Deck 38: (AP) Statistics: Statistics

Question 1

What is the mean for the following test scores? 92%, 87%, 75%, 88%, 96%, 95%, 94%, 82%, 88%

A)85.56%
B)88%
C)84.92%
D)86%

Answer 1

85.56%

Question 2

What is the mode for the following set of numbers? 1, 7, 8, 7, 9, 1, 2, 4, 5, 1, 3, 6, 6, 0, 9, 3, 0, 1, 4, 6

A) 1
B) 4.15
C) 4
D) 2.5

Answer 2

1

Question 3

What is the median for the following set of numbers? $3.27, $9.42, $6.15, $5.25, $7.62, $4.86, $2.94, $1.16

A)$6.15
B)$4.07
C)$5.45
D)$5.70

Answer 3

$5.70

Question 4

What is the mode for the numbers 34, 62, 58, 49, 37, 85, 22, 44, 37 and 52?

A) 48
B) 46.5
C) 61
D) 37

Question 5

What is the median for the following set of numbers? 15, 62, 47, 33, 89, 4, 76, 40, 54

A) 28
B) 46.7
C) 47
D) 39.2

Question 6

If Martin invests $20,000 for 20 years and his investment earns 20% interest compounding quarterly, what will it be worth at the end of his investment period?

A)$991,228.82
B)$120,000.00
C)$244,529.20
D)$424,872.36

Question 7

To find the percentage (p) of any number (n), which formula can be used?

A)(p x 100) ÷ n
B)(p x n) ÷ 100
C)100 - (p x n)
D)(n x 100) ÷ p

Question 8

In a game, one card is drawn from a complete deck of playing cards without jokers. If the card is a club or a queen, the gambler wins double his bet. Otherwise, the dealer keeps the money. How much better are the dealer's odds in this game?

A)50% better
B)38% better
C)32% better
D)44% better

Question 9

What is the mode for the following set of numbers? 27, 29, 26, 25, 24, 22, 26, 21, 23, 28

A)25.5
B)26
C)25.1
D)22

Question 10

Using data to predict what might occur in the future, beyond what the data set has explicitly demonstrated, is called:

A)Variable anticipation
B)The futures market
C)Predicate analysis
D)Extrapolation

Question 11

A company just distributed candy bars wrapped with golden tickets hidden within ordinary shipments of their product. The company spokesperson announces that there is a "one in one thousand chance" of someone finding a golden ticket when they open a candy bar, and that 500,000 candy bars have been distributed in the golden ticket promotion. If a person buys three of the candy bars, what is their chance of finding a golden ticket?

A) 0.30%
B) 3%
C) 0.00%
D) 0.03%

Question 12

Data that is weighted toward one end of the numerical range in which it occurs is:

A)Diverse
B)Peaked
C)Overweight
D)Skewed

Question 13

In a jar of candy there are 127 red candies, 92 orange ones, 108 yellow ones, 77 green ones, and 13 blue candies. If a person reaches into the jar without looking and grabs one piece of candy, what is the probability of that piece being red?

A)25%
B)35%
C)20%
D)30%

Question 14

What part of a poll or survey is considered the 'sample'?

A)The sum total of responses collected through the poll or survey
B)The group of people participating in the survey or poll who represent a larger population
C)The larger population the poll or survey is attempting to understand
D)The questions the participants are asked

Question 15

What is the mean for the following distances? 206 miles, 410 miles, 97 miles, 125 miles, 999 miles, 234 miles

A)220 miles
B)407.88 miles
C)345.17 miles
D)206 miles

Question 16

People who score in the 95th percentile on an exam:

A)Earned a score of 95 on the test
B)Scored as well or better than 95% of the people who took the same exam
C)Scored in the top 95% of test takers
D)Answered 95% of the questions correctly

Question 17

The test scores for eight students are 97, 94, 98, 97, 89, 92, 68 and 96. What would the seventh score be considered?

A)Outlier
B)Mean
C)Mode
D)Standard deviation

Question 18

What is the outlier in the following set: 11, 22, 33, 44, 55, 112, 23, 34 and 45?

A)55
B)11
C)112
D)There is no outlier.

Question 19

All data can be divided into four equal sections that are called:

A)Quartiles
B)Quagmires
C)Quadrants
D)Quarternaries

Question 20

A variable that affects the data collected but is not accounted for or demonstrated in the statistical measure of the data is a:

A)Stealth variable
B)Lurking variable
C)Independent variable
D)Dependent variable

Question 21

Professor Bullock gave his class a statistics exam. After the test, he told his class that most of the students earned 100%. What measure of central tendency is Professor Bullock using?

A)Range
B)Mean
C)Median
D)Mode

Question 22

Professor Clark gave her class a statistics exam. After the test, she told her class that the average score was 79%. What measure of central tendency is Professor Clark using?

A)Range
B)Mean
C)Median
D)Mode