1.   Find the mode of {325, 100, 115, 621, 325, 325, 100}.
    A. 273 B. 100
    C. 115 D. 325
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  2.   Find the median of {55, 21, 47.4, 69, 71}.
    A. 47.4 B. 55
    C. 21 D. 71
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  3.   Which relationship would most likely have a negative correlation?
    A. A person's age, and the address of the person.
    B. A person's height and the person's shoe size.
    C. The number of miles driven, and the number of gallons of gas in the car.
    D. The number of pizzas ordered, and the total price of the bill.
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  4.   Which of the following would not be a sample from a population set of all of the farms in Nebraska?
    A. 25 houses with pets are selected from any part of the state.
    B. One farm is selected in each 20 square mile area of the state
    C. 12 farms are selected from any part of the state.
    D. The farms are split into groups based on what they produce, and then 4 are selected from each group.
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  5.   Which of the following is not necessarily considered a part of the population?
    A. the data collector B. census
    C. biased sample D. random sample
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  6.   Find BA.
   
    A. B. impossible
    C. D.
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  7.   How many measurement classes are represented on the histogram?
   
    A. 14 B. 70
    C. 9 D. 44
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  8.   A baseball owner is trying to convince people that he is spending too much on his players. He is paying 10 of them $1 million, 8 of them $2 million, and 3 of them $15 million. To support his case, which measure of central tendency should he use?
    A. median B. mode
    C. mean D. standard deviation
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  9.   Everyone at the stadium is eligible for a drawing at the end of the night. If everyone was given a number, and 10 winners are announced, what kind of sampling is represented?
    A. Cluster Sampling B. Random Sampling
    C. Convenience Sampling D. Systematic Sampling
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  10.   In a factory, every fifth product out of 100 is quality tested. What kind of sampling is represented?
    A. Convenience Sampling B. Random Sampling
    C. Cluster Sampling D. Systematic Sampling
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  11.   Which reflects the convenience sampling method that a language arts teacher might use to identify the most popular book read by the language arts students?
    A. Ask students who are wearing a red shirt. B. Ask the first 10 students who walk into the classroom.
    C. Ask every third student from the 60 students sitting in a study hall. D. Ask all the students in one geometry class.
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  12.   What kind of sampling is represented if dentists from random areas of the city are asked about their favorite toothpaste?
    A. Cluster Sampling B. Convenience Sampling
    C. Random Sampling D. Systematic Sampling
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  13.   During the month that had three days of rain, how many had above-average temperatures?
   
    A. 2 B. 8
    C. 5 D. 3
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  14.   Which relationship will most likely have a positive correlation?
    A. Increasing snow inches, and sled sales.
    B. Rising temperatures and ski equipment sales.
    C. Battery power of a flashlight, and continued use of the flashlight.
    D. A person's height and a person's eye color.
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  15.   Which relationship will most likely have a negative correlation?
    A. Battery power of a flashlight, and continued use of the flashlight.
    B. A person's height and a person's eye color.
    C. The number of movie tickets sold and the amount of popcorn sold.
    D. Increasing snow inches, and sled sales.
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  16.   Which relationship will most likely have a positive correlation?
    A. Battery power of a flashlight, and continued use of the flashlight.
    B. Rising temperatures and ski equipment sales.
    C. The number of movie tickets sold and the amount of popcorn sold.
    D. A person's height and a person's eye color.
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  17.   Using the box-and-whisker plot, what is the median of Exam B?
   
    A. 90 B. 83
    C. 75 D. 60
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  18.   Using the box-and-whisker plot, what is the least value of the data for exam A?
   
    A. 45 B. 83
    C. 50 D. 65
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  19.   What appears to happen in the graph?
   
    A. Sales have dropped. B. Sales have cut in half each month.
    C. Sales have doubled each month. D. Sales have slightly increased.
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  20.   Why is the graph misleading?
   
    A. The dimensions other than height have changed. B. Months are out of order.
    C. Scale should be smaller. D. Scale is not at even intervals.
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