1.   Choose an appropriate scale for the data 31, 25, 37, 41, and 38.
    A. 0-100 B. 25-41
    C. 31-38 D. 0-50
    Hint

  2.   How many minutes would you have to exercise each day to have a resting heart rate of 60 beats per minute?
   
    A. 10 minutes B. 30 minutes
    C. 60 minutes D. 20 minutes
    Hint

  3.   What would you predict your heart rate would be if you exercise 40 minutes per day?
   
    A. 120 B. 0
    C. 50 D. 10
    Hint

  4.   The following are scores on an English exam. The highest score possible is 100. Where is there a cluster?
   
    A. 20-100 B. 60-75
    C. 90-100 D. 20-30
    Hint

  5.   The mean is the _______ of a set of numbers.
    A. highest number B. arithmetic average
    C. most frequent D. middle number
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  6.   Which is the correct box-and-whisker plot for the quiz scores?
   
    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.
    Hint

  7.   Which statistic gives the most accurate information for the following set of test scores?
2, 85, 87, 88, 89
    A. range B. median
    C. mode D. mean
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  8.   Which is not a reason that measures of central tendency for a set of data can be misleading?
    A. inaccurate data B. too much data
    C. outliers in the data D. incomplete data
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  9.   Choose an appropriate scale for the data
69, 72, 121, 81, 98.
    A. 70 to 120 B. 70 to 100
    C. 65 to 125 D. 40 to 100
    Hint

  10.   How many states in this group used at least 17 hundred trillion BTU's of energy?
   
    A. 12 B. 11
    C. 9 D. 10
    Hint

  11.   Find the mode of {2, 2, 3, 9, 7, 9, 3, 7, 3}.
    A. 5 B. 3
    C. 7 D. 2
    Hint

  12.   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.
    Hint

  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 mode is 77 points scored. B. The data point 58 is an outlier.
    C. The majority of points scored were in the 70s. D. The majority of points scored were in the 80s.
    Hint

  14.   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.
   
    A. The bowling scores are evenly spread out between 116 and 168.
    B. The mode represents the average bowling score.
    C. The majority of bowlers scored 149 points or greater.
    D. The majority of bowlers scored 149 points or less.
    Hint

  15.   The graphs below show the number of minutes spent on the phone. Which graph would you use to compare the amount of minutes spent on the phone Tuesday and Friday?
    A. B.
    C. D.
    Hint

  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.
    Hint



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