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The mean ages with standard deviations of four swim teams at a swim club are given below.TeamMeanStandard DeviationStars164.1Dolphins181.5Giants140.3Mackerels152.3Which statement is most likely to be true?

A
The ages of the Mackerels are the most dispersed from the team’s mean.
B
The ages of the Stars are the most dispersed from the team’s mean.
C
The ages of the Dolphins are the most dispersed from the team’s mean.
D
The ages of the Giants are the most dispersed from the team’s mean.
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A missing data value from a set of data has a z-score of –2.1. Fred already calculated the mean and standard deviation to be and . What was the missing data value? Round the answer to the nearest whole number.

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A
39
B
41
C
45
D
47
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A scientist collected two sample sets of snowfall data. Which statistic should he use to compare the spread of the two sets of data?

A
median
B
mode
C
mean
D
standard deviation
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Yuri computes the mean and standard deviation for the sample data set 12, 14, 9, and 21. He finds the mean is 14. His steps for finding the standard deviation are below.What is the first error he made in computing the standard deviation?

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A
Yuri failed to find the difference between each data point and the mean.
B
Yuri divided by n instead of n -1.
C
Yuri did not subtract 9 - 14 correctly.
D
Yuri failed to square -2 correctly.
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A set of data has a mean of 0.5 and a standard deviation of 0.01. A data point of the set has a z-score of 2.5. What does a z-score of 2.5 mean?

A
The data point is 0.01 standard deviations away from 2.5.
B
The data point is 0.01 standard deviations away from 0.5
C
The data point is 2.5 standard deviations away from 0.01.
D
The data point is 2.5 standard deviations away from 0.5.
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Which formula is used to calculate the standard deviation of sample data?

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s = StartRoot StartFraction (x 1 minus x overbar) squared + (x 2 minus x overbar) squared + ellipsis + (x n minus x overbar) squared Over n minus 1 EndFraction EndRoot.
Option A
B
sigma squared = StartFraction (x 1 minus mu) squared + (x 2 minus mu) squared + ellipsis + (x N minus mu) squared Over N EndFraction
Option B
C
Sigma = StartRoot StartFraction (x 1 minus mu) squared + (x 2 minus mu) squared + ellipsis + (x N minus mu) squared Over N EndFraction EndRoot
Option C
D
x = StartFraction (x 1 minus x overbar) squared + (x 2 minus x overbar) squared + ellipsis + (x n minus x overbar) squared Over n minus 1 EndFraction
Option D
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A poll worker analyzing the ages of voters found that and . What is a possible voter age that would give her zx = 1.14? Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

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A
59
B
66
C
71
D
90
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The mean of a set of credit scores is and . Which credit score is within a z-score of 3.3?

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A
634
B
640
C
720
D
750
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A set of data has a mean of 12 and a standard deviation of 3. A data point of the set has a z-score of 1.3. What does a z-score of 1.3 mean?

A
The data point is 1.3 standard deviations away from 3
B
The data point is 1.3 standard deviations away from 12.
C
The data point is 3 standard deviations away from 1.3.
D
The data point is 3 standard deviations away from 12.
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Mrs. Rodrigues wants to compare the spread of the test scores of her two biology classes. Which statistic should she use?

A
mean
B
standard deviation
C
median
D
mode

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