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One Variable and Two Variable Data Analysis Test

Knowledge: Application: Thinking: Communication:
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Knowledge
1. Fill in the blanks below (5 marks)
a. is the number that occurs the most in a data set.

b. is the average or expected value in a data set.

c. is the value that lies in the midpoint of a data set.

d. Quartile 1 is a value that indicates that % of the data values are

smaller than itself and % are bigger than itself.

2. The height, in cm, of ten randomly selected individuals are recorded in a

data set below. Find the mean, mode and median. (5 marks)
171, 133, 126, 140, 150 , 161, 182, 195, 143, 110, 133
3. Classify each data below as either numerical or categorical. Identify
whether the numerical is discrete or continuous, and whether the
categorical is either nominal or ordinal. (4 marks)
a. Number of players in a soccer game

b. Performance rate of a movie as: Good, Excellent, Bad and Very Bad

c. Volume of a water Tank

d. Colour of cars in a Parking Lot.

4. Classify each sampling method as Simple Random, Stratified, Systematic or

Non-Random Sampling. ( 3 marks)
a. Randomly selecting 5 numbers out of a list of 10

b. A doctor selects every two patients from a list for examination.

c. Dividing a school into four groups by Grade and selecting a sample from
each group
 5. Match each graph below with its correlation coefficient. (4 marks)
A. r = 0.03 B. r = -0.96 C. r = 0.6 D. r = 1

Application
6. Given the following data set: 25, 24, 28, 24, 30, 31, 32, 35
a. Find Upper quartile (Q3) and Lower Quartile (Q1) (4 marks)
b. Find the median (2 marks)
c. Find the range (1 mark)
d. Construct a Box Plot for it. (1 mark)
7. Given the Box Plot Below. Find:
a. Upper and Lower Quartile ( 2 marks)
b. Median ( 1 mark)
c. Interquartile Range ( IQR) ( 2 marks)

8. Given the data and Grid Below:

a. Construct a Scatter Plot (2 marks)
b. Draw a Line of Best Fit (1 mark)
c. Estimate a Math Test Score for 9 hours of studying. How do we call this
method? (2 marks)
 Thinking
9. An outlier is a value in the data set who is significantly different from most
of all other values in the set. Provide an explanation as to what do you
think will happen to the mean when outliers are present in a set and what
does that do the level of trust, we put on the mean value to describe
average? (3 marks)

10. A student has gotten the following marks on all test throughout a semester
for a math course: 85, 76, 78, 91, 82, 76, 88, 90. If he wishes to obtain a
final course average of 80. How much should he score in his final exam?
(4 marks)
Communication
11. Describe the differences between a sample and a population. Use examples
to support your answer. ( 4 marks)