TUTORIAL

CHAPTER 2B: DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS; TABULAR AND GRAPHICAL METHODS (MCQ)

1. You are given the following frequency of grades for a Business Statistics class:
Grade Frequency
A 10
B 15
C 15
D7
F3
50
What is the relative frequency of the D grade?
A. 0.07
B. 0.14
C. 7
D. 14

2. You are given the following frequency of grades for a Business Statistics class:
Grade Frequency
A 10
B 15
C 15
D7
F3
50
What is the relative frequency of the B grade?
A. 0.15
B. 0.30
C. 30
D. 108

3. You are given the following frequency of grades for a Business Statistics class:
Grade Frequency
A 10
B 15
 C 15
D7
F3
50
When constructing a pie chart, how many degrees would be in the section of the pie
showing the
F grade?
A. 0.06
B. 6
C. 21.6
D. None of the above

4. A bar graph is appropriate when summarizing:

A. quantitative data
B. qualitative data

5. A histogram is appropriate when summarizing:

A. quantitative data
B. qualitative data

6. Define ogive:
A. A percent frequency distribution
B. A graph of a cumulative distribution
C. A tabular summary of data for two variables
D. The beginning of the song "Home on the Range."

7. Read left to right, an ogive can never decrease:

A. True
B. False

8. A sample of ten price/earnings ratios for companies in the Services sector follows.
37 11 14 17 12 21 24 17 28 30
If a stem-and leaf display were constructed for this sample, how many leaves would
there be for the "3" stem?
 A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3

9. The last entry in a cumulative relative frequency distribution is always one:

A. True
B. False

10. To summarize two variables simultaneously, one could use which of the following?
A. Crosstabulation
B. An ogive
C. A scatter diagram
D. Either A or C

11. When using crosstabulation, both variables must be quantitative:

A. True
B. False

12. When using a scatter diagram, both variables must be quantitative:

A. True
B. False

13. If a scatter diagram shows a negative relation then, in general, as?

A. x increases, y increases
B. y increases, x increases
C. x increases, y decreases
D. None of the above

14. If you were to summarize the birth month (January, February, March, ...) of the
students in your dorm, which method would be appropriate?
A. An ogive
B. A stem-and-leaf display
C. A bar graph
D. None of the above
15. You would like to compare students' grades (A, B, C, D, F) in an Economics class to
their grades in a Statistics class. Which method would be appropriate:
A. Crosstabulation
B. A bar graph
C. A dot plot
D. None of the above