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MUILTIPLE TEST: CHAPTER 3 A:

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1) Which data would be suitable for a pie chart?

A) Average starting salary of MBA graduates from six ivy-league universities
B) APR interest rates charged by the top five U.S. credit cards
C) Last semester's average GPA for students in seven majors in a business school
D) The number of U.S. primary care clinics by type (urban, suburban, rural)

2) A column chart would be least suitable to display which data?

A) Annual compensation of 500 company CEOs
B) U.S. exports to its six largest trading partners
C) Exxon-Mobil's quarterly sales for the last four years
D) One-year CD interest rates paid by the eight largest U.S. banks

3) Which is a reason for using a log scale for time series data?
A) It helps compare growth in time series of dissimilar magnitude.
B) General business audiences find it easier to interpret a log scale.
C) On a log scale, equal distances represent equal dollar amounts.
D) The axis labels are usually easier to read in log units.

4) This histogram shows Chris's golf scores in his last 77 rounds at Devil's Ridge. Which is not a
correct statement?

A) The number of bins is consistent with Sturges' Rule.

B) The histogram has a noticeable bimodal shape.
C) The modal class is 78 < 80.
D) About 15 percent of his scores are in the interval 74 < 76.
5) Below is a frequency distribution of earnings of 50 contractors in a country.

Number of
Earnings (thousands)
Contractors
  1–10    2  
  11–20    7  
  20–30    12  
  31–40    15  
  41–50    8  
  50–60    6  

Regarding this distribution, which of the following is correct?

A) The frequency distribution contains too many class intervals.
B) The class interval limits are ambiguous.
C) Too few classes were chosen.
D) The class intervals are too wide.

6) Below is a sorted stem-and-leaf diagram for the measured speeds (miles per hour) of 49
randomly chosen vehicles on highway I-80 in Nebraska. Which is the modal class?
       
Stem unit = 10 
Leaf unit = 1 
       
Frequency Stem Leaf
  1 4 9
  1 5 5
  17 6 01222455556688999
  19 7 0111233345666778999
  7 8 0133557
  4 9 0122
  49    
A) 60 but less than 70 B) 70 but less than 80
C) 80 but less than 90 D) impossible to determine

7) A statistician prepared a bar chart showing, in descending order, the frequency of six
underlying causes of general aviation accidents (pilot error, mechanical problems, disorientation,
miscommunication, controller error, other). What would we call this type of chart?
A) Pivot table B) Pareto chart
C) Log scale chart D) Frequency polygon

8) Which statement is not true concerning Sturges' Rule?

A) It proposes adding one class (bin) to the histogram for each extra observation.
B) If you double the sample size, you should add one class.
C) Its purpose is to tell how many classes (bins) to use in a frequency distribution.
D) It is only a guideline and may be overruled by other considerations.

9) A population has 75 observations. One class interval has a frequency of 15 observations. The
relative frequency in this category is
A) 0.20 B) 0.10 C) 0.15 D) 0.75