Deck 10: Data Analysisstatistics: an Introduction

Question 1

Use the statistical display to answer the question.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Use the figure to answer the question.
The heights (in inches)of a group of high school students are listed below in a back-to-back stem-and-leaf plot.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Use the statistical display to answer the question.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Construct the requested statistical display.
The weights of 22 members of the varsity football team are listed below. Draw an ordered stem-and-leaf plot for the data.

Question 5

Use the statistical display to answer the question.
The midterm test scores for the seventh-period typing class are shown below on a dot plot. What are the outliers?

A)86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91
B)56
C)69
D)97, 98

Question 6

Use the figure to answer the question.
The heights (in inches)of a group of high school students are listed below in a back-to-back stem-and-leaf plot. Which gender has the tallest student?

A)Female
B)Male
C)Both male and female have a student with the same tallest height.

Question 7

Use the figure to answer the question.
The heights (in inches)of a group of high school students are listed below in a back-to-back stem-and-leaf plot.

Question 8

Use the figure to answer the question.
The weights (in pounds)of a group of high school students are listed below in a stem-and-leaf plot.

Question 9

Use the statistical display to answer the question.
The midterm test scores for the seventh-period typing class are shown below on a dot plot. What is the most frequent score?

A)83
B)89
C)56
D)98

Question 10

Use the statistical display to answer the question.

Question 11

Use the statistical display to answer the question.

Question 12

Construct the requested statistical display.
The mileage ratings for city driving of various subcompact cars are listed below. Construct a line plot using the data.

Question 13

Use the statistical display to answer the question.
The midterm test scores for the seventh-period typing class are shown below on a dot plot.

Question 14

Construct the requested statistical display.
The attendance counts for this season's basketball games are listed below. Draw a stem-and-leaf plot for the data.

Question 15

Use the figure to answer the question.
The weights (in pounds)of a group of high school students are listed below in a stem-and-leaf plot. Which interval has the most students in it?

A)130-139
B)110-119
C)140-149
D)90-99

Question 16

Use the statistical display to answer the question.
The midterm test scores for the seventh-period typing class are shown below on a dot plot. What cluster has the highest scores?

A)71-73
B)56
C)97-98
D)86-91

Question 17

Use the figure to answer the question.
The weights (in pounds)of a group of high school students are listed below in a stem-and-leaf plot. What is the most frequent weight?

A)159
B)99
C)142
D)114

Question 18

Use the figure to answer the question.
The weights (in pounds)of a group of high school students are listed below in a stem-and-leaf plot. What is the difference between the lowest and highest weights?

A)98
B)61
C)53
D)60

Question 19

Use the statistical display to answer the question.

Question 20

Use the statistical display to answer the question.
The midterm test scores for the seventh-period typing class are shown below on a dot plot. What is the largest gap in scores, not including gaps between outliers?

A)83-86
B)91-97
C)98-100
D)69-91

Question 21

Use the circle graph to
A survey of the 9729 vehicles on the campus of State University yielded the following circle graph. Find the number of hatchbacks. Round your result to the nearest whole number.

A)36
B)3989
C)3502
D)6227

Question 22

Use the figure to answer the question.
The numbers of students in the College of Arts and Sciences, categorized by major, are listed
below. Make a bar graph for the data.

Question 23

Use the figure to answer the question.
This double-bar graph shows the number of male (M)and female (F)athletes at a university over a four-year period. Which year had the greatest number of male athletes?

A)2011
B)2012
C)2009
D)2010

Question 24

Use the figure to answer the question.
The bar graph below shows the number of students by major in the College of Arts and Sciences. What is the ratio of history majors to the total number of students in the college?

A)49 to 8
B)12 to 49
C)12 to 48 or 1 to 4
D)12 to 16 or 3 to 4

Question 25

Use the figure to answer the question.
The bar graph below shows the number of students by major in the College of Arts and Sciences. What percent of students in the college are history majors (to the nearest tenth of a percent)?

A)32.7%
B)24.5%
C)66.7%
D)75.5%

Question 26

Use the circle graph to
The circle graph shows the percent of the total population of 93,700 of Springfield living in the given types of housing. Find the number of people who live in single family houses. Round your result to the nearest whole
Number.

A)66,527 people
B)31,858 people
C)27,173 people
D)29 people

Question 27

Use the figure to answer the question.
The wages of the employees of a company are presented in this histogram. Assume that $6 is in the interval $6-$8, not $4-$6, similarly for $8, $10, and $12. How many employees earn at least $6 and less than $8 an hour?

A)20
B)46
C)34
D)14

Question 28

Use the figure to answer the question.
This double-bar graph shows the number of male (M)and female (F)athletes at a university over a four-year period. What is the only year in which the number of female athletes declined from its previous value?

A)2012
B)2009
C)2010
D)2011

Question 29

Use the figure to answer the question.
The heights (in inches)of a group of high school students are listed below in a back-to-back stem-and-leaf plot. Which gender has the greatest average height?

A)Female
B)Male
C)Both male and female have about the same average height.

Question 30

Use the circle graph to
In a school survey, students showed these preferences for instructional materials. About how many students would you expect to prefer computers in a school of 500 students?

A)About 36 students
B)About 100 students
C)About 90 students
D)About 180 students

Question 31

Use the circle graph to
In a school survey, students showed these preferences for instructional materials. About how many students would you expect to prefer written materials in a school of 450 students?

A)About 81 students
B)About 9 students
C)About 162 students
D)About 41 students

Question 32

Use the figure to answer the question.
The wages of the employees of a company are presented in this histogram. Assume that $6 is in the interval $6-$8, not $4-$6, similarly for $8, $10, and $12. How many employees earn at least $12 and less than $14 an hour?

A)20
B)16
C)46
D)10

Question 33

Use the circle graph to
In a school survey, students showed these preferences for instructional materials. About how many students would you expect to prefer radio in a school of 250 students?

A)About 45 students
B)About 13 students
C)About 5 students
D)About 90 students

Question 34

Use the figure to answer the question.
This double-bar graph shows the number of male (M)and female (F)athletes at a university over a four-year period. Which year had the smallest number of male athletes?

A)2009
B)2012
C)2010
D)2011

Question 35

Construct the requested statistical display.

Question 36

Use the figure to answer the question.
This double-bar graph shows the number of male (M)and female (F)athletes at a university over a four-year period. Which year had the same number of male and female athletes?

A)2010
B)2012
C)2011
D)2009

Question 37

Use the circle graph to
In a school survey, students showed these preferences for instructional materials. About how many students would you expect to prefer lectures in a school of 750 students?

A)About 135 students
B)About 150 students
C)About 270 students
D)About 18 students

Question 38

Use the figure to answer the question.
The bar graph below shows the number of students by major in the College of Arts and Sciences. How many students are in the College of Arts and Sciences?

A)1325
B)1050
C)1225
D)1275

Question 39

Use the figure to answer the question.
The wages of the employees of a company are presented in this histogram. Assume that $6 is in the interval $6-$8, not $4-$6, similarly for $8, $10, and $12. How many employees earn at least $4 and less than $6 an hour?

A)20
B)10
C)34
D)22

Question 40

Use the figure to answer the question.
Students in Mr. Mason's classes collected items from different countries. The data show how
many of each item one class collected. Construct a bar graph for the frequency data.
Stamps, 9
Postcards, 11
Coins, 7
Books, 13

Question 41

Use the figure to answer the question.
The average amount of weekend television viewing of high school students is shown below and used to create a frequency table. Which interval has the greatest amount of students?

A)7-8.5
B)9-10
C)5-6.5
D)3-4.5

Question 42

Identify whether the given scatterplot shows a positive association, negative association, or no association.

A)positive association
B)no association
C)negative association

Question 43

Use the figure to answer the question.
The sales figures for the Big "D" Company are shown below in a line graph. Which month in 2011 had the lowest sales?

A)Month 8
B)Month 2
C)Month 3
D)Month 6

Question 44

Use the figure to answer the question.
The following scatterplot shows the heights (in inches)of a group of children and their ages. What can be the expected height range for a 2-year-old child?

A)25-38 inches
B)35-45 inches
C)40-50 inches
D)20-30 inches

Question 45

Identify whether the given scatterplot shows a positive association, negative association, or no association.

Question 46

Use the figure to answer the question.
The one-day temperatures for 12 world cities along with their latitudes are shown in the table
below. Make a scatterplot for the data.

Question 47

Use the circle graph to
In a school survey, students showed these preferences for instructional materials. About how many students would you expect to prefer TV in a school of 500 students?

A)About 60 students
B)About 100 students
C)About 12 students
D)About 90 students

Question 48

Identify whether the given scatterplot shows a positive association, negative association, or no association.

A)positive association
B)negative association
C)no association

Question 49

Identify whether the given scatterplot shows a positive association, negative association, or no association.

A)positive association
B)negative association
C)no association

Question 50

Use the figure to answer the question.
The data below give the figures for the United States production of canned fruit from 2002 to
2009. Make a line graph for the data.

Question 51

Use the figure to answer the question.
The following scatterplot shows the heights (in inches)of a group of children and their ages. Age (years) From this data, conjecture how old you think a child is who is about 39 inches tall?

A)1 year
B)3 months
C)3 years
D)7 years

Question 52

Use the figure to answer the question.
The sales figures for the Big "D" Company are shown below in a line graph. What were the total sales for the first 6 months of 2011?

A)$366,000
B)$240,000
C)$46,000
D)$290,000

Question 53

Use the circle graph to
In a school survey, students showed these preferences for instructional materials. About how many students would you expect to prefer films in a school of 350 students?

A)About 20 students
B)About 63 students
C)About 42 students
D)About 70 students

Question 54

Use the figure to answer the question.
The sales figures for the Big "D" Company are shown below in a line graph. What were the total sales for the first 6 months of 2012?

A)$286,000
B)$64,000
C)$366,000
D)$302,000

Question 55

Construct the requested statistical display.
Kevin asked some of his friends how many hours they worked during the previous week at their after-school jobs. Make a frequency table for the data.

Question 56

Use the figure to answer the question.
The average amount of weekend television viewing of high school students is shown below in a frequency table. To the nearest half hour, what is the most common amount of weekend television viewing?

A)5-6.5
B)7-8.5
C)Can not be determined from the frequency table
D)3-4.5

Question 57

Use the figure to answer the question.
The sales figures for the Big "D" Company are shown below in a line graph. Which month in 2012 had the highest sales?

A)Month 3
B)Month 5
C)Month 6
D)Month 12