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A graph is misleading if ______. |
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there are no labels on either scale |
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it is a bar graph |
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it has a title |
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it is a line graph with years labeled on the horizontal axis |
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On how many days was the temperature below 76 degrees? |
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5 |
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2 |
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1 |
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6 |
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How can a line graph be used to make predictions? |
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It has a title. |
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It shows a trend over time. |
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It has vertical and horizontal scales. |
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It displays data. |
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The following are scores on an English exam. The highest score possible is 100. What is the least score? |
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21 |
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100 |
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71 |
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75 |
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Find the mean of {3, 8, 10, 1, 25}. |
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9.4 |
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9 |
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8 |
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1 |
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What is the median for a set of quiz scores? |
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15 |
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17 |
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16 |
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13 |
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How many baseball players had a batting average above .250? |
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2 |
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7 |
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11 |
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9 |
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What is the range of the data 69, 72, 121, 81, 98? |
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53 |
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50 |
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52 |
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40 |
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Find the interquartile range of the data. |
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17 |
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5 |
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10 |
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7 |
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In a set of data, if the interquartile range is 8, the upper quartile is at 17, what is the highest number that could be in the data without being an outlier? |
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30 |
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50 |
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52 |
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29 |
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Which statistic gives the most meaningful information about what price you should expect to pay for a certain baseball bat if the following data are a set of prices at different stores for the bat. {10, 10, 10, 10, 10.50, 11, 12, 14, 18}. |
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mode |
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median |
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mean |
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range |
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The scatter plot shows the number of students per computer in U.S. public schools. Describe the trend shown in the graph. |
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The number of students per computer is decreasing. |
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The number of students per computer is staying the same. |
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Their is no relationship between the number of students per computer and the years. |
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The number of students per computer is increasing. |
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Make a stem-and-leaf-plot of the scores of the University of Texas men’s basketball team during the 2002-2003 regular season. |
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The stem-and-leaf plot shows the bowling scores of one round of a bowling meet. Choose the statement that best describes how the data are spread out. |
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The bowling scores are evenly spread out between 116 and 168. |
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The mode represents the average bowling score. |
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The majority of bowlers scored 149 points or greater. |
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The majority of bowlers scored 149 points or less. |
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The table shows the heights of U.S. Presidents. Which is a histogram of the data? |
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The graphs below show the number of minutes spent on the phone. Which graph would you use to order the days of the week from greatest to least amount of time spent on the phone? |
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