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Test Bank for Introduction to Probability and Statistics 4th Canadian Edition by Mendenhall
Statistics for the Sciences (03 65 205)
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1.Whichofthefollowingchoicesisastatementobtainedbyapplyingdescriptivestatisticstoanexperimentinwhich
therunningspeedoffourdogsA,B,C,andDwasmeasured?
a.Theaveragerunningspeedofthefourdogsis28km/h.
b.Onedogrunsat42km/h.
c.DogBrunsfasterthandogC.
d.DogsAandCrunatthesamespeed. ANSWER:a
2.Howistherelativefrequencyofaclasscomputed?
a.bydividingthefrequencyoftheclassbythenumberofclasses
b.bydividingthefrequencyoftheclassbytheclasswidth
c.bydividingthefrequencyoftheclassbythetotalnumberofobservationsinthedataset
d.bydividingthefrequencyoftheclassbyonelessthanthetotalnumberofobservationsinthedataset ANSWER:c
3.WhichofthefollowingisNOTagoalofdescriptivestatistics? a.summarizingdata
b.displayingaspectsofthecollecteddata
c.reportingnumericalfindings
d.estimatingcharacteristicsofpopulations ANSWER:d
4.YouaskedsevenofyourfriendsabouthowmanysongstheydownloadedfromiTuneslastmonthandcomputed
theaveragetobe6.3songs.Basedonthisinformation,youestimatedthat,onaverage,allyourfriends
downloaded6.3songslastmonth.Whatisthisanexampleof? a.descriptivestatistics b.apopulation c.asample d.statisticalinference ANSWER:d
5.Whichofthefollowingisthebesttypeofchartforcomparingtwosetsofqualitativedata? a.alinechart b.adotplot
c.astemandleafplot d.abarchart ANSWER:d 2 0
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6.Whatdoesthesumofthefrequenciesforallclassesalwaysequal?
a.thenumberofclasses b.theclasswidth
c.thetotalnumberofobservationsinthedataset d.one ANSWER:c
7.Whatarethetwographicaltechniquesmostcommonlyusedtopresentqualitativedata?
a.barchartandhistogram
b.barchartandpiechart
c.linechartandpiechart
d.linechartandhistogram ANSWER:b
8.Whatarethecharacteristicsofexperimentalunitsgenerallycalled? a.datasets b.descriptivestatistics c.internaldata d.variables ANSWER:d
9.Statisticianswouldliketofindouttheaverageincomeofthepopulationofyoungpeople(aged20–29)inOntario.
WhichofthefollowingtheyshouldNOTtakeasasample?
a.1,000peopleaged20–29wholiveintheKitchener-Waterlooarea
b.300peopleaged20–29wholiveinNorthernOntario
c.1,000peopleaged20–29wholiveinMontreal
d.200peopleaged20–29wholiveinToronto ANSWER:c
10.Whichofthefollowingtermsreferstothesetofallpossibleobservationsaboutaspecifiedcharacteristicof interest? a.aframe
b.amultinomialdataset
c.anobservationalstudy d.apopulation ANSWER:d
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11.Whatistheresultcalledwhenasinglevariableismeasuredonasingleexperimentalunit? a.afrequencyunit b.anelementaryunit c.asample d.univariatedata ANSWER:d
12.Whichofthefollowingtermsreferstoagraphicalpresentationofdatathatisdisplayedinorderofdescending magnitude? a.alinechart
b.astemandleafplot
c.arelativefrequencyhistogram d.aParetochart ANSWER:d
13.Amarketshareof56.3%canberepresentedinapiechartbyaslicehavingacentralanglemeasuredindegrees.
Inthiscase,whatwouldbethesizeofthecentralangleofthemarketshare? a.39.3degrees b.78.5degrees c.202.7degrees d.141.3degrees ANSWER:c
14.Whichofthefollowinggraphicsisthemostimportantandmostcommonlyusedgraphicalpresentationof quantitativedata? a.thebarchart b.thehistogram c.thepiechart d.thedotplot ANSWER:b
15.Whichofthefollowingquantitiesisadiscretevariable?
a.numberofstudentsenrolledinauniversity
b.flighttimebetweenNewYorkCity,USAandLondon,England
c.speedofanexpresstraintravellingfromToronto,OntariotoOttawa,Ontario
d.numberofcaloriesburnedduringa20-minuteexerciseclass ANSWER:a
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16.Onwhatdoesthetotalareaofthebarsinarelativefrequencyhistogramdepend? a.thesamplesize b.thenumberofbars
c.thewidthofeachbar d.thepopulationsize ANSWER:c
17.Ingeneral,howdodatadistributionsofincomesofemployeesinlargefirmstendtobeshaped?
a.Theyaremostoftenskewedtotheright.
b.Theyaremostoftenskewedtotheleft.
c.Theyaregenerallysymmetricaboutthemean.
d.Theyaregenerallysymmetricaboutthemedian. ANSWER:a
18.Whichofthefollowingnumbersconstitutesthesumoftherelativefrequenciesfoundinarelativefrequency
distributionforquantitativedata? a.0 b.1 c.2 d.3 ANSWER:b
19.Whichofthefollowingbestdescribestheterm“relativeclassfrequency”?
a.Itisthenumberofobservationsthatfallintoagivenclassinafrequencydistribution.
b.Itistheproportionofallobservationsthatfallintoagivenclassinafrequencydistribution.
c.Itisthedifferencebetweenthenumericallowerandupperlimitsofaclassofquantitativedata.
d.Itistheaveragenumberofobservationsthatfallintoagivenclassinafrequencydistribution. ANSWER:b
20.Supposeyouhave350observationsdividedintoclasses.Oneoftheclasseshasadataclassfrequencyof134.
Whatisitsrelativeclassfrequency? a.0.38 b.0.18 c.0.22 d.0.36 ANSWER:a
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21.Supposeyouaregivenagraphicalportrayalofarelativefrequencydistributionofcontinuousquantitativedata
withthefollowingcharacteristics.Thelowerandupperlimitsofthedataclassesareidentifiedbytickmarksona
horizontalaxis.Thecorrespondingrelativeclassfrequenciesarerepresentedbytheareasofverticalrectangles
connectedtoeachotherandpositionedontopofeachoftheseclassintervals.Whatissuchagraphical presentationcalled? a.astackedbarchart b.aParetochart c.apictogram
d.arelativefrequencyhistogram ANSWER:d
22.Ahistogramisagraphicaldevice.Whatkindofdataisitcommonlyusedtodisplay? a.timeseriesdata b.quantitativedata c.qualitativedata d.categoricaldata ANSWER:b
23.Howmanyclassesshouldgenerallybeusedwhenconstructingarelativefrequencyhistogram?
a.between1and5classes
b.between1and10classes
c.between5and12classes
d.between5and20classes ANSWER:c
24.Whichofthefollowingsetsofnumberscouldrepresentrelativefrequenciesforsomedataset?
a.0.07,0.07,0.44,0.06,0.36
b.0.1,0.1,0.1,0.2,0.2,0.2,0.2
c.0.05,0.25,0.35,0.55 d.1/3,1/4,1/5,1/6 ANSWER:a
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25.Whichofthefollowingmightbestbedisplayedusingabarchart? a.timeseriesdata b.continuousvariables c.qualitativevariables d.quantitativevariables ANSWER:c
26.Astemandleafplotisusedtodisplaythedistributionofwhichofthefollowingkindsofdata? a.qualitativedata b.quantitativedata
c.twoquantitativevariables
d.twoqualitativevariables ANSWER:b
27.IfaYouTubeanalystwantstoseethetrendintypesofYouTubevideoswatchedoverthepastfiveyears,whichof
thefollowingisthemosteffectivetypeofgraphtouse? a.alinechart b.apiechart c.ahistogram d.abarchart
ANSWER:d Đáp án là a
28.Consumerpreferenceforbananas,apples,oranges,andkiwiisdepictedinapiechartwiththefollowingsector
angles:108oforbananas,122oforapples,70ofororanges,and60oforkiwi.Whichofthefollowingstatements istrue?
a.tenconsumerspreferorangestokiwi
b.10.8%ofconsumerspreferbananas
c.one-thirdofconsumerspreferapples
d.30%ofconsumerspreferbananas ANSWER:d
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29.Accordingtothefivemostrecentcensuses,thepopulationofCanadahasbeen(inthousands):27,297in1991,
28,847in1996,30,007in2001,31,613in2006,and33,477in2011.Youneedtodepictthedatausingaline
chart.Whatwillyoudotostart?
a.markyearsontheverticalaxisandpopulationonthehorizontalaxis
b.computethesizesoftheconsecutiveincreasesinpopulation
c.markyearsonthehorizontalaxisandpopulationontheverticalaxis
d.computerelativefrequencies ANSWER:c
30.Avariableisacharacteristicthatchangesovertime,and/orvariesfordifferentindividualsorobjectsunder
consideration.Anexperimentalunitistheindividualorobjectonwhichavariableismeasured. a.True b.False ANSWER:True
31.Barandpiechartsaregraphicaltechniquesforqualitativedata.Theformerfocustheattentiononthefrequencyof
theoccurrencesofthecategories;thelatteremphasizethepercentageofoccurrencesofeachcategory. a.True b.False ANSWER:True
32.Among3,000first-yearundergraduatestudentsinauniversity,245,or8.2%,arecomputersciencemajors.This
isanexampleofstatisticalinference. a.True b.False ANSWER:False
33.Individualobservationswithineachclassmaybefoundina . a.True b.False ANSWER:False
34.Twenty-fivepercentofasampleof200professionaltennisplayersindicatedthattheirparentsdidnotplaytennis.
Thisisanexampleofdescriptivestatistics,ratherthaninferentialstatistics. a.True b.False ANSWER:True
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35.Alocalcablesystemusingasampleof1000subscribersestimatesthat50%ofitssubscriberswatchpremium
channelsatleastfivetimesperweek.Thisisanexampleofinferentialstatistics,asopposedtodescriptive statistics. a.True b.False ANSWER:True
36.Statisticalinferenceistheprocessofmakinganestimate,prediction,ordecisionaboutapopulationbasedon sampledata. a.True b.False ANSWER:True
37.Intheterm“frequencydistribution,”frequencyreferstothenumberofdatavaluesormeasurementsfallingwithin eachcategory. a.True b.False ANSWER:True
38.Abranchofthestatisticsdisciplinethatisusedtodevelopandutilizetechniquesforeffectivelypresenting
numericalinformationiscalledinferentialstatistics. a.True b.False ANSWER:False
39.Avariablethatismeasuredonanexperimentalunitiscalledameasurement. a.True b.False ANSWER:True
40.Avariableisacharacteristicthatcanchangeorvaryovertime. a.True b.False ANSWER:True
41.Aqualitativevariableaboutwhichobservationscanbemadeinonlytwocategoriesisabivariatedataset. a.True b.False ? ANSWER:False
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42.Avariablethatisnormallydescribedinwords,ratherthannumericallypresented,isaqualitativevariable. a.True b.False ANSWER:True
43.Adiscretequantitativevariablecanassumefiniteorcountablenumberofvalues. a.True b.False ANSWER:True
44.Acontinuousquantitativevariableisonethatmayassumeanyvaluewithinanintervalofrealnumbers. a.True b.False ANSWER:True 45. ANSWER:False 46. ANSWER:True 47. frequency distribut ANSWER:False
48.Arelativefrequencydistributionisatabularsummaryofadatasetshowingtheproportionsofallobservations
whichfallintoeachofseveralcollectivelyexhaustiveandmutuallyexclusiveclasses. a.True b.False ANSWER:True
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49.Measuringtheheightofthebasketballplayersonateamgeneratesunivariatedata. a.True b.False ANSWER:True
50.Adistributionthathastwopeaksiscalledunimodal. a.True b.False
ANSWER:False unimodal là one peak, bimodal là two peaks
51.Multivariatedataresultwhenmorethantwovariablesaremeasuredonasingleexperimentalunit. a.True b.False ANSWER:True
52.Whenconstructingafrequencydistributionforcategoricaldata,itisalwaysnecessarytodevelopclass boundaries. a.True b.False ANSWER:False 53. ANSWER:True 54. ANSWER:True
55.Inconstructingapiechartforacategoricalvariable,onesectorofthepieisassignedtoeachcategoryofthe variable. a.True b.False ANSWER:True
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