Workbook #1

STAT 30100 Online

Instructions: Complete all the problems by yourself and go over with your Cyber mentor.
1. Suppose you want to survey the opinions of the residents of an apartment complex. The complex
contains 100 buildings, each with 8 units per building, for a total of 800 units. You decide to sample 160
of the units.
a. Suppose you randomly sample 20 buildings, and then select every unit in those 20 buildings to be
in your sample, for a total of 160 units. What sampling method did you use?
a. Suppose 50 of the buildings (400 total units) are for singles, and 50 buildings (400 units) are for
non-singles. You randomly select 80 single units and then you randomly select 80 non-single
units. What sampling method did you use?
c. Suppose you start at a random starting point, and select every 5th unit to be in your sample, until
you sample 160 units. What sampling method did you use?
2. A recent report stated Based on a sample of 90 truck drivers, there is evidence to indicate that, on
average, independent truck drivers earn more than company-hired truck drivers. Does this statement
describe descriptive or inferential statistics?
a. inferential statistics

b. descriptive statistics

3. From past figures, it is predicted that 45% of the registered voters will vote in the March primary. Does
this statement describe descriptive or inferential statistics?
a. inferential statistics
b. descriptive statistics

4. At a large University a simple random sample of 5 female professors is selected and a simple random
sample of 10 male professors is selected. The two samples are combined to give an overall sample of 15
professors. The overall sample is
a. a simple random sample.
b. systematic sample
c. a stratified sample.
d. all of the above.
5. The grade point average for each of the 15 seniors in a statistics class is determined.
a. Categorical
b. Numerical, Discrete
c. Numerical, Continuous
d. Categorical, Continuous

6. A quality control specialist compares the output from a machine with a new lubricant to the output of
machines with the old lubricant. Which type of study is it?
a. Observational study

b. Experimental study

7. Suppose a recent study of 1,000 teenagers in the U.S. found that 33% of them do babysitting to earn
extra money.
I. Which of the following describes the population for this example?
a. The 33% of teenagers who do babysitting to earn extra money.
b. All teenagers in the U.S.
c. The 1,000 teenagers who participated in the study.
d. All teenagers in the U.S. who do babysitting for extra money.
II. Which of the following describes the sample for this example?
a. The 33% of teenagers who do babysitting to earn extra money.
b. All teenagers in the U.S.
c. The 1,000 teenagers who participated in the study.
d. All teenagers in the U.S. who do babysitting for extra money.
8. A university was interested in student reaction to a proposal to spend more on athletic scholarships and
less on academic scholarships. 35 student athletes were surveyed. What type of problem has occurred?
a. selection bias
b. non-response bias
c. measurement error
d. None
9. If the bars of a histogram represent the proportion of the total count that falls into each interval, what
must the heights of the bars sum to?
a. The total number of numbers in the data set.
b. One.
c. 1 divided by the total number of intervals used in the histogram.
d. Not enough information to tell.
10. A student completing a research project for a criminal justice class obtained a radar gun for
determining automobile speeds and recorded the speeds of automobiles passing a fixed location over a
period of several hours. The student was unaware that the device needed to be recharged after two hours
of use and that the speeds recorded after two hours were not reliable. What type of problem has occurred?
a. measurement error
b. selection bias
c. nonresponse bias
d. not enough information to tell.

11. A survey was conducted to determine how people feel about the quality of programming available on
television. Respondents were asked to rate the overall quality from 0 (no quality at all) to 100 (extremely
good quality). The stem-and-leaf display of the data is shown below.
What percentage of the respondents rated overall television quality as very good (regarded as ratings of
80 and above)?
a. 4%
b. 1%
c. 24%
d. 6%

12. In a statistics class with 136 students, the professor records how much money each student has in his
or her possession during the first class of the semester. The following histogram is of the data collected.
I. The number of students with under $10 in their possession is closest to
a. 40.
b. 50.
c. 60.
d. 70.
II. The histogram
a. is skewed right.
b. has an outlier.
c. is asymmetric.
d. all of the above.

13. Which of the following is a correct interpretation of the yield for variety 1 and 2 from the boxplot
below?

a. The yield is generally greater for variety 2.

b. The yields appear to be approximately the same for variety 1 and 2.
c. The data are more variable for variety 1 than variety 2.
d. It is not reasonable to conclude that the populations (variety 1 and variety 2) have equal
variances.

14. A sample of 10 individuals was taken at a college football game and the number of games they attend
a year was recorded. The descriptive statistics for the data are given as follows.
What is the five-number summary for this data?

a. 1, 2, 4, 5.25, 7
b. 1, 2, 3.9, 5.25, 7
c. 10, 3.9, 0.605, 1.912, 1.0
d. 1, 0.605, 3.9, 0.605, 7
15. Which of the following is not affected by extreme outliers?
a. Variance
b. Median
c. Range
d. Mean
16. Which of the following is a not a measure of variability?
a. Interquartile Range
b. Standard deviation
c. Population variance
d. Proportion
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d. The graph shows the distribution of a variable, what is the name of that variable?

18. A data set contains the observations 6, 0, -3, -2, 1. Complete the following parts.
5

a. Find

xi =

b. Find

x
i 1

i 1

2
i

5
xi
5
i 1 =
c. Find xi 5
i 1
d. Calculate the mean, x.

e. Calculate the standard deviation, s.

19. The side-by-side boxplots shows the cumulative college GPAs for sophomores, juniors, and seniors
taking an intro stats course in Fall 2003.

a. Based on the boxplot for GPA of Junior students, find the five-number summary.
___________

___________

___________

___________

____________

b. Is the distribution of Juniors GPA symmetric, positive or negative skewed?

20. The stem-and-leaf plot shows the tuition and fees (in thousands) for 30 Indiana colleges.
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0
1
1
2
2
3
3

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55566777
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88999
0001234
56669
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a) Find the five-number summary of tuition and fees for these Indiana colleges.
____________
Minimum

____________
Q1

___________

____________

____________

Median

Q3

Maximum

b) Suppose the standard deviation of tuition and fees for these Indiana colleges is $9,250. How to
interpret this result in the context?

c) What is the shape of the distribution (right-skewed, left-skewed, symmetric, or bimodal)?

d) Calculate the range and inter quartile range (IQR) of the dataset. Interpret the result.

e) Calculate the 90th percentile of the dataset and interpret the result.

f) Describe the stem-and-leaf plot considering the guidelines.

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22. The mean height of a basketball team is 6.1 feet with a standard deviation of 0.2 feet. The team's
center is 6.7 feet tall. Find the center's z score and interpret the result.

23. For a given data set, the lower quartile is 45, the median is 50, and the upper quartile is 57. The
minimum value in the data set is 32, and the maximum is 81.
a. Find the interquartile range.

b. Find the lower inner fences.

c. Find the upper inner fences.

d. Is either of the minimum or maximum values considered a mild or an extreme outlier?