EXCEL 8TH EDITION LEVINE SOLUTIONS
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MANUAL ss
CHAPTER2:ORGANIZINGANDVISUALIZING s s
VARIABLES
SCENARIO 2-1 ss
An insurance company evaluates many numerical variables about a person before deciding on
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an appropriate rate for automobile insurance. A representative from a local insurance agency
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selected a random sample of insured drivers and recorded, X, the number of claims each made
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in the last 3 years, with the following results.
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X f
1 14
2 18
3 12
4 5
5 1
1. Referring to Scenario 2-1, how many drivers are represented in the sample?
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a) 5
b) 15
c) 18
d) 50
ANSWER:
d
TYPE: MC DIFFICULTY: Easy
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KEYWORDS: frequency distribution ss ss
2. Referringto Scenario 2-1, how many total claims are represented in the sample?
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a) 15
b) 50
, c) 111
d) 250
ANSWER:
c
TYPE: MC DIFFICULTY: Moderate
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KEYWORDS: interpretation, frequency distribution
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3. A type of vertical bar chart in which the categories are plotted in the descending rank
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order of the magnitude of their frequencies is called a
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, a) contingency table. ss
b) Pareto chart.
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c) stem-and-leaf display. ss
d) pie chart.
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ANSWER:
b
TYPE: MC DIFFICULTY: Easy
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KEYWORDS: Pareto chart
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, SCENARIO 2-2 ss
At a meeting of information systems officers for regional offices of a national company, a survey
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was taken to determine the number of employees the officers supervise in the operation of their
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departments, where X is the number of employees overseen by each information
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systems officer.
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X f_
1 7
2 5
3 11
4 8
5 9
4. Referringto Scenario 2-2, how many regional offices are represented in the survey results?
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a) 5
b) 11
c) 15
d) 40
ANSWER:
d
TYPE: MC DIFFICULTY: Easy
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5. Referring to Scenario 2-2, across all of the regional offices, how many total
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employees were supervised by those surveyed?
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a) 15
b) 40
c) 127
d) 200
ANSWER:
c
TYPE: MC DIFFICULTY: Moderate
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KEYWORDS: interpretation, frequency distribution ss ss ss
6. The width of each bar in a histogram corresponds to the
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a) differences between the boundaries of the class. ss ss ss ss ss ss
b) number of observations in each class. ss ss ss ss ss
c) midpoint of each class. ss ss ss
d) percentage of observations in each class. nn ss ss ss ss
ANSWER:
a
TYPE: MC DIFFICULTY: Easy
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KEYWORDS: histogram ss