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Representing Data — Unit test Answers

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A supervisor finds the mean number of miles that the employees in a department live from work. He finds and . Which statement must be true?

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z37 is within 1 standard deviation of the mean.
B
z37 is between 1 and 2 standard deviations of the mean.
C
z37 is between 2 and 3 standard deviations of the mean.
D
z37 is more than 3 standard deviations of the mean.
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A scientist calculated the mean and standard deviation of a data set to be and . She then found that she was missing one data value from the set. She knows that the missing data value was exactly 3 standard deviations away from the mean. What was the missing data value?

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129
B
147
C
360
D
369
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A utility company hires pollsters to knock on random doors in different parts of town to survey residents about the cost of their electric bill. Would this study be biased? Why or why not?

A
No, it is not biased. All residents of the town will have the opportunity to respond.
B
Yes, it is biased. Some of the residents who are surveyed may not want to respond to someone who knocks at their door.
C
No, it is not biased. All residents who are surveyed will want to respond.
D
Yes, it is biased. Only certain parts of the town were surveyed.
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Vladimir rolls a six-sided number cube 36 times. If getting a 3 is a success, what is the probability of a success?

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One-sixth
Option A
B
One-third
Option B
C
Two-thirds
Option C
D
Five-sixths
Option D
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Opal is collecting data on water levels in different parts of town. She notices that her sample data has a low-value outlier. Which statement must be true?

A
Removing the outlier will not change the spread of the graph of the data set.
B
Removing the outlier will not change the variance of the data set.
C
Removing the outlier will increase the variance of the data set.
D
Removing the outlier will decrease the spread of the graph of the data set.
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The proportions of multiple samples of registered voters who vote are normally distributed, with a mean proportion of 0.38 and a standard deviation of 0.0485. What is the probability that a sample chosen at random has a proportion of registered voters who vote between 0.37 and 0.39? Use the portion of the standard normal table below to help answer the question.zProbability0.000.50000.040.51600.210.58320.370.64430.380.64810.390.65171.000.8413

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2%
B
17%
C
58%
D
65%
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Johnni guessed on all 8 questions of a multiple-choice quiz. Each question has 4 answer choices. What is the probability that she got exactly 3 questions correct? Round the answer to the nearest thousandth.

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0.004
B
0.208
C
0.422
D
0.792
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The life spans of a computer manufacturer’s hard drives are normally distributed, with a mean of 3 years 6 months and a standard deviation of 9 months. What is the probability of a randomly selected hard drive from the company lasting between 2 years 3 months and 3 years 3 months? Use the portion of the standard normal table below to help answer the question.zProbability0.000.50000.230.59100.330.62930.670.74861.000.84131.330.90821.670.95252.000.9772

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32%
B
37%
C
42%
D
95%
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A textbook company states that the average time a student needs to take a quiz from its book is 30 minutes with a standard deviation of 3 minutes. A teacher using the book is not sure that this is correct for her classes and wants to check. She collects data on 10 random students and finds that the average time to take the quiz was only 25 minutes. As a result, the teacher performs a two-tailed hypothesis test with a significance level of 5%. Which conclusion is valid based on the results of the test?

A
Her students, on average, do not take 30 minutes on the quiz, contrary to what the textbook company stated.
B
The teacher should pick up all unfinished quizzes at 25 minutes because her students are so much faster than average.
C
The teacher does not have enough information to make a conclusion about the average time on the test.
D
Her students, on average, do take the 30 minutes as the textbook company stated.
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A company has an opportunity to bid on three contracts. Determine which would be the best investment given the information in the table below.Probability of Profit and Loss by ContractContractProfit, Probability of ProfitProbability to Break EvenLoss, Probability of LossSoutheast$45,000, 50%30%$6,000, 20%Southwest$60,000, 35%40%$10,000, 25%California$112,000, 20%40%$40,000, 40%

A
Southeast
B
Southwest
C
California
D
All contracts include a probability for loss.
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Derek Jeter challenges Albert Pujols to a batting battle. Each will earn 1 point for a hit other than a home run and 4 points for a home run in each round. Which player should you back given the statistics in the table below? Note that home runs are included as hits in the table.Data for Two BattersBatterAt BatsHitsHome RunsJeter4881569Pujols44812526

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E(Jeter) = 0.38 and E(Pujols) = 0.45, so back Pujols.
B
E(Jeter) = 0.39 and E(Pujols) = 0.51, so back Pujols.
C
E(Jeter) = 0.34 and E(Pujols) = 0.34, so it doesn’t matter who you back.
D
E(Jeter) = 1.22 and E(Pujols) = 0.94, so back Jeter.
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Which set of population data is the least dispersed from its mean?

A
2, 3, 2, 9
B
4, 0, 4, 0
C
6, 2, 2, 2
D
9, 3, 5, 3

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