55 up to 64.5
B) 54 up to 64

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61) Refer to the following frequency distribution of days
absent during a calendar year by employees of a
manufacturing company.

Days Absent Number of Employees 12 up 4


0 up to 3 2 to 15 2
3 up to 6 25
6 up to 9 14 How many employees
9 up to 12 19 were absent for 3 up to 6
days?

C) 14
A) 25 D) 42
B) 29

62) Refer to the following frequency distribution of days


absent during a calendar year by employees of a
manufacturing company.

Days Absent Number of Employees 12 up 2


0 up to 3 60 to 15
3 up to 6 31
6 up to 9 14 How many employees
9 up to 12 6 were absent for 3 up to 6
days?

C) 14
A) 31 D) 2
B) 29

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Days Absent Number of Employees
0 up to 3 32 How many employees
3 up to 6 37 were absent fewer than six
6 up to 9 6 days?
9 up to 12 59
12 up to 15 13

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C) 69
A) 32 D) 52
B) 37

64) Refer to the following frequency distribution of days


absent during a calendar year by employees of a
manufacturing company.

Days Absent Number of Employees 12 up 2


0 up to 3 60 to 15
3 up to 6 31
6 up to 9 14 How many employees
9 up to 12 6 were absent fewer than six
days?

C) 91
A) 60 D) 46
B) 31

65) Refer to the following frequency distribution of days


absent during a calendar year by employees of a
manufacturing company.

Days Absent Number of Employees 12 up 2


0 up to 3 4 to 15 2
3 up to 6 39
6 up to 9 45 How many employees
9 up to 12 51 were absent six or more
days?

C) 118
A) 73 D) 39
B) 49

66) Refer to the following frequency distribution of days manufacturing company.


absent during a calendar year by employees of a

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Days Absent Number of Employees 12 up 2
0 up to 3 60 to 15
3 up to 6 31
6 up to 9 14 How many employees
9 up to 12 6 were absent six or more
days?

C) 22
A) 8 D) 31
B) 4

67) Refer to the following frequency distribution of days


absent during a calendar year by employees of a
manufacturing company.

Days Absent Number of Employees 12 up 4


0 up to 3 9 to 15 4
3 up to 6 51
6 up to 9 17 How many employees
9 up to 12 14 were absent for 6 up to 12
days?

C) 15
A) 31 D) 20
B) 58

68) Refer to the following frequency distribution of days


absent during a calendar year by employees of a
manufacturing company.

Days Absent Number of Employees 12 up 2


0 up to 3 60 to 15
3 up to 6 31
6 up to 9 14
9 up to 12 6

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How many employees were absent for 6 up to 12 days?

C) 12
A) 20 D) 17
B) 8

69) Refer to the following breakdown of responses to a


survey of room service in a hotel.

Response Frequency
Not satisfied 20 What is the class interval
Satisfied 40 for this frequency table?
Highly satisfied 60

C) 40
A) 10 D) None apply
B) 20

70) Refer to the following breakdown of responses to a


survey of room service in a hotel.

Response Frequency
Not satisfied 20 What is the class with the
Satisfied 40 greatest frequency?
Highly satisfied 60

C) Highly
A) Not satisfied satisfied
B) Satisfied D) None apply

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Response Frequency
Not satisfied 60 What percentage of the
Satisfied 40 responses indicated that
Highly satisfied 90 customers were satisfied?

C) 47%
A) 40% D) 100%
B) 21%

72) Refer to the following breakdown of responses to a


survey of room service in a hotel.

Response Frequency
Not satisfied 20 What percentage of the
Satisfied 40 responses indicated that
Highly satisfied 60 customers were satisfied?

C) 50%
A) 40% D) 100%
B) 33%

73) Refer to the following breakdown of responses to a


survey of room service in a hotel.

Response Frequency
Not satisfied 20 What type of chart should
Satisfied 40 be used to describe the
Highly satisfied 60 frequency table?

C) A histogram
A) A pie chart D) A frequency
B) A bar chart polygon

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74) Refer to the following breakdown of responses to a
survey of room service in a hotel.

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Response Frequency
Not satisfied 20 What type of chart should
Satisfied 40 be used to show relative
Highly satisfied 60 class frequencies?

C) A histogram
A) A pie chart D) A frequency
B) A bar chart polygon

75) 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 What is the class interval
Somewhat concerned 40 for the preceding
No concern 20 frequency table?

C) 40
A) 10 D) None apply
B) 20

76) 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 What is the class with the
Somewhat concerned 40 greatest frequency?
No concern 20

C) No concern
A) Very concerned D) None apply
B) Somewhat concerned

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77) Refer to the following breakdown of responses to a connected to the Internet?"
survey of "Are you concerned about being tracked while

Response Frequency
Very concerned 120 What percentage of the
Somewhat concerned 50 responses indicated that
No concern 60 users were somewhat
concerned?

C) 22%
A) 50% D) 100%
B) 60%

78) 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 What percentage of the
Somewhat concerned 40 responses indicated that
No concern 20 users were somewhat
concerned?

C) 20%
A) 40% D) 100%
B) 70%

79) 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 What type of chart should
Somewhat concerned 40 be used to describe the
No concern 20 frequency table?

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C) A histogram
A) A pie chart D) A frequency
B) A bar chart polygon

80) 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 What type of chart should
Somewhat concerned 40 be used to show relative
No concern 20 class frequencies?

C) A histogram
A) A pie chart D) A frequency
B) A bar chart polygon

81) Refer to the following breakdown of responses to a


survey of "How confident are you that you saved enough to
retire?"

Response Frequency Don't know 3


Very confident 63
Somewhat confident 135 What is the class interval
Not very confident 99 for the preceding
frequency table?

C) 40
A) 10 D) None apply
B) 20

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82) Refer to the following breakdown of responses to a
survey of "How confident are you that you saved enough to
retire?"

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Response Frequency Don't know 3
Very confident 63
Somewhat confident 135 What is the class with the
Not very confident 99 greatest frequency?

C) Not very
A) Very confident confident
B) Somewhat confident D) Don't know

83) Refer to the following breakdown of responses to a


survey of "How confident are you that you saved enough to
retire?"

Response Frequency
Very confident 84 What percentage of the
Somewhat confident 69 responses indicated that
Not very confident 15 users were very confident?
Don't know 132

C) 23%
A) 84% D) 40%
B) 28%

84) Refer to the following breakdown of responses to a retire?"


survey of "How confident are you that you saved enough to

Response Frequency Don't know 3


Very confident 63
Somewhat confident 135 What percentage of the
Not very confident 99 responses indicated that
users were very confident?

C) 45%
A) 63% D) 33%
B) 21%

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85) Refer to the following breakdown of responses to a retire?"
survey of "How confident are you that you saved enough to

Response Frequency Don't know 3


Very confident 63
Somewhat confident 135 What type of chart should
Not very confident 99 be used to describe the
frequency table?

C) A histogram
A) A pie chart D) A frequency
B) A bar chart polygon

86) Refer to the following breakdown of responses to a


survey of "How confident are you that you saved enough to
retire?"

Response Frequency Don't know 3


Very confident 63
Somewhat confident 135 What type of chart should
Not very confident 99 be used to show relative
class frequencies?

C) A histogram
A) A pie chart D) A frequency
B) A bar chart polygon

87) A pie chart shows the

C) frequencies
A) relative frequencies of a qualitative variable. of a nominal variable.

B) relative frequencies of a quantitative variable. D) frequencies


of a ratio variable.

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88) A table summarizing a set of data showing the fraction
of the total number of items in several classes is a

D) cumulative
A) relative frequency table. frequency table.
B) frequency table.
C) normal frequency table.

89) In order to convert class frequency to relative class


frequency, we

class.
A) divide the midpoint of the class by the sample D) divide the
size. frequency of the class by
B) divide the frequency of the class by the midpoint. the sample size.
C) divide the sample size by the frequency of the

90) In constructing a frequency distribution, the


approximate class interval is computed as

size).
A) (maximum value − minimum value)/(number of D) (maximum
classes). value)/(number of classes−
B) (maximum value− minimum value)/(sample sample size).
size).
C) (minimum value− maximum value)/(sample

91) What is the difference between a histogram and a bar


chart?

D) Histograms
A) There is no difference. Histograms and bar charts are used to display
are interchangeable. categorical data, while bar
B) A histogram is used to display quantitative data charts are used to display
and a bar chart is used to display qualitative data. numerical data.
C) Histograms have distinct gaps between the bars
and bar charts have no gaps between the bars.

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92) Which of the following statements about histograms are true?

D) The bars are


A) A histogram is used to display qualitative data. drawn adjacent to each
B) A histogram has gaps between the bars. other because the data is
C) The heights of the bars represent relative class continuous.
frequencies.

93) Which of the following statements about histograms


are true?

frequencies.
A) Histograms are used to display discrete numerical D) Histograms
data. are used to display
B) A histogram has gaps between the bars. qualitative, categorical
C) The heights of the bars represent class data.

94) Which of the following statements about frequency


polygons are true?

midpoint of each class.


A) Frequency polygons do not show the shape of a D) Frequency
distribution. polygons represent each
B) A frequency polygon is a graph of a bar chart. class as a rectangle.
C) The frequencies of each class are graphed at the

95) Which of the following statements about frequency


polygons are FALSE?

midpoint of each class.


A) Frequency polygons allow us to directly compare D) Frequency
two or more frequency distributions. polygons do not show the
B) A frequency polygon is a graph of a frequency shape of a distribution.
distribution.
C) The frequencies of each class are graphed at the

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96) Taylor Simmons owns an online store that sells small sold in her shop. What type
appliance parts. She wishes to see the percentage of sales of display should she use
revenue earned less than a particular amount for various parts for each part type?

D) Frequency
A) Pie charts polygons
B) Histograms
C) Cumulative frequency polygons

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Answer Key

Test name: Chapter 02 Test Bank


1) FALSE
2) FALSE
3) FALSE
4) TRUE
5) TRUE
6) TRUE
7) TRUE
8) TRUE
9) TRUE
10) FALSE
11) TRUE
12) TRUE
13) TRUE
14) TRUE
15) TRUE
16) B
17) D
18) A
19) B

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20) C
21) B
22) A
23) B
24) C
25) D
26) D
27) A
28) C
29) B
30) C
31) A
32) B
33) D
34) C
35) D
36) A
37) B
38) D
39) C
40) D

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41) D
42) B
43) A
44) B
45) B
46) C
47) C
48) B
49) D
50) D
51) A
52) A
53) C
54) C
55) B
56) B
57) C
58) C
59) C
60) C
61) A

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62) A
63) C
64) C
65) C
66) C
67) A
68) A
69) D
70) C
71) B
72) B
73) B
74) A
75) D
76) A
77) C
78) C
79) B
80) A
81) D
82) B

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83) B
84) B
85) B
86) A
87) A
88) A
89) D
90) A
91) B
92) D
93) C
94) C
95) D
96) C

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