QUIZ#1 BUS MATH 41

1. The main purpose of descriptive statistics is to: *

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A. Summarize data in a useful and informative manner.

 
B. Make inferences about a population.
C. Determine if the data adequately represents the population.
D. Gather or collect data.

 
2. Which of the following is an example of a continuous variable? *

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A. Tons of concrete to complete a parking garage

 
B. Number of students in a statistics class
C. Zip codes of shoppers
D. Rankings of baseball teams in a league

 
3. The incomes of 50 loan applicants are obtained. Which level of measurement is income?  *

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A. Nominal
B. Ordinal
C. Interval
 
D. Ratio

Correct answer
D. Ratio

 
4. When TV advertisements report "2 out of 3 dentists surveyed indicated they would recommend Brand X toothpaste to their

patients," an informed consumer may question the conclusion because the: *

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A. Sample was only 5 dentists.

B. Sample of dentists is clearly explained.
C. Advertisement does not include the total number of dentists surveyed.
 
D. Conclusion is not illustrated with a graph.

 
5. A bank asks customers to evaluate the drive-thru service as good, average, or poor. Which level of measurement is this

classification? *

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A. Nominal
B. Ordinal
 
C. Interval
D. Ratio

 
6. A portion or part of a population is called a *

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A. Random survey
B. Sample
 
C. Tally
D. Frequency distribution

 
7. Respondents were asked, "Do you now earn more than or less than you did five years ago?" What is this level of measurement?  *

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A. Interval
B. Ratio
C. Nominal
D. Ordinal
 
 
8. Which word is NOT part of the definition of descriptive statistics? *

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A.Organizing
B. Analyzing
C. Presenting
D. Predicting
 
 
9. The performance of personal and business investments is measured as a percentage, "return on investment." What type of

variable is "return on investment"? *

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A. Qualitative
B. Continuous
 
C. Attribute
D. Discrete

 
10. What type of variable is "pounds of popcorn" served at a movie theater? *

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A. Interval
B. Ratio
C. Discrete
D. Continuous
 
 
11. Which one of the following is NOT an example of discrete data? *

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A. Number of households watching the Home Shopping Network

B. Number of employees reporting in sick
C. Number of miles between New York City and Chicago
 
D. Number of members of the Denver Lions Club

 
12. The Equal Employment Opportunity Act requires employers to classify their employees by gender and national origin. Which

level of measurement is this? *

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A. Nominal
 
B. Ordinal
C. Interval
D. Ratio

 
13. A marketing class of 50 students evaluated the instructor using the following scale: superior, good, average, poor, and inferior.

The descriptive summary showed the following survey results: 2% superior, 8% good, 45% average, 45% poor, and 0% inferior.  *

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A. The instructor's performance was great!

B. The instructor's performance was inferior.
C. Most students rated the instructor as poor or average.
 
D. No conclusions can be made.

 
14. Monthly commissions of first-year insurance brokers are $1,270, $1,310, $1,680, $1,380, $1,410, $1,570, $1,180 and $1,420.

These figures are referred to as a(n) __________. *

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A. Histogram
B. Raw data
 
C. Frequency distribution
D. Frequency polygon

 
15. When data is collected using a quantitative, ratio variable, what is true about a frequency distribution that summarizes the

data? *

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A. Upper and lower class limits must be calculated.

 
B. A pie chart can be used to summarize the data.
C. Number of classes is equal to the number of variable's values.
D. The "5 to the k rule" can be applied.

 
16. When data is collected using a qualitative, nominal variable, what is true about a frequency distribution that summarizes the

data? *

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A. The upper and lower class limits must be calculated.

B. A pie chart can be used to summarize the data.
 
C. The number of classes is equal to the number of variable's values plus 2.
D. The "5 to the k rule" can be applied.

 
`17. A student was interested in the cigarette smoking habits of college students and collected data from an unbiased random

sample of students. The data is summarized in the following table. What type of chart best represents the frequency table?  *

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A. Box plot
 
B. Bar Chart
C. Scatter plot
D. Frequency polygon

Correct answer
B. Bar Chart

 
18. For a relative frequency distribution, relative frequency is computed as _____________.  *

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A. The class width divided by class interval

B. The class midpoint divided by the class frequency
C. The class frequency divided by the class interval
D. The class frequency divided by the total frequency.
 
 
19. The relative frequency for a class represents the ________________. *

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A. Class width
B. Class midpoint
C. Class interval
D. Percent of observations in the class
 
 
20. A group of 100 students was surveyed about their interest in a new International Studies program. Interest was measured in

terms of high, medium, or low. In the study, 30 students responded high interest, 40 students responded medium interest, and 30

students responded low interest. What is the relative frequency of students with high interest?  *

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A. 0.30
 
B. 0.50
C. 0.40
D. 0.030

 
21. The monthly salaries of a sample of 100 employees were rounded to the nearest $10. They ranged from a low of $1,040 to a

high of $1,720. If we want to condense the data into seven classes, what is the most convenient class interval?  *

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A. $50
 
B. $100
C. $150
D. $200

Correct answer
B. $100

 
22. For the following distribution of heights, what are the limits for the class with the greatest frequency?  *

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A. 64 and up to 70
B. 65 and 69
C. 65 and up to 70
 
D. 69.5 and 74.5

 
23. What is the relative frequency for those salespersons that earn from $1,600 up to $1,800? Refer to the following distribution of

commissions: *

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A. 0.02
B. 0.024
C. 0.20
 
D. 0.24

 
24. What is the midpoint of the class with the greatest frequency? Refer to the following distribution of commissions:  *

A. 1,400
B. 1,500
 
C. 1,700
D. The midpoint cannot be determined.

 
25. What type of chart should be used to describe the frequency table? Refer to the following breakdown of responses to a survey of

room service in a hotel. *

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A. A pie chart
 
B. A bar chart
C. A histogram
D. A frequency polygon

Correct answer
B. A bar chart

 
26. Refer to the following breakdown of responses to a survey of "How confident are you that you saved enough to retire?" What

percent of the responses indicated that users were very confident? *

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A. 63%
B. 21%
 
C. 45%
D. 33%

 
27. In a frequency distribution, the number of observations in a class is called the class ________.  *

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A. Midpoint
B. Interval
C. Array
D. Frequency
 
 
28. A student was interested in the cigarette smoking habits of college students and collected data from an unbiased random

sample of students. The data is summarized in the following table. Why is the table NOT a frequency distribution?  *

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A. The number of males does not equal the sum of males that smoke and do not smoke.
 
B. The classes are not mutually exclusive.
C. There are too many classes.
D. Class limits cannot be computed.

Correct answer
B. The classes are not mutually exclusive.

 
29. What is the relative frequency of those salespersons that earn $1,600 or more? Refer to the following distribution of

commissions: *

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A. 25.5%
B. 27.5%
C. 29.5%
D. 30.8%
 
 
30. The members of each basketball team wear numbers on their jerseys. What scale of measurement are these numbers

considered? *

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A. Nominal
B. Ordinal
 
C. Interval
D. Ratio

Correct answer
A. Nominal