Q: A hospital records the birth weights of newborns. The mean is 6.5 lbs and the standard deviation is 1.4 lbs. According to the Range Rule of Thumb, what is the lowest weight considered significantly high?

$$6.5 + 2 \times 1.4 = 9.3$$ lbs

Q: A sample of wait times at a restaurant has a mean of 8 minutes and a standard deviation of 2.5 minutes. According to the Empirical Rule, what is the range of wait times that contains approximately 95% of the data?

$$8 \pm 2 \times 2.5 = 3 to$$ $$13$$ minutes

Question 1

A sample of exam scores is: 72, 85, 90, 68, 75. What is the mean of this data set? Use the formula $$\bar{x} = \frac{\sum x}{n}.$$

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Question 2

Which of the following statements about the mean is TRUE?

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The mean uses all values in the data set and can be greatly affected by extreme values.

Question 3

Given the data set {5, 10, 14, 12, 3, 76}, which measure of center is most affected by the value 76?

Accepted Answer

Mean

Question 4

A hospital records the birth weights of newborns. The mean is 6.5 lbs and the standard deviation is 1.4 lbs. According to the Range Rule of Thumb, what is the lowest weight considered significantly high?

Accepted Answer

$$6.5 + 2 	imes 1.4 = 9.3$$ lbs

Question 5

Which of the following is the correct formula for the sample standard deviation?

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$$s = \sqrt{\frac{\sum (x - \bar{x})^2$}{n-1}}$$

Question 6

A data set is: 3, 5, 7, 9, 11. What is the median?

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7

Question 7

A sample of 500 books has a mean of 312 pages and a standard deviation of 26 pages. According to the Empirical Rule, what percentage of books have between 286 and 338 pages?

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68%

Question 8

Which of the following best describes the mode?

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The value that occurs most frequently in a data set.

Question 9

A data set of home prices (in thousands): 275, 229, 850, 240, 305, 287, 310, 342. Which measure of center is more representative of the sample?

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Median, because it is resistant to the outlier 850.

Question 10

Given the data set {2, 4, 4, 6, 8, 8, 8, 10}, what is the mode?

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8

Question 11

A sample of wait times at a restaurant has a mean of 8 minutes and a standard deviation of 2.5 minutes. According to the Empirical Rule, what is the range of wait times that contains approximately 95% of the data?

Accepted Answer

$$8 \pm 2 	imes 2.5 = 3 to$$ $$13$$ minutes

Question 12

Which of the following is NOT a property of the standard deviation?

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It is resistant to outliers.

Question 13

A data set has a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 5. What is the z-score of a value 60?

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$$z = \frac{60 - 50}{5} = 2$$

Question 14

The 1st quartile (Q1) and 3rd quartile (Q3) of a data set are 25 and 45, respectively. What is the interquartile range (IQR)?

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$$IQR = Q3 - Q1 = 20$$

Question 15

A boxplot displays which of the following?

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The five-number summary: minimum, Q1, median, Q3, maximum

Question 16

If a data set is symmetric and has no outliers, which measure of center is generally preferred?

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Mean

Question 17

A student scores at the 90th percentile on a standardized test. What does this mean?

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The student scored higher than 90% of the test takers.

Question 18

Which of the following is a real-life example where the median is a better measure of center than the mean?

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Annual incomes in a city with a few billionaires.

Question 19

A data set has the following values: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12. What is the percentile rank of the value 8?

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66.7%

Descriptive Measures in Statistics: Mean, Median, Mode, and Standard Deviation

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