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Full Download Test Bank For Essential Statistics 3rd Edition Robert N Gould Colleen Ryan Rebecca Wong 2 PDF Full Chapter
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5) Suppose you wanted to know whether the student's commute distance was associated with the 5)
student's living situation. Using the data table if possible, which variables would you use?
A) Use Commute Distance (Miles) and Living Situation.
B) Data on student's living situation are not included in this study.
C) Use Commute Distance (Miles) and College Units Acquired.
D) Use College Units Acquired and Living Situation.
Answer: A
In a study of 1350 elementary school children, 118 out of the 615 girls in the study said they want to be a teacher
when
they grow up.
6) What percent of girls want to be a teacher when they grow up? 6)
A) 45.6% B) 80.8% C) 8.7% D) 19.2%
Answer: D
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SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.
Determine if the following scenario is an observational study or a controlled experiment and explain your reasoning.
9) A doctor is interested in determining whether a certain medication is effective at treating 9)
abdominal pain. He reviews his patients' medical records and finds that a higher
proportion of people who took the medication fewer abdominal pain symptoms than
those who did not take the medication.
Answer: This is an observational study because the doctor did not randomly assign
patients into groups. Instead, he simply looked at medical files.
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
11) The following data table is organized using which method? 11)
Gender Age
Male 35
Female 42
Female 33
Male 37
Female 39
A) This is stacked data because each row represents one person.
B) This is unstacked data because the ages are separated by groups (in this case, gender).
C) This is stacked data because the ages are separated by groups (in this case, gender).
D) This is unstacked data because each row represents one person.
Answer: A
SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.
12) According to the following two-way table, why are percentages more useful than 12)
counts to compare the amount of males and females who eat breakfast?
Answer: The group sizes are different. There are 55 males, but only 45 females.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
13) A bicycle manufacturer produces four different bicycle models. Information is summarized 13)
in the table below:
Identify the variables and determine whether each variable is numerical or categorical.
A) series number: numerical; weight: categorical; style: categorical
B) series number: categorical; weight: numerical; style: categorical
C) series number: categorical; weight: categorical; style: categorical
D) series number: numerical; weight: numerical; style: categorical
Answer: B
A data set on Shark Attacks Worldwide posted on StatCrunch records data on all shark attacks in recorded history
including attacks before 1800. Variables contained in the data include time of attack, date, location, activity the
victim was engaged in when attacked, type of injuries sustained by the victim, whether or not the injury was fatal,
and species of shark. Which of the following questions could not be answered using this data set?
(Source: www.sharkattackfile.net)
14) Using the data described , if possible, which variable would you use to determine if shark 14)
attacks happen more often to men than women?
A) Use Activity of the Victim
B) Use Species of Shark.
C) Use Type of Injury.
D) Data on gender of the victim are not included in the table.
Answer: D
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