Test B3

CHAPTER 3—DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS: NUMERICAL MEASURES

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. The measure of location which is the most likely to be influenced by extreme values in the data set set is the a. range b. median c. mode d. mean ANS: D

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TOP: Descriptive Statistics

2. The most importa important nt statistic statistical al descripti descriptive ve measure measure of the location location of a data set is the a. mean b. median c. mode d. variance ANS: A

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3. If two two groups groups of of numbers numbers have the same same mean, mean, then then a. their their stand standard ard devi deviati ations ons mus mustt also be be equal equal b. their medians must also also be equal c. thei theirr mode modess must must als also o be equa equall alternatives is correct. d. None of these alternatives ANS: D

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4. The The mea mean n of of the the samp sample le a. is always always smaller smaller than than the the mean of the the populat population ion from from which the the sample sample was taken taken b. can never be zero c. can can nev never er be nega negati tive ve alternatives is correct. d. None of these alternatives ANS: D

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5. When the the smallest smallest and larges largestt percentage percentage of items items are removed removed from from a data set and the the mean is computed, the mean of the remaining data is a. the me median b. the mode c. the trim trimme med d mea mean n d. any of the above ANS: C

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6. Since the the population population is is always always larger larger than the sample sample,, the value value of the sample sample mean a. is always always smaller smaller than than the the true true value value of the popul populatio ation n mean b. is always larger than the true value of the population population mean c. is always always equal equal to the the true true value value of the the populat population ion mean mean d. could could be larger, larger, equal equal to, or smaller smaller than than the the true value value of the the populati population on mean ANS: D

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7. Which of the following provides a measure of central location for the data? a. standard deviation b. mean c. variance d. range ANS: B

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8. When computing the mean of a set of values xi, the value of ∑xi a. can never be zero b. can never be negative c. must always be positive d. can be any value ANS: D 9. In a. b. c. d.

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computing the mean of a sample, the value of ∑xi is divided by n n-1 n+1 n-2

ANS: A

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10. A numerical value used as a summary measure for a sample, such as sample mean, is known as a a. population parameter b. sample parameter c. sample statistic d. population mean ANS: C

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11. Since the population size is always larger than the sample size, then the sample statistic a. can never be larger than the population parameter b. can never be equal to the population parameter c. can be smaller, larger, or equal to the population parameter d. can never be smaller than the population parameter ANS: C

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12. µ is an example of a a. population parameter b. sample statistic c. population variance d. mode ANS: A

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13. The mean of a sample a. is always equal to the mean of the population b. is always smaller than the mean of the population c. is computed by summing the data values and dividing the sum by (n - 1) d. is computed by summing all the data values and dividing the sum by the number of items ANS: D

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14. The hourly wages of a sample of 130 system analysts are given below. mean = 60 mode = 73 median = 74

range = 20 variance = 324

The coefficient of variation equals a. 0.30% b. 30% c. 5.4% d. 54% ANS: B

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15. The variance of a sample of 169 observations equals 576. The standard deviation of the sample equals a. 13 b. 24 c. 576 d. 28,461 ANS: B

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16. The median of a sample will always equal the a. mode b. mean c. 50th percentile d. all of the above answers are correct ANS: C

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17. The median is a measure of a. relative dispersion b. absolute dispersion c. central location d. relative location ANS: C

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18. The 50th percentile is the a. mode b. median c. mean d. third quartile ANS: B

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19. The 75th percentile is referred to as the a. first quartile b. second quartile c. third quartile d. fourth quartile ANS: C

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20. The pth percentile is a value such that at least p percent of the observations are a. less than or equal to this value

b. less than this value c. more than or equal to this value d. more than this value ANS: A

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21. The difference between the largest and the smallest data values is the a. variance b. interquartile range c. range d. coefficient of variation ANS: C

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22. The first quartile a. contains at least one third of the data elements b. is the same as the 25th percentile c. is the same as the 50th percentile d. is the same as the 75th percentile ANS: B

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23. When computing the mean, the smallest value a. can never be negative b. can never be zero c. can never be less than the mean d. can be any value ANS: D

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24. Which of the following is not a measure of central location? a. mean b. median c. variance d. mode ANS: C

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25. If a data set has an even number of observations, the median a. cannot be determined b. is the average value of the two middle items c. must be equal to the mean d. is the average value of the two middle items when all items are arranged in ascending order ANS: D

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26. Which of the following is a measure of dispersion? a. percentiles b. quartiles c. interquartile range d. all of the above are measures of dispersion ANS: C

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27. The value which has half of the observations above it and half the observations below it is called the

a. b. c. d.

range median mean mode

ANS: B

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28. The most frequently occurring value of a data set is called the a. range b. mode c. mean d. median ANS: B

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29. The interquartile range is a. the 50th percentile b. another name for the variance c. the difference between the largest and smallest values d. the difference between the third quartile and the first quartile ANS: D

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30. The weights (in pounds) of a sample of 36 individuals were recorded and the following statistics were calculated. mean = 160 mode = 165 median = 170


The coefficient of variation equals a. 0.1125% b. 11.25% c. 203.12% d. 0.20312% ANS: B

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31. The heights (in inches) of 25 individuals were recorded and the following statistics were calculated mean = 70 mode = 73 median = 74


The coefficient of variation equals a. 11.2% b. 1120% c. 0.4% d. 40% ANS: D

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32. The standard deviation of a sample of 100 observations equals 64. The variance of the sample equals a. 8 b. 10

c. 6400 d. 4,096 ANS: D

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33. The variance of a sample of 81 observations equals 64. The standard deviation of the sample equals a. 9 b. 4096 c. 8 d. 6561 ANS: C

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34. If index i (which is used to determine the location of the pth percentile) is not an integer, its value should be a. squared b. divided by (n - 1) c. rounded down d. rounded up ANS: D

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35. When the data are skewed to the right, the measure of Skewness will be a. negative b. zero c. positive d. one ANS: C

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36. When data are positively skewed, the mean will usually be a. greater than the median b. smaller than the median c. equal to the median d. positive ANS: A

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37. Which of the following is not a measure of dispersion? a. the range b. the 50th percentile c. the standard deviation d. the interquartile range ANS: B

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38. The interquartile range is used as a measure of variability to overcome what difficulty of the range? a. the sum of the range variances is zero b. the range is difficult to compute c. the range is influenced too much by extreme values d. the range is negative ANS: C

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39. If the variance of a data set is correctly computed with the formula using n - 1 in the denominator, which of the following is true?

a. b. c. d.

the data set is a sample the data set is a population the data set could be either a sample or a population the data set is from a census

ANS: A

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40. In computing descriptive statistics from grouped data, a. data values are treated as if they occur at the midpoint of a class b. the grouped data result is more accurate than the ungrouped result c. the grouped data computations are used only when a population is being analyzed d. None of these alternatives is correct. ANS: A

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41. The measure of dispersion that is influenced most by extreme values is a. the variance b. the standard deviation c. the range d. the interquartile range ANS: C

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42. When should measures of location and dispersion be computed from grouped data rather than from individual data values? a. as much as possible since computations are easier b. only when individual data values are unavailable c. whenever computer packages for descriptive statistics are unavailable d. only when the data are from a population ANS: B

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43. The descriptive measure of dispersion that is based on the concept of a deviation about the mean is a. the range b. the interquartile range c. the absolute value of the range d. the standard deviation ANS: D

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44. The numerical value of the standard deviation can never be a. larger than the variance b. zero c. negative d. smaller than the variance ANS: C

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45. The sample variance a. is always smaller than the true value of the population variance b. is always larger than the true value of the population variance c. could be smaller, equal to, or larger than the true value of the population variance d. can never be zero ANS: C

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46. The coefficient of variation is a. the same as the variance b. the standard deviation divided by the mean times 100 c. the square of the standard deviation d. the mean divided by the standard deviation ANS: B

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47. The variance can never be a. zero b. larger than the standard deviation c. negative d. smaller than the standard deviation ANS: C

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48. The sum of deviations of the individual data elements from their mean is a. always greater than zero b. always less than zero c. sometimes greater than and sometimes less than zero, depending on the data elements d. always equal to zero ANS: D

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49. Which of the following symbols represents the standard deviation of the population? a. σ2 b. σ c. µ d. ANS: B

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50. Which of the following symbols represents the mean of the population? a. σ2 b. σ c. µ d. ANS: C

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51. Which of the following symbols represents the variance of the population? a. σ2 b. σ c. µ d. ANS: A

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52. Which of the following symbols represents the size of the population? a. σ2 b. σ c. µ d. N

ANS: D

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53. Which of the following symbols represents the mean of the sample? a. σ2 b. σ c. µ d. ANS: D

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54. Which of the following symbols represents the size of the sample a. σ2 b. σ c. N d. n ANS: D

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55. The symbol σ is used to represent a. the variance of the population b. the standard deviation of the sample c. the standard deviation of the population d. the variance of the sample ANS: C

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56. The symbol σ2 is used to represent a. the variance of the population b. the standard deviation of the sample c. the standard deviation of the population d. the variance of the sample ANS: A

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57. The variance of the sample a. can never be negative b. can be negative c. cannot be zero d. cannot be less than one ANS: A

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58. The measure of dispersion which is not measured in the same units as the original data is the a. median b. standard deviation c. coefficient of determination d. variance ANS: D

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59. A numerical measure of linear association between two variables is the a. variance b. covariance c. standard deviation d. coefficient of variation

ANS: B

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60. Positive values of covariance indicate a. a positive variance of the x values b. a positive variance of the y values c. the standard deviation is positive d. positive relation between the independent and the dependent variables ANS: D

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61. A numerical measure of linear association between two variables is the a. variance b. coefficient of variation c. correlation coefficient d. standard deviation ANS: C

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62. The coefficient of correlation ranges between a. 0 and 1 b. -1 and +1 c. minus infinity and plus infinity d. 1 and 100 ANS: B

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63. The coefficient of correlation a. is the same as the coefficient of determination b. can be larger than 1 c. cannot be larger than 1 d. cannot be negative ANS: C

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64. The value of the sum of the deviations from the mean, i.e., a. b. c. d.

must always be

less than the zero negative either positive or negative depending on whether the mean is negative or positive zero

ANS: D

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65. The numerical value of the variance a. is always larger than the numerical value of the standard deviation b. is always smaller than the numerical value of the standard deviation c. is negative if the mean is negative d. can be larger or smaller than the numerical value of the standard deviation ANS: D

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66. Since the median is the middle value of a data set it a. must always be smaller than the mode b. must always be larger than the mode c. must always be smaller than the mean

d.

None of these alternatives is correct.

ANS: D

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67. In a five number summary, which of the following is not used for data summarization? a. the smallest value b. the largest value c. the mean d. the 25th percentile ANS: C

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68. The relative frequency of a class is computed by a. dividing the midpoint of the class by the sample size b. dividing the frequency of the class by the midpoint c. dividing the sample size by the frequency of the class d. dividing the frequency of the class by the sample size ANS: D

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69. During a cold winter, the temperature stayed below zero for ten days (ranging from -20 to -5). The variance of the temperatures of the ten-day period a. is negative since all the numbers are negative b. must be at least zero c. cannot be computed since all the numbers are negative d. can be either negative or positive ANS: B

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70. Which of the following is a. mode b. standard deviation c. range d. interquartile range ANS: A

not


a measure of dispersion?

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71. If the coefficient of variation is 40% and the mean is 70, then the variance is a. 28 b. 2800 c. 1.75 d. 784 ANS: D

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72. Given the following information: Standard deviation = 8 Coefficient of variation = 64% The mean would then be a. 12.5 b. 8 c. 0.64 d. 1.25


ANS: A

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73. Since the mode is the most frequently occurring data value, it a. can never be larger than the mean b. is always larger than the median c. is always larger than the mean d. None of these alternatives is correct. ANS: D

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74. A group of students had dinner at a local restaurant. The total bill for the dinner was $414.70. Each student paid his/her equal share of the bill, which was $18.85. How many student’s were at the dinner? a. 4 b. 415 c. 19 d. 22 ANS: D

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75. The standard deviation of a sample was reported to be 20. The report indicated that

=

7200. What has been the sample size? a. 16 b. 17 c. 18 d. 19 ANS: D

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76. The variance of a sample was reported to be 144. The report indicated that

= 7200. What

has been the sample size? a. 49 b. 50 c. 51 d. 52 ANS: C

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77. From a population of size 1,000, a random sample of 100 items is selected. The mean of the sample a. must be 10 times smaller than the mean of the population b. must be equal to the mean of the population, if the sample is truly random c. must be 10 times larger than the mean of the population d. can be larger, smaller or equal to the mean of the population ANS: D

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78. From a population of size 500, a random sample of 50 items is selected. The mode of the sample a. must be 500 b. must be equal to the mode of population, if the sample is truly random c. must be equal to the mean of the population, if the sample is truly random d. can be larger, smaller or equal to the mode of the population ANS: D

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79. From a population of size 400, a random sample of 40 items is selected. The median of the sample a. must be 200, since 400 divided by 2 is 200 b. must be 10, since 400 divided by 400 is 10 c. must be equal to the median of population, if the sample is truly random d. None of these alternatives is correct. ANS: D Statistics

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