NAME:_________________________________BUS 3104.

E1 Midterm Exam
Fall 2016

SCORE:____________

NOTE: RETURN TO THE MOODLE DROPBOX ONLY THE ANSWER SHEET OF THIS EXAM.

I. You are given the following population data of the highest IQs at Really Bright University.
145
164
168
174
207

168
156
146
136
172

163
194
157
134
153

162
168
173
140
169

185
152
156
171
154

Determine the following:

1. Median 2. 1st Quartile 3. 3rd Quartile 4. Interquartile Range 5. 60th percentile 6. Mode 7. Mean
8. Variance 9. Range 10. Standard Deviation 11. Coefficient of Variability 12. Percent of scores falling
between 140 and 180 13. Score to which upper whisker of a box plot would extend
II. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1.

A politician who is running for the office of governor of a state with 3 million registered voters
commissions a survey. In the survey, 53.6% of the 5,000 registered voters interviewed say they
plan to vote for him. The population of interest is the:
a. 3 million registered voters in the state
b. 5,000 registered voters interviewed
c. 53.6%, or 2,680 voters interviewed who plan to vote for him
d. 46.4%, or 2,320 voters interviewed who plan not to vote for him
e. none of these

2.

A summary measure that is computed from a sample to describe a characteristic of the

population is called
a. a parameter
b. a statistic
c. a population
d. both a and c since they are the same
e. none of these

3.

A summary measure that is computed from a population is called

a. a parameter
b. a statistic
c. a population
d. both a and c since they are the same
e. none of these

4.

Descriptive statistics deals with methods of:

a. organizing data
b. summarizing data
c. presenting data in a convenient and informative way
d. All of the above
e. none of these

5.

When data are collected in a statistical study for only a portion or subset of all elements of

interest, we are using:

a. a sample
b. a parameter
c. a population
d. both a and c
e. none of these
6.

You asked five of your classmates about their height. On the basis of this information, you
stated that the average height of all students in your university or college is 67 inches. This is
an example of:
a. descriptive statistics
b. statistical inference
c. parameter
d. population
e. none of these

7.

Which of the following is not the goal of descriptive statistics?

a. Summarizing data
b. Displaying aspects of the collected data
c. Reporting numerical findings
d. Estimating characteristics of the population
e. none of these

8.

Which of the following statements is not true?

a. One form of descriptive statistics uses graphical techniques
b. One form of descriptive statistics uses numerical techniques
c. In the language of statistics, population refers to a group of people
d. Statistical inference is used to draw conclusions or inferences about characteristics of
populations based on sample data
e. none of these

9.

The most appropriate type of chart for determining the number of observations at or below a
specific value is:
a. a histogram
b. a pie chart
c. a time-series chart
d. a cumulative frequency ogive
e. none of these

10.

The best type of chart for comparing two sets of categorical data is:
a. a line chart
b. a pie chart
c. a histogram
d. a bar chart
e. none of these

11.

The total area of the six bars in a relative frequency histogram for which the width of each bar is
five units is:
a. 6
b. 5
c. 11
d. 1
e. none of these

12.

Which of the following statements about pie charts is false?

a. Pie charts are graphical representations of the relative frequency distribution
b. Pie charts are usually used to display the relative sizes of categories for interval data.
c. Pie charts always have the shape of a circle
d. Area of each slice of a pie chart is the proportion of the corresponding category of the
frequency distribution of a categorical variable
e. none of these

13.

Which of the following statements is false?

a. All calculations are permitted on interval data
b. All calculations are permitted on nominal data
c. The most important aspect of ordinal data is the order of the data values
d. The only permissible calculations on ordinal data are ones involving a ranking process
e. None of these

14.

Which of the following statements is false?

a. A frequency distribution counts the number of observations that fall into each of a series on
intervals, called classes that cover the complete range of observations.
b. The intervals in a frequency distribution may overlap to ensure that each observation is
assigned to an interval
c. Although the frequency distribution provides information about how the numbers in the
data set are distributed, the information is more easily understood and imparted by drawing
a histogram
d. The number of class intervals we select in a frequency distribution depends entirely on the
number of observations in the data set.
e. None of these

15.

The relative frequency of a class is computed by

a. dividing the frequency of the class by the number of classes
b. dividing the frequency of the class by the class width
c. dividing the frequency of the class by the total number of observations in a set
d. subtracting the lower limit of the class from the upper limit and multiplying difference by
the number of classes
e. none of these

16.

A modal class is the class that includes

a. the largest number of observations
b. the smallest number of observations
c. the largest observation in the data set
d. the smallest observation in the data set
e. none of these

17.

The two graphical techniques usually used to present nominal data are
a. bar chart and histogram
b. pie chart and ogive
c. bar chart and pie chart
d. histogram and ogive
e. none of these

18.

The most important and commonly graphical presentation of interval data is a

a. bar chart
b. histogram
c. pie chart

d. cumulative frequency distribution

e. none of these
19.

The relationship between two interval variables is graphically displayed by a

a. scatter diagram
b. histogram
c. bar chart
d. pie chart
e. none of these

20.

The effect of making the slope of a line graph appear steeper can be created by:
a. Stretching the vertical axis.
b. Shrinking the horizontal axis.
c. Stretching the horizontal axis.
d. Both a and b
e. None of these

21.

Possible methods of creating distorted impressions with bar charts include:

a. Stretching the vertical axis.
b. Shrinking the horizontal axis
c. Constructing the bars so that their widths are proportional to their heights.
d. All of the above
e. None of these

22.

Which of the following statements about the arithmetic mean is not always correct?
a. The sum of the deviations from the mean is zero
b. Half of the observations are on either side of the mean
c. The mean is a measure of the middle (center) of a distribution
d. The value of the mean times the number of observations equals the sum of all of the
observations.
e. None of these

23.

In a histogram, the proportion of the total area, which must be to the left of the median, is:
a. exactly 0.50
b. less than 0.50 if the distribution is skewed to the left
c. more than 0.50 if the distribution is skewed to the right
d. between 0.25 and 0.60 if the distribution is symmetric and unimodal
e. none of these

24.

If two data sets have the same range:

a. the distances from the smallest to largest observations in both sets will be the same
b. the smallest and largest observations are the same in both sets
c. both sets will have the same mean
d. both sets will have the same interquartile range
e. none of these

25.

A sample of 20 observations has a standard deviation of 3. The sum of the squared deviations
from the sample mean is:
a. 9
b. 60
c. 171
d. 180
e. none of these

26.

Which measure of central location is meaningful when the data are nominal?
a. The arithmetic mean
b. The geometric mean
c. The median
d. The mode
e. None of these

27.

Chebyshevs Theorem states that the percentage of measurements in a data set that fall within
3.5 standard deviations of their mean is:
a. 89%
b. at least 89%
c. 91.8%
d. at least 91.8%
e. none of these

28.

The Empirical Rule states that the approximate percentage of measurements in a data set
(providing that the data set has a bell-shaped distribution) that falls within two standard
deviations of their mean is approximately:
a. 68%
b. 75%
c. 95%
d. 99%
e. none of these

29.

Since the population is always larger than the sample, the population mean:
a. is always larger than the sample mean
b. is always smaller than the sample mean
c. is always larger than or equal to the sample mean
d. is always smaller than or equal to the sample mean
e. none of these

30.

Which of the following summary measures is affected most by outliers?

a. The median
b. The geometric mean
c. The range
d. The interquartile range
e. None of these

31.

Which of the following summary measures cannot be easily approximated from a box-andwhisker plot?
a. The range
b. The interquartile range
c. The second quartile
d. The standard deviation
e. None of these

32.

The average score for a class of 30 students was 75. The 20 male students in the class
averaged 70. The 10 female students in the class averaged:
a. 75
b. 85
c. 65
d. 70
e. 80

33.

Which of the following is not a measure of variability?

a. The range
b. The variance
c. The arithmetic mean
d. The standard deviation
e. None of these

34.

The length of the box in the box-and-whisker plot portrays the:

a. median
b. interquartile range
c. range
d. third quartile
e. none of these

35.

Expressed in percentiles, the interquartile range is the difference between the

a. 10% and 60% values
b. 45% and 95% values
c. 25% and 75% values
d. 15% and 65% values
e. none of these

36.

Which of the following statements is true for the following data values: 7, 5, 6, 4, 7, 8, and 12?
a. The mean, median and mode are all equal
b. Only the mean and median are equal
c. Only the mean and mode are equal
d. Only the median and mode are equal
e. None of these

37.

The difference between a sample mean and the population mean is called:
a. Non-response error.
b. Selection bias.
c. Sampling error.
d. Non-sampling error.
e. None of these

38.

When every possible sample with the same number of observations is equally likely to be
chosen, the selected sample is called:
a. Simple random sample.
b. Stratified sample
c. Cluster sample
d. Biased sample
e. None of these

39.

Which of the following must be avoided in designing a questionnaire?

a. Dichotomous questions.
b. Leading questions.
c. Open-ended questions.
d. Demographic questions.
e. None of these

40.

Which of the following statements is correct in questionnaire design?

a. The questionnaire and questions should be kept as short as possible.

b.
c.
d.
e.

A mixture of dichotomous, multiple-choice, and open-ended questions may be used.

Leading questions must be avoided.
All of the above are correct statements
None of these

III. TRUE-FALSE QUESTIONS

1. Random sampling will guarantee a representative sample.
2. The whiskers on a box plot extend to the smallest and largest data pieces.
3. A variance could never be smaller than its standard deviation.
4. If P(A)=0.35, P(B)=0.45 and P(A and B)=0.2502, then P(A given B)=0.556.
5. All probabilities range strictly between zero and one.
6. If P(A)=0.84, P(B)=0.76 and P(A or B)=0.90, then P(A and B)=0.6384.
7. Jim and Tom flip a coin for coffee. The probability of Jim paying four in a row is 0.03125.
IV. Matching

1. Population
2. Sample
3. Parameter
4. Statistic
5. Quantitative
6. Qualitative
7. Confidence Level
8. Significance Level
9. Probability
10. Probability Interval
11. Binomial Distribution
12. Central Tendency
13. Variability
14. Chebyshevs Theorem

a. Categorical
b. Sample Measure
c. Entire Group
d. Part Of An Entire Group
e. P(Correct)
f. Numerical
g. Population Measure
h. P(Error)
i. 1 1/k^2
j. Two Outcomes
k. Likelihood
l. Range, Standard Deviation
m. Zero To One
n. Mean, Median, Mode

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