Practice Exam #1

1.) A recent poll was conducted online by CNN, with the results shown below. Use this
information to answer the following 4 questions.

Question: Should religious institutions be given U.S. taxpayer dollars to help fund their
charitable works?

Yes, these organizations are part of the solution to social problems and should be eligible
to get public money: 19157 votes

No, this would violate the separation of church and state in the United States: 28393
votes.

Question: What percentage of voters is in favor and is against supporting religious

institutions with taxpayer money? [Show your work]

19157 / (19157 + 28393) =40% in favor

28393 / (19157 + 28393) = 60% opposed

2) Use the summary below to comment on the shape of the distribution of this variable.

Min 1st . Qu. 3rd Qu. Median Mean Max.

0.0180 0.1405 0.220 0.3271 .0.3298 1.2670

Slightly right skewed

About 75% of the observations fall between .220 and .1405
The minimum value is .0180, the max is 1.2670

3.) Some people worry about how many calories they consume. Consumer Reports
magazine, in a story on hot dogs, measured the calories in 20 brands of beef hot dogs, 17
brand of meat hot dogs, and 17 brands of poultry hot dogs. Here are the computer
outputs:

Hot dogs Min Q1 M Q3 Max

Beef 111 140 152.5 178.5 190
Meat 107 139 153 179 195
Poultry 87 102 129 143 170

Make side-by-side boxplots of the calorie counts for the three types of hot dogs.
Note: any observation greater than Q3 + 1.5(IQR) would be noted as an extreme value
And any observation greater than Q1 - 1.5(IQR) would be noted as an extreme value

4.) Suppose you had the following two datasets:

Data Set I: 12 25 38 8 42
Data Set II: 19 32 45 15 49

a.) Calculate the mean and the standard deviation for each of these two data sets.

Variable | Obs Mean Std. Dev. Min Max

-------------+-----------------------------------------------------
var1 | 5 25 13.54 8 42
var2 | 5 32 13.54 15 49

using N as the denominator as opposed to N-1

b.) Comment on the relationship between the two means and the two standard
deviations.

Even though the means are different, the variability around the mean is the same in the
two datasets.
5.) The distribution of heights of young women aged 18 to 24 is approximately normal
with mean = 64.5 inches and standard deviation = 2.5 inches. What proportion of all
young women are taller than 67 inches?

Z=1
Ans. .1587

6.) Find proportion of observations from a standard normal distribution that falls in each
of the following regions

a. Z < 2.5: .9938

b. Z > 2.5: 1 - .9938
c. Z < -1.6: .5000-.4452=.0548
d. -1.6 < Z < 2.5: .9938-.4452 = .5486

7.) In an experiment to determine if antibiotics increase the final dressed weight of cattle,
the following were measured on each animal in the study.

sex, initial weight, weight gain, grade of meat.

where grade is recorded as (A, B, or C). The scale of measurement of these

variable are:

a. Nominal, ratio, interval, nominal

b. Nominal, ratio, ratio, nominal
c. Nominal, ratio, ratio, ordinal
d. Ordinal, ratio, ratio, ordinal
e. Ordinal, ratio, ratio, nominal

8.) In an aquaculture study, the following variables were measured on each fish:

sex, initial weight(g), body temperature (C), weight gain(g).

The scale of these four variables (in order) are:

a. Nominal, ratio, ratio, ratio

b. Nominal, ratio, interval, interval
c. Ordinal, ratio, interval, ratio
d. Nominal, ratio, interval, ratio
 e. Ordinal, interval, ratio, interval

9.) A study was conducted to investigate the effect of a coal-fire generating plant upon the
water quality of a river. As part of an environmental impact study, fish were captured,
tagged, and released. The following information was recorded for each fish:

sex(0=female, 1=male), length(cm), maturation (0=young, 1=adult),

weight(g).

The scale of these variables is:

a. nominal, ratio, nominal, ratio

b. nominal, interval, ordinal, ratio
c. nominal, ratio, ordinal, ratio
d. ordinal, ratio, nominal, ratio
e. ordinal, interval, ordinal, ratio

10.) Which of the following are discrete and which are continuous?

1. Number of days each week that an individual goes to church (ratio) D

2. Percentage of state population that is Hispanic (ratio) C

3. Party of Governor (Republican, Democrat, Independent) (nominal) D

4. Temperature (interval) C

5. Size of drink (small, medium, large, biggie) (ordinal) D

6. Weight of contestant (ratio) C

11.) Fill in the following table.

Language test score

Cumulative
Frequency Percent Percent
Valid 0-5 2 13.3 13.3
6-10 6 40.0 53.3
11-15 4 26.7 80.0
16-20 3 20.0 100.0
Total 15 100.0
 Frequency Midpoint F*M
Age Groupings 20-25 3 23 69
26-30 5 28 140
36-40 1 38 38
41-45 1 43 43
56-60 2 58 116
61-65 1 63 63
66-70 2 68 136
Total 15 605
X_bar = 40.33333