Find z such that 62% of the area under the standard normal curve lies between –z

and z
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0.019
0.38
0.86
0.87
0.88

Select the most appropriate from the choices below. This tool for visually
organizing data is useful for qualitative or quantitative data by displaying frequency
or relative frequency of occurrence or by displaying the measurement itself.
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Stem-and-leaf Display
Bar Graph
Control Chart
Ogive
Time Plot

If you are creating a histogram based on some data in a frequency table, what
information from the frequency table would you use to plot the point representing
each class of data?
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the lower class limit and the class frequency

the lower class boundary and the class frequency
the class midpoint and class width
the class frequency and the upper class boundary
the class frequency and the class midpoint

Use a standard normal distribution to find the area under the curve to the left of z =
1.57.
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0.0582
0.9292
0.9418
0.9525
0.0708

In data14.xls where we get BMI, (1) determine the frequency distribution of the BMI
obesity index using the frequency table. (2) What is the percentage of female
obese in the total respondents.
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1. BMI =24.41 2.66.67%

Complete the definition. A __________ is a numerical descriptive measure of a
sample.
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parameter
population
statistics
statistical inference
probability sampling distribution

Circle the word that does not complete the following statement: Descriptive
statistics involves methods of,______, ______ and ______ information from______ or
populations.
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summarizing
organizing
calculating
picturing
sample

The weights of envelopes sent from an insurance office are normally distributed
with mean µ = 12 ounces and standard deviation of σ = 3.7 ounces. The mail room
clerk would like to know the average weight of 20 envelopes. What is the
probability that the mean weight is heavier than 13 ounces?
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. 0.6064
0.3936
0.886
0.1131
0.2743

What technique for gathering data was used in the following study? 100 customers
at a grocery store sampled a new food product and gave their opinion about the
quality of the product. The grocery store has about 2000 customers per day.
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sampling
experiment
simulation
stratification
census

A control chart contains the data points: μ = 14.3 and σ = 3.1. Which “out-of-
control” indicator is evident from this data?
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At least four points beyond the σ line
At least two of three consecutive points lie beyond the 2σ level on the same side of the center
line
One point falls beyond the 3σ level
One point falls beyond the 2σ level
A run of nine consecutive points on one side of the center line