Applied Informatics in Statistics

Mini test for LEC07

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2. In his end of year exams, Joe scored the following: Science 34%; English 90%; 1 point

History 87%; Math 34%; Geography 55%. What was the mean?

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34%

55%

60%

87%

3. In his end of year exams, Joe scored the following: Science 34%; English 90%; 1 point

History 87%; Math 34%; Geography 55%. What was the median?

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34%

55%

60%

87%
4. In his end of year exams, Joe scored the following: Science 34%; English 90%; 1 point

History 87%; Math 34%; Geography 55%. What was the mode?

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34%

55%

60%

87%

5. Emma rolled a die a number of times and recorded her results in a bar graph, 1 point

as follows. Use a frequency table to calculate her mean score.

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3.5

6.67
6. What is the range for the following set of numbers?15, 21, 57, 43, 11, 39, 56, 83, 1 point

77, 11, 64, 91, 18, 37

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22

72

80

91

7. Olivia wrote a 100 word story. She then counted the number of letters in each 1 point

word. Her results are shown in the following bar graph. What is the range?

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29

30
8. Jerry recorded the temperature in his room every two hours over a 12 hour 1 point

period from noon to midnight. The results are shown in the following line
graph. What was the range?

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10 oF

30 oF

40 oF

50 oF
9. What are the quartiles for the following set of numbers? 8, 11, 20, 10, 2, 17, 15, 1 point
5, 16, 15, 25, 6

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Q1 = 15, Q2 = 16, Q3 = 15.5

Q1 = 6, Q2 = 13, Q3 = 17

Q1 = 7, Q2 = 13, Q3 = 16.5

Q1 = 8, Q2 = 13, Q3 = 16
10. The population of a town was recorded every twenty years from 1900 to 1 point
2000. The results are shown in the line graph. For the period shown in the
graph, estimate to the nearest 5% what percentile of the population growth
had occurred by 1948.

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30%

35%

40%

45%
11. The following table gives the times taken to run 100 m for 10 friends. If the 1 point

time taken by the outlier is not included, what is the mean time?

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13.24 secs

11.92 secs

11.3 secs

10.17 secs

12. Hazel thinks she may be allergic to peanuts, and takes a test that gives the 1 point

following results: For people that really do have the allergy, the test says "Yes"
90% of the time. For people that do not have the allergy, the test says "Yes"
5% of the time ("false positive"). If 1.3% of the population have the allergy,
and Hazel's test says "Yes", what are the chances that Hazel really does have
the allergy?

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4.935%

19.2%

80.8%

95%
13. 500 students in Grade 8 were asked, "Which do you like best - Pop music or 1 point
Rock music?" The results were listed below. Calculate the value of Chi-
Square correct to 1 decimal place

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5.2

5.4

5.6

5.8

14. 600 people (250 less than or equal to 20 years old, and 350 greater than 20 1 point

years old) were asked, "Which take-out food do you prefer - Fried Chicken,
Burger or Chinese?" The results were listed below. Calculate the value of Chi-
Square correct to 1 decimal place

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24.8

24.9

25.0

25.1
15. Which one of the following is quantitative data? 1 point

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She is black and white.

She has two ears.

She has long hair.

She has a long tail.

16. Which one of the following is discrete data? 1 point

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She is 45.2 cm long.

She is 22.3 cm high.

She weighs 5.4 kg.

She has 30 teeth.

17. The bar graph shows the usual method of transport to school for the 1 point
students in a class. How many students are there altogether in the class?

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20

21

22

23
18. The pie chart shows the amount of time each day that Jethro spends on 1 point

various activities. If this information were displayed using a bar graph with
hours on the vertical axis, what would be the height of the bar for sleep?

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8 hours

7 hours

6 hours

2.5 hours
19. Tammy recorded the amount of time she spent on six activities over a twenty 1 point

four hour period and drew a bar graph, as follows. Approximately what
percentage of the day did she spend on playing sport?

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About 8%

About 11%

About 15%

About 27%
20. Anna did a survey where she asked all the children in her school to name 1 point

their favorite pet. The results are shown in the pie chart. If 720 children said
their favorite pet was a Dog, how many children said their favorite pet was a
Rabbit?

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56

70

140

210
21. This pie chart shows the McCreedy's household expenditure, broken down 1 point
into categories. What percentage of the family's income is spent on Power?

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10%

11.1%

13.9%

40%
22. The line graph shows how the population of parrots on an island declined 1 point

over the ten year period from 2001 to 2010. Measurements were taken at the
beginning of each year. What was the total decline in the parrot population
over that time?

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14

42

46

60
23. A class carried out an experiment to measure the lengths of cuckoo eggs. 1 point

The length of each egg was measured to the nearest mm. The results are
shown in the following histogram. How many eggs were less than 23 mm in
length?

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26

40

66

92
24. The histogram shows the birth weights of 100 new born babies. Babies who 1 point
weigh less than 5 lb are considered to have a low birth weight. Babies who
weigh 10 lb or more are considered to have a high birth weight. What percent
of the babies had neither a low or a high birth weight?

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97%

91%

85%

83%
25. Jim measured the daily rainfall in mm at the same spot in his garden for each 1 point

day in the year (365 days).He recorded his results to the nearest millimeter.
The results are shown in the following histogram. On approximately how
many days was the rainfall less than 10 mm?

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Approximately 81

Approximately 135

Approximately 149

Approximately 216
26. The Lakers scored the following numbers of goals in their last twenty 1 point

matches:3, 0, 1, 5, 4, 3, 2, 6, 4, 2, 3, 3, 0, 7, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 3. Which number had the

highest frequency?

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7
27. 60 students sat a test. The frequency distribution is shown in the following 1 point

table. How many students scored 5 or more?

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11

22

33

38
28. What is the range for the above stem and leaf plot? 1 point

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39

40

45

56

29. For the above stem and leaf plot, what is the mean value? 1 point

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32.3

32.8

33.4

33.9
30. This table shows how many goals Sam scored during the last 100 practice 1 point

sessions. What is the cumulative frequency for 5?

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19

40

60

79
31. The population of a town was recorded every twenty years from 1900 to 1 point

2000. The results are shown in the line graph. By how much did the
population increase between 1920 and 1980?

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2800

3000

3800

4000
32. The line graph shows how the record time for the 100 m sprint changed from 1 point

1964 when Bob Hayes of the US held the record to 2012 when Usain Bolt of
Jamaica held the record. From the graph, what was the maximum length of
time for which the record remained unchanged?

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3 years

9 years

12 years

16 years
33. What is the median for the above stem and leaf plot? 1 point

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53

54

56

83

34. Each of the letters of the word MISSISSIPPI are written on separate pieces of 1 point

paper that are then folded, put in a hat, and mixed thoroughly. One piece of
paper is chosen (without looking) from the hat. What is the probability it is an
I?

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4/11

2/5

1/3

1/4
35. There are 10 counters in a bag: 3 are red, 2 are blue and 5 are green. The 1 point

contents of the bag are shaken before Maxine randomly chooses one
counter from the bag. What is the probability that she doesn't pick a red
counter?

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3/10

2/5

3/7

7/10
36. Ben can take any one of three routes from school (S) to the town center (T), 1 point

and can then take five possible routes from the town center to his home (H).
He doesn't retrace his steps.How many different possible ways can Ben walk
home from school?

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15

3^5
37. Sarah goes to her local pizza parlor and orders a pizza. She can choose either 1 point

a large or a medium pizza, can choose one of seven different toppings, and
can have three different choices of crust.How many different pizzas could
Sarah order?

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12

20

27

42

38. Derek must choose a four-digit PIN number. Each digit can be chosen from 0 1 point

to 9. How many different possible PIN numbers can Derek choose?

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5040

6561

9000

10000

39. For her literature course, Rachel has to choose one novel to study from a list 1 point

of four, one poem from a list of six and one short story from a list of five.
How many different choices does Rachel have?

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15

120

225

240
40. Calculate the Cyhelsky skewness coefficient for the set of numbers: 11, 14, 17, 18, 1 point
27, 27, 29, 31, 38, 39

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-0.4

-0.2

0.2

41. A sample collects information about: 1 point

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All members of the population.

All adult members of the population.

None of the population.

Some, but not all, of the population.

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