The ________ is found by first determining the index point, i = 0.5(n),where n is the number of data points.
A) mean
B) average
C) median
D) mode
Q. 2After Bill attends the first statistics class of the semester and reads the syllabus, he decides that the most likely grade he will receive for the course is a B. This is an example of using ________ probability.
A) classical
B) simple
C) empirical
D) subjective
Q. 3When you want to compare the shape of two or more distributions on one graph, a ________ is your best choice
A) frequency distribution
B) histogram
C) percentage polygon
D) relative frequency distribution
Q. 4The mathematical expression that describes the shape of the uniform distribution is known as the continuous uniform probability density function.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Q. 5The table below shows the numbers of two- to five-bedroom houses in the Belmont neighborhood.
Number of Bedrooms Frequency
2 7
3 35
4 56
5 27
What is the mean number of bedrooms in a house in this neighborhood?
A) 2.43
B) 2.80
C) 3.82
D) 4.06
Q. 6Bins in Excel represent the ______________.
A) lower boundary of each class in a frequency distribution
B) upper boundary of each class in a frequency distribution
C) width of each class in a frequency distribution
D) number of classes in a frequency distribution
Q. 7With the continuous uniform probability distribution, the probability of any interval in the distribution is equal to any other interval with the same width.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false