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Choose an appropriate scale for the data 31, 25, 37, 41, and 38. |
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25-41 |
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31-38 |
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0-100 |
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0-50 |
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2. |
What does 9|4 mean? |
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94 |
B. |
904 |
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C. |
9/4 |
D. |
49 |
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3. |
If the number 178,651 is rounded to 179,000 and plotted on a stem and leaf plot as 17|9, how would you plot 151,205? |
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15|1 |
B. |
151|2 |
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C. |
1|15 |
D. |
15|2 |
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4. |
What is the median for a set of quiz scores? |
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16 |
B. |
17 |
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C. |
13 |
D. |
15 |
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5. |
Which is not a reason that measures of central tendency for a set of data can be misleading? |
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incomplete data |
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too much data |
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inaccurate data |
D. |
outliers in the data |
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6. |
How much money do you predict Classic Comics will make on the Internet in July? |
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$130 |
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$110 |
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$120 |
D. |
$100 |
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7. |
In what month will Classic Comics probably begin to make more than $150 on the Internet? |
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December |
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September |
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October |
D. |
November |
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8. |
What is the least energy used by any of these states (in hundred trillion BTU's)? |
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4 |
B. |
7 |
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5 |
D. |
6 |
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9. |
How many states in this group used at least 17 hundred trillion BTU's of energy? |
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9 |
B. |
10 |
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C. |
12 |
D. |
11 |
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10. |
Find the mean of {15, 7, 9, 25, 4}. |
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13 |
B. |
9 |
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10 |
D. |
12 |
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11. |
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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29 |
B. |
52 |
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50 |
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30 |
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12. |
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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range |
B. |
mode |
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median |
D. |
mean |
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13. |
The prices of a shirt, before tax, in ten different department stores are as follows: $17.99, $21.99, $14.99, $13.99, $22.99, $21.99, $19.99, $17.99, $24.99, and $18.99. If you were to create a frequency table of this data, how many department stores would fall into the interval $20.00 to $21.99? |
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4 |
B. |
1 |
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3 |
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2 |
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14. |
Make a box-and-whisker plot of the duration of ten recent solar eclipses listed in the table. |
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B. |
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D. |
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15. |
Make a bar graph to display the data in the table. |
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C. |
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D. |
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16. |
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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A. |
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C. |
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D. |
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