1.   The Carpenter family earns $30,000 a year after taxes. In their budget $8000 is needed for housing, $8000 for food, $4000 towards clothing, and the rest toward miscellaneous expenses. Which circle graph best represents the budget data?
    A.
    B.
    C.
    D.
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  2.   Which of the following describes the best use of the circle graph?
    A. It shows only the parts of the data that add to 50%. B. It is a comparison graph that shows one value compared to a second value.
    C. It compares parts of a set of data to the whole set. D. It represents frequency.
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  3.   The heights in inches of 10 senior boys are 64, 65, 66, 68, 71, 72, 73, 73, 73, and 74. Find the mean of the heights.
    A. 69.9 in. B. 69.7 in.
    C. 70.0 in. D. 69.8 in.
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  4.   Over 11 consecutive days, Jim did the following number of pushups. 7, 8, 10, 10, 12, 14, 15, 17, 17, 19, 33. Find the interquartile range.
    A. 33 B. 10
    C. 7 D. 14
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  5.   Which types of display is most appropriate for showing the data for coffee prices with ratings of V for very good, and F for fair?
    A. line plot B. circle graph
    C. histogram D. scatter plot
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  6.   In statistics ______.
    A. graphs cannot be used to mislead B. meaasures of central tendency can be used to mislead
    C. data is always presented in a fair and unbiased manner D. leaving values out of data analysis makes the data free of bias
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  7.  
    A. B.
    C. D. No Solution
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  8.  
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  9.   Use the data set {1, 7, 3, 5, 3, 6, 2, 4, 3, 2}. Find the median.
    A. 3 B. 3.5
    C. 2.5 D. 4
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  10.   The price for packs of bottled water at a grocery store over a nine week period was as follows: $3.25, $3.00, $3.50, $3.75, $3.25, $3.00, $2.50, $3.00, $2.75. Find the lower quartile rounded to the penny.
    A. $2.75 B. $2.88
    C. $3.38 D. $3.00
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  11.   Which type of display is most appropriate to show the percentages of each expense for a company's annual report?
    A. Circle Graph B. Scatter Plot
    C. Bar Graph D. Histogram
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  12.   The frequency table shows the ages of the people attending a family reunion. Which histogram correctly and completely shows the data?
   
    A. B.
    C. D.
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  13.   The histogram shows the record high temperatures for the fifty states. How many states have a record high temperature no less than 120°F?
   
    A. 10 states B. 7 states
    C. 3 states D. 22 states
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  14.   Which box-and-whisker plot represents the data?
32, 30, 28, 65, 25, 50, 27, 25, 41, 38
    A.
    B.
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    D.
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  15.   Which statement about the data represented by the box-and-whisker plot is not true?
   
    A. The range of the data is 26. B. The data has one outlier.
    C. Half of the data is between 36 and 48. D. The data in the first quartile is more spread out than the data in the other quartiles.
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  16.   The graphs show the same information about the average cost of a house in Anaheim, California, and Miami, Florida. Which graph shows the information with the least amount of distortion?
    A. B.
    C. D.
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