1.   Refer to the set of data below. If 15 were removed from the set of data, which values would change?
   
    A. range and mean B. mean, median, and range
    C. mode D. range
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  2.   What is the interval?
   
    A. 9 B. 51-100
    C. 50 D. 10
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  3.   Choose an appropriate scale for the data 31, 25, 37, 41, and 38.
    A. 31-38 B. 0-50
    C. 25-41 D. 0-100
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  4.   How many minutes would you have to exercise each day to have a resting heart rate of 60 beats per minute?
   
    A. 30 minutes B. 20 minutes
    C. 10 minutes D. 60 minutes
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  5.   What would you predict your heart rate would be if you exercise 40 minutes per day?
   
    A. 50 B. 120
    C. 0 D. 10
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  6.   The following are scores on an English exam. The highest score possible is 100. What is the least score?
   
    A. 75 B. 21
    C. 100 D. 71
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  7.   You have scores of 62, 75, and 90 on three of your history exams. What do you need to get on your fourth exam in order to have a mean of 80?
    A. 93 B. 97
    C. 80 D. 100
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  8.   What does 9|4 mean?
   
    A. 94 B. 9/4
    C. 904 D. 49
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  9.   What is the most energy used by any of these states (in hundred trillion BTU's)?
   
    A. 28 B. 26
    C. 27 D. 29
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  10.   What is the correct box-and-whisker plot for the data {11, 13, 18, 19, 22, 25, 29, 32, 37, 37, 38}?
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  11.   Which statistic gives the most meaningful information about the central tendency of the data {23, 25, 26, 26, 27, 29, 29, 30, 450, 450, 450}?
    A. median B. mode
    C. range D. mean
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  12.   An automobile dealer wants to sell a certain car for $20,000. If three other dealers in town are selling the same car for $15,000, $15,000, and $30,000, which measure of central should the car dealer use to describe this data to his customers?
    A. median B. mode
    C. range D. mean
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  13.   The table shows the scores of the University of Texas men’s basketball team during the 2002-2003 regular season. Make a stem-and-leaf-plot and use it to find the statement that best describes the data.
   
    A. The data point 58 is an outlier. B. The majority of points scored were in the 80s.
    C. The mode is 77 points scored. D. The majority of points scored were in the 70s.
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  14.   Make a box-and-whisker plot of the duration of ten recent solar eclipses listed in the table.
   
    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.
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  15.   Which bar graph shows the number of endangered species by group in the U.S.?
   
    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.
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  16.   The graphs below show the number of minutes spent on the phone. Which graph would you use to determine how many calls were between 6 and 20 minutes?
    A. B.
    C. D.
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