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Statistical Reasoning for Everyday Life

Chapter 4 (Describing Data) Exam, form A
1) The students in Hugh Logan’s math class took the Scholastic Aptitude Test. Their math scores
are shown below. Find the mean score.
552 593 358 352 537
349 357 596 470 482
2) The salaries of ten randomly selected doctors are shown below.
$105,000 $149,000 $163,000 $214,000 $225,000
$116,000 $111,000 $791,000 $240,000 $178,000
Find the median salary.
3) The number of vehicles passing through a pharmacy drive-up line with two windows during
each 15-minute period was recorded. The results are shown below. Find the median number
of vehicles going through the line in a fifteen-minute period.
16 8 17 24
24 22 26 23
30 19 7 25
18 27 21 16
11 15 20 14
4) Find the mode(s) for the given sample data.
20, 49, 46, 43, 49, 43, 49, 20, 22
5) The blood types for 30 people who agreed to participate in a medical study were as follows.
O A A O A AB O B A O
A O A B O O O AB A A
A B O A A O O B O O
Find the mode(s) of the blood types.
6) The federal government requires a car manufacturer to have a minimum miles per gallon (mpg)
average over the models it makes. Suppose that the mpg’s for the five models of a manufacturer
are 19, 21, 22, 28, and 18, and the government requirement is 27 mpg. The last of the models
is to be redesigned to meet the government requirement. What must the new mpg of this model
be to meet the requirement?
A) 27 mpg B) 29 mpg C) 30 mpg D) 54 mpg
7) The mathematics SAT scores of the seven students in a mathematics seminar are 533, 553, 578,
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586, 619, 626, and 633. Suppose that the student with the score 533 drops the seminarand is
replaced by a student with a score of 765. What will happen to the mean and themedian
scores of the class?
A) The mean will increase; the median will be unchanged.
B) The median will increase; the mean will be unchanged.
C) Neither the mean nor the median will change.
D) Both the median and the mean will increase.
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average over the cars it makes. Suppose that the models and mpg’s for a manufacturer are
Corsair (31 mpg), Futura (30 mpg), Retro (37 mpg), and Envy (44 mpg). Twenty percent of the
cars sold are Corsairs, 30% are Futuras, 40% are Retros, and 10% are Envys. Find the average
mpg for this manufacturer.
A) 35.5 mpg B) 34.0 mpg
C) 34.4 mpg D) None of the above
9) Which of the distributions has the greatest variation?
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10) Which of the distributions is symmetric?
11) Consider the distribution of weights of all the Juniors at Bloomington High School. How
many peaks would you expect in the graph of the distribution?
A) 3 B) 0 C) 2 D) 1
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12) Suppose that there are 400 students in your school class.
What class rank is the 20th percentile?
A) 80 B) 40
C) 20 D) None of the above
13) The weights (in pounds) of 30 newborn babies are listed below. Construct a boxplot for the
data set.
5.5 5.7 5.8 5.9 6.1 6.1 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6
6.7 6.7 6.7 6.9 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.2
7.4 7.5 7.7 7.7 7.8 8.0 8.1 8.1 8.3 8.7
A)
5.5 6.4 7.0 7.7 8.7

B)
5.5 6.3 7.0 7.7 8.7
C)
5.5 6.4 7.0 7.7 8.0
D)
5.5 6.4 7.0 7.7 8.7
14) Find the standard deviation for the given data. Round your answer to one more decimal place
than the original data.
2, 6, 15, 9, 11, 22, 1, 4, 8, 19
A) 2.1 B) 6.3 C) 6.8 D) 7.1
15) Use the range rule of thumb to approximate the standard deviation.
15, 42, 63, 7, 9, 12, 14, 28, 47
A) 8.0 B) 29.1 C) 15.8 D) 14.0
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16) Al and Joe are two county sheriff’s deputies assigned to watch for traffic violations. Their
arrest and conviction records for May and June are shown below.
May June
Arrests Convictions Arrests Convictions
Al 10 2 80 40
Joe 90 30 20 12
Who had the best conviction percentage in May?
Who had the best conviction percentage in June?
Who had the best conviction percentage overall?
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Chapter 4 (Describing Data) Exam, form B
1) Last year, a road construction firm hired 11 new employees. Their ages at hiring are listed
below. Find the mean hiring age to one decimal place.
23 19 30 33
27 31 58 22
21 26 29
2) The distances traveled (in miles) to 8 different swim meets are given below:
73, 24, 46, 34, 61, 10, 86, 52
Find the median distance traveled.
3) The weights (in ounces) of 21 cookies are shown. Find the median weight.
0.62 1.25 0.60 1.62 0.75 0.74 1.35
1.25 1.53 0.99 0.62 1.25 1.28 0.66
0.47 1.25 0.74 1.28 1.72 0.75 0.56
7.29, 7.41, 7.56, 7.29, 7.88, 7.99, 7.62
A) 7.56 B) 7.29 C) 7.577 D) 7.41
average over the models it makes. Suppose that the mpg’s for four of the five models of a
manufacturer are 19, 22, 28, and 26, and the manufacturer just meets the government standard
of 31 mpg. Find the mileage for the fifth model.
A) 60 mpg B) 31 mpg C) 24 mpg D) 19 mpg
586, 619, 626, and 633. Suppose that the student with the score 533 drops the seminarand is
replaced by a student with a score of 585. What will happen to the mean and themedian
scores of the class?
A) Neither the mean nor the median will change.
B) Both the median and the mean will increase.
C) The median will increase; the mean will be unchanged.
D) The mean will increase; the median will be unchanged.
7) The host of a dinner party purchases wine based on the weighted average of clarity (10%),
bouquet (5%), friendliness to the palate (5%), storage ability of opened bottles (40%), and price
(40%). Suppose that Bone Ranch Wave has scores in these categories of 4, 5, 3, 8, and9,
respectively. What is its rating?
A) 5.80 B) 5.00 C) 7.60 D) None of the previous
8) A softball player has a batting average of exactly .300 and no more than 60 times at bat. Suppose
this player gets 5 hits in her next 6 times at bat. What is the highest possible average she could
now have?
A) .500 B) .833 C) .348
D) There is insufficient information to answer the question.
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9) Which of the distributions has the greatest variation?
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10) Which of the distributions is skewed to the right?
11) Consider the distribution of heights of all the players in the national Basketball Association.
What would you expect the shape of the distribution to be?
A) Skewed right B) Skewed left C) Symmetric
12) The following data set is the GPAs of the students in a statistics class.
1.93, 1.99, 2.00, 2.04, 2.12, 2.34, 2.55, 2.55, 2.75, 2.75,
2.80, 2.80, 2.85, 3.02, 3.12, 3.22, 3.31, 3.33, 3.45, 3.69
What percentile is a GPA of 2.34?
A) About the 6th B) About the 15th
C) About the 30th D) About the 60th
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13) The test scores of 32 students are listed below. Construct a boxplot for the data set.
32 37 41 44 46 48 53 55
57 57 59 63 65 66 68 69
70 71 74 74 75 77 78 79
81 82 83 86 89 92 95 99
A)
32 56 69.5 79 99
B)
32 56 69.5 80 99
C)
32 56 69.5 80 99
D)
32 56 69.5 80 95
15, 42, 53, 7, 9, 12, 14, 28, 47
A) 29.1 B) 16.6 C) 17.8 D) 15.8
22, 29, 21, 24, 27, 28, 25, 38
A) 3.50 B) 4.0 C) 4.25 D) 2.8
May June
Al 90 30 20 12
Joe 10 2 80 40
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Chapter 4 (Describing Data) Exam, form C
1) The grocery expenses for six families were $80.86, $47.74, $57.92, $81.08, $75.18, and
$88.08. Compute the mean grocery bill. Round your answer to the nearest cent.
2) A store manager kept track of the number of newspapers sold each week over a seven-week
period. The results are shown below.
88, 84, 209, 151, 271, 242, 234
Find the median number of newspapers sold.
3) The normal monthly precipitation (in inches) for August is listed for 20 different U.S. cities.
Find the median of the data.
3.5 1.6 2.4 3.7 4.1
3.9 1.0 3.6 4.2 3.4
3.7 2.2 1.5 4.2 3.4
2.7 0.4 3.7 2.0 3.6
66, 25, 66, 13, 25, 29, 56, 66
5) The table shows the country represented by the winner of the 10,000 meter run in the Summer
Olympic Games in various years.
Year Country Year Country
1912 Finland 1968 Kenya
1920 Finland 1972 Finland
1924 Finland 1976 Finland
1928 Finland 1980 Ethiopia
1932 Poland 1984 Italy
1936 Finland 1988 Morocco
1948 Czechoslovakia 1992 Morocco
1952 Czechoslovakia 1996 Ethiopia
1956 USSR 2000 Ethiopia
1960 USSR 2004 Ethiopia
1964 United States 2008 Ethiopia
2012 Britain
Find the mode of the country data.
average over the models it makes. Suppose that the average mpg for the four models
manufactured is 24 mpg and the government standard is 31 mpg. The manufacturer will add a
model. What mileage must the new model get so that the manufacturer meets the government
requirement?
A) 32 mpg B) 38 mpg C)59 mpg D) None of the above
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593, 610, 622, and 634. Suppose the student with the score 634 drops the seminar and is replaced
by a student with a score of 600. What will happen to the mean and the median scores of the
class?
A) Neither mean nor median will change.
B) The median will decrease, the mean will not change.
C) The median will not change, the mean will decrease.
D) Both mean and median will decrease.
8) The batting averages of the first three batters in the Eureka College women’s softball team
lineup are .310, .301, and .277. If the first three batters are considered as the “lead-off group”,
what is the batting average of the group?
A) .301
B) .296
C) There is insufficient information to answer the question.
D) None of the above
9) Which of the distributions is skewed to the right?
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10) Which of the distributions is multimodal?
11) Consider the distribution of mathematics SAT scores of students in honors calculus at a liberal
arts college. What would you expect the shape and variation of the distribution to be?
A) Symmetric with little variation
B) Symmetric with large variation
C) Skewed right with large variation
D) Skewed left with little variation
12) Suppose that your income is at the 81st percentile of wage earners in the United States. What
percent of wage earners make more than you do?
A) 19%
B) 81%
C) Cannot be calculated from the information given
D) None of the above
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13) The test scores of 40 students are listed below. Construct a boxplot for the data set.
25 35 43 44 47 48 54 55 56 57
59 62 63 65 66 68 69 69 71 72
72 73 74 76 77 77 78 79 80 81
81 82 83 85 89 92 93 94 97 98
A)
25 58 72 81 99
B)
25 58 72 81 99
C)
25 58 72 81 98
D)
25 57 72 81 98
22, 29, 21, 24, 27, 28, 25, 36
A) 4.8 B) 4.2 C) 2.8 D) 1.6
496, 598, 503, 528, 565, 601, 576, 543
A) 170.2 B) 60.6 C) 26.25 D) 18.75
May June
Al 10 1 80 41
Joe 90 30 20 12
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Chapter 4 (Describing Data) Exam, form D
1) Amtrak trains from Chicago to Portland arrived at Havre, MT, where they make a crew
change, the following numbers of minutes late.
26, 17, 245, 19, 38, 42, 11, 0, 14, 44
Find the mean number of minutes late at Havre (to one decimal place).
2) The salaries of randomly selected bank employees were
$23,540 $82,500 $37,360 $24, 670 $19,810
$33,140 $22,940 $27, 420 $47,130 $29,290
Find the median salary of these employees.
3) Randomly selected high school seniors had the following numbers of one-dollar bills in their
wallets.
2, 4, 3, 7, 5, 4, 5, 2, 9, 17, 0, 4, 7, 6, 8
Find the median number of one-dollar bills.
4) The number of people waiting in the cash register lines at a local supermarket were
4, 3, 5, 4, 3, 2, 3
Find the mode(s) of these data.
5) Randomly selected voters leaving the polls identified themselves as Republican (R),
Democrat (D), or Independent (I). The data were
RRIDDDIRDDIRRDD
DDIIRIRIDDRIRDI
What is the mode of these data?
6) Six football players, all defensive linemen, decide that they will gain an average of 10 pounds
over the summer. At the start of the season, only five showed up for the weigh-in. They had
gained 9, 13, 11, 6, and 7 pounds. How many pounds does the last person have to gain in order
that the group can attain its goal?
7) In testing a new light bulb design, 6 bulbs were left on until they burned out or 2000 hours
whichever came first. One bulb had not burned out by the end of the test, so 2000 hours was
recorded for that bulb. If the testers had waited for that bulb to burn out, what would have
happened to the mean and median lives of the bulbs?
A) Neither mean nor median would have changed.
B) Both mean and median would increase.
C) The mean would increase, but the median would not change.
D) The median would increase, but the mean would not change.
8) In a basketball player’s first three seasons in the NBA, his field goal percentage is .340, .450,
and .480. In those three seasons, the number of field goals he attempted was 80, 400, and 520
respectively. What is his career field goal percentage after three years?
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ARAB AND DRUZE AT HOME
ARAB SHEIKH
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ARAB AND DRUZE
AT HOME
A RECORD OF TRAVEL
AND INTERCOURSE WITH THE PEOPLES
EAST OF THE JORDAN
BY
WILLIAM EWING, M.A.
FIVE YEARS RESIDENT AT TIBERIAS
THIRTY-ONE ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAP
LONDON: T. C. & E. C. JACK

16 HENRIETTA STREET W.C.
AND EDINBURGH
1907
TO
MY FATHER
TIBERIAS FROM THE SEA
FOREWORD
The number of books published regarding Palestine proves the
exhaustless fascination of the subject. Most of them, however, deal
with Western Palestine; and even of this, beyond the districts
traversed by the annual stream of tourists, comparatively little is
heard.
The lands beyond the Jordan are seldom visited. For the ordinary
sight-seer the difficulties and dangers are considerable; but these
almost entirely vanish before one who can speak the language and
is able to mingle freely with the people.
This book is an attempt to lift a little way the veil which still so largely
obscures that region, in spite of its great and splendid history; where
picturesque and beautiful scenery, the crumbling memorials of grey
antiquity, and the life of villager and nomad to-day, cast a mysterious
spell upon the spirit.
While the information given in the following pages is woven round
the narrative of a single journey, it is the outcome of frequent travel
and familiar intercourse with the peoples both east and west of
Jordan.
During a residence of over five years in Palestine the writer was
privileged often, quite alone or with a single native attendant, to visit
the peasantry and the Beduw, to share the shelter of mud hut and
goat’s-hair tent, to enjoy their abounding hospitality and friendly
converse in the medāfy, on the house-top, and around the camp-fire
in the wilderness.
What is here related regarding these strange but deeply interesting
peoples was either learned from their own lips or verified in converse
with them.
The author offers his tribute of affection and gratitude to the memory
of Dr. H. Clay Trumbull of Philadelphia, U.S.A., surely the most
generous and friendly of editors, who first moved him to write on
Oriental subjects.
For many of the photographs taken on the journey he is indebted to
his companions in travel, Rev. J. Calder Macphail, D.D., Edinburgh,
and Dr. Mackinnon of Damascus; for others, to Dr. Paterson of
Hebron and to the Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. He
also gratefully acknowledges assistance received from the Rev. J. E.
H. Thomson, D.D., and Oliphant Smeaton, Esq., M.A., F.S.A.,
Edinburgh.
Edinburgh, December 1906.
DAMASCUS FROM MINARET OF GREAT MOSQUE
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
PAGE
Damascus—Haurân Railway—Great Moslem
pilgrimage—The plains of Damascus—Great Hermon
—El-Kisweh—Bridges in Palestine—Ghabâghib—Es- 1
Sanamein—Medical myth—A Land of Fear—Grain-
fields of Haurân—An oppressed peasantry—Nowa
CHAPTER II
Arab courtesy—Sheikh Saʿad—Egyptian monuments—
Traditions of Job—El-Merkez—Religious
16
conservatism—Holy places—Sheikh Meskîn—A ride
in the dark—Zorʿa—El-Lejâʾ
CHAPTER III
A landscape of lava—Deserted cities—Caverns—
Cultivation—A land of ruins—The guide’s terror—
Damet el-ʿAliâ—The sheikh’s welcome—A state of
30
siege—An ugly incident—Druze hospitality—Arab
and Druze in el-Lejâʾ—St. Paul in Arabia—The well
of the priest—Story of the priest
CHAPTER IV
Hidden treasure—The Bedawy’s treasure-trove—The
sheikh’s farewell—A savage tract—Jebel ed-Druze—
Umm ez-Zeytûn—Tell Shihân—Shuhba—An ancient 48
house—A stingy entertainer—The ruins—Pharaoh’s
“grain-heaps”—The house of Shehâb
CHAPTER V
Ride to Kanawât (Kenath)—Impressive situation and
remains—Place-names in Palestine—Israelites and
63
Arabs—Education—A charming ride through
mountain glades—Suweida
CHAPTER VI
Healing the sick—A strange monument—Telegraph and
post in Haurân—Cruel kindness—The Ruins of
Suweida—Turkish methods of rule—ʿIry—Sheyûkh 74
ed-Druze—Jephthah’s burial—Enterprise of Ismaʿîl
el-ʿAtrash
CHAPTER VII
The Druzes—Their religion—Their character—Druze
and Jew—Recent history in Haurân—Druze and 86
Bedawy—War
CHAPTER VIII
Bozrah—First Syrian mosque—The physician the
reconciler—The “House of the Jew”—The great
mosque—Cufic inscription—Boheira and Mohammed
102
—The fortress—Bridal festivities—Feats of
horsemanship—History—Origen’s visit—Capture by
Moslems
CHAPTER IX
Travellers’ troubles—A corner of the desert—The
mirage—Dangerous wadies—Lunch in the desert—A
“blind” guide—The clerk to the sheyûkh—A milestone
117
—Kalʿat Esdein—Thirst—The uplands of Gilead—
Search for water—A Bedawy camp—Terrific
thunderstorm
CHAPTER X
Morning on the mountains—Arab time—Tents and
encampments—The women and their work—Arab
wealth—Scenes at the wells—Dogs—Arabian
hospitality—Desert pests—Strange code of honour— 129
The blood feud—Judgment of the elders—Arab and
horse—The Arabs and religion—The Oriental mind—
Arab visit to Damascus
CHAPTER XI
Ride to Jerash—Magnificent ruins—Circassian 145
colonists—History—Preservation of buildings—East
of Jordan—Sûf—A moonlight scene—Down to the
Jabbok
CHAPTER XII
“Time is money”—Rumamain—Priestly hospitality—Fair
mountain groves—Es-Salt—The springs—Relation to
Arabs—Raisins—Descent to the Jordan—Distant
view of Jerusalem—View of the river, the plains of 158
Jordan, the Dead Sea, and the mountains beyond—
The bridge—The “publican’s” shed—The men from
Kerâk
CHAPTER XIII
The banks and thickets of the Jordan—Bathing-place—
The Greek convent—A night of adventures in the
plains of Jericho—The modern village—Ancient
169
fertility—Possible restoration—Elisha’s fountain—
Wady Kelt—The Mountain of Temptation—The path
to Zion
ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE
Arab Sheikh Frontispiece
Tiberias from the Sea Facing iii
Damascus from Minaret ” vii
Pilgrimage leaving Damascus ” 2
The Cook’s Tent ” 8
Treading out the Corn ” 14
“Wild Ishmaelitish Men” ” 25
Peasant Ploughman ” 33
Well in the Desert ” 47
Shuhba: Baths and Roman Pavement ” 54
Kanawât: Ruins of Temple ” 66
Kanawât: Sculptured Doorway in Temple ” 70
Sheyûkh ed-Druze: a Council of War ” 83
Bozrah: Bab el-Howa ” 102
Bozrah: at the Cross Ways ” 114
Palestinian Shepherd and Flock ” 122
Arab Camp in Gilead ” 126
Arab Women and Children ” 133
Arabs at Home ” 136
Arab Horseman ” 140
Jerash: Gateway ” 145
Jerash: Temple of the Sun ” 148
Jerash: Street of Columns ” 152
Jerash: General View ” 154
Gorge of the Jabbok ” 156
Rumamain ” 159
Es-Salt: the Fountain ” 162
Jordan, showing Terraces ” 164
Fords of Jordan: Pilgrims Bathing ” 170
Elisha’s Fountain ” 175
Mouth of Wady Kelt ” 178
Map ” xii
MAP OF THE COUNTRY EAST AND WEST OF THE JORDAN
CHAPTER I
Damascus—Haurân Railway—Great Moslem pilgrimage—
The plains of Damascus—Great Hermon—El-Kisweh—
Bridges in Palestine—Ghabâghib—Es-Sanamein—
Medical myth—A Land of Fear—Grain-fields of Haurân—
An oppressed peasantry—Nowa.
There is a pleasant excitement in the prospect of a journey through
long-forgotten lands, where hoary age is written on dark ruin and
carved stone, which lends its influence to while away the
monotonous days of preparation. But even amid surroundings of
entrancing interest in the queenly city on the Barada, the traveller
soon grows impatient to find himself in the saddle with his friends,
heading away towards the hills that bound the green plains of
Damascus. Fortunately, we could dispense with a dragoman, often
more an imperious master than an obliging servant, and were able to
arrange our routes and carry out our programme according to our
own wishes.
Leaving the city by Bawabbat Ullah, we took the Hajj road to the
south-west. This for many centuries was, what in the southern
reaches it still is, a mere track, not always clear, and often to be kept
only by observance of landmarks. To facilitate the passage of troops
to and from Haurân, the Government had made a fairly good road
from Damascus to some distance within that province. A railway has
now been built, and is in working order as far south as Mizerîb. One
day, perhaps, it will reach the sacred cities in el-Hejaz. If this do not
greatly expedite the hâjj’s enterprise, it will at least add variety to his
peril. The first trains east of the Jordan were objects of surpassing
interest to the camels. Unaccustomed to give way to anything else
on the road, a strange mingling of curiosity and pride brought many
of these “ships of the desert” to grief.

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