Test Bank For Fundamentals of Statistics 6th Edition
Chapter 01
Chapter 1 Test
SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.
Provide an appropriate response.
1) What is statistics?
Objective: (1.1) Define statistics and statistical thinking.
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
2) Which of the following is not true of statistics?
A) Statistics involves collecting and summarizing data.
B) Statistics is used to answer questions with 100% certainty.
C) Statistics is used to draw conclusions using data.
D) Statistics can be used to organize and analyze information.
Objective: (1.1) Define statistics and statistical thinking.
Determine whether the underlined value is a parameter or a statistic.
3) In a survey conducted in the town of Atherton, 22% of adult respondents reported that they had been involved in
at least one car accident in the past ten years.
A) statistic B) parameter
Objective: (1.1) Explain the process of statistics.
4) 23.2% of the mayors of cities in a certain state are from minority groups.
A) statistic B) parameter
Objective: (1.1) Explain the process of statistics.
5) A study of 2,300 college students in the city of Pemblington found that 11% had been victims of violent crimes.
A) statistic B) parameter
Objective: (1.1) Explain the process of statistics.
6) 51.6% of the residents of Idlington Garden City are female.
A) parameter B) statistic
Objective: (1.1) Explain the process of statistics.
7) Telephone interviews of 385 employees of a large electronics company found that 55% were dissatisfied with their
working conditions.
A) parameter B) statistic
Objective: (1.1) Explain the process of statistics.
8) The average age of the 65 students in Ms. Hope's political science class is 21 years 11 months.
A) parameter B) statistic
Objective: (1.1) Explain the process of statistics.
9) Mark retired from competitive athletics last year. In his career as a sprinter he had competed in the 100-meters
event a total of 328 times. His average time for these 328 races was 10.25 seconds.
A) statistic B) parameter
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,Test Bank For Fundamentals of Statistics 6th Edition
Chapter 01
Objective: (1.1) Explain the process of statistics.
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,Test Bank For Fundamentals of Statistics 6th Edition
Chapter 01
SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.
Provide an appropriate response.
10) A survey of 1,538 American households found that 30% of the households own a DVD recorder. Identify the
population, the sample, and the individuals in the study.
Objective: (1.1) Explain the process of statistics.
11) A survey of 1,365 American households found that 68% of the households own at least two bicycles. Identify the
population, the sample, and the individuals in the study.
Objective: (1.1) Explain the process of statistics.
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
12) Parking at a large university has become a very big problem. University administrators are interested in
determining the average parking time (e.g. the time it takes a student to find a parking spot) of its students. An
administrator inconspicuously followed 100 students and carefully recorded their parking times. Identify the
population of interest to the university administration.
A) the entire set of faculty, staff, and students that park at the university
B) the students that park at the university between 9 and 10 AM on Wednesdays
C) the parking times of the entire set of students that park at the university
D) the parking times of the 100 students from whom the data were collected
Objective: (1.1) Explain the process of statistics.
13) A manufacturer of cellular phones has decided that an assembly line is operating satisfactorily if less than 0.05% of
the phones produced per day are defective. To check the quality of a day's production, the company decides to
randomly sample 60 phones from a day's production to test for defects. Define the population of interest to the
manufacturer.
A) all the phones produced during the day in question
B) the 0.05% of the phones that are defective
C) the 60 responses: defective or not defective
D) the 60 phones sampled and tested
Objective: (1.1) Explain the process of statistics.
14) A recent study attempted to estimate the proportion of Florida residents who were willing to spend more tax
dollars on protecting the Florida beaches from environmental disasters. Thirty-eight hundred Florida residents
were surveyed. Which of the following is the population used in the study?
A) all Florida residents
B) the Florida residents who were willing to spend more tax dollars on protecting the beaches from
environmental disasters
C) all Florida residents who lived along the beaches
D) the 3,800 Florida residents surveyed
Objective: (1.1) Explain the process of statistics.
15) Parking at a large university has become a very big problem. University administrators are interested in
determining the average parking time (e.g. the time it takes a student to find a parking spot) of its students. An
administrator inconspicuously followed 220 students and carefully recorded their parking times. Identify the
sample of interest to the university administration.
A) parking time of a student B) parking times of the 220 students
C) location of the parking spot D) type of car (import or domestic)
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Chapter 01
Objective: (1.1) Explain the process of statistics.
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Chapter 01
Chapter 1 Test
SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.
Provide an appropriate response.
1) What is statistics?
Objective: (1.1) Define statistics and statistical thinking.
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
2) Which of the following is not true of statistics?
A) Statistics involves collecting and summarizing data.
B) Statistics is used to answer questions with 100% certainty.
C) Statistics is used to draw conclusions using data.
D) Statistics can be used to organize and analyze information.
Objective: (1.1) Define statistics and statistical thinking.
Determine whether the underlined value is a parameter or a statistic.
3) In a survey conducted in the town of Atherton, 22% of adult respondents reported that they had been involved in
at least one car accident in the past ten years.
A) statistic B) parameter
Objective: (1.1) Explain the process of statistics.
4) 23.2% of the mayors of cities in a certain state are from minority groups.
A) statistic B) parameter
Objective: (1.1) Explain the process of statistics.
5) A study of 2,300 college students in the city of Pemblington found that 11% had been victims of violent crimes.
A) statistic B) parameter
Objective: (1.1) Explain the process of statistics.
6) 51.6% of the residents of Idlington Garden City are female.
A) parameter B) statistic
Objective: (1.1) Explain the process of statistics.
7) Telephone interviews of 385 employees of a large electronics company found that 55% were dissatisfied with their
working conditions.
A) parameter B) statistic
Objective: (1.1) Explain the process of statistics.
8) The average age of the 65 students in Ms. Hope's political science class is 21 years 11 months.
A) parameter B) statistic
Objective: (1.1) Explain the process of statistics.
9) Mark retired from competitive athletics last year. In his career as a sprinter he had competed in the 100-meters
event a total of 328 times. His average time for these 328 races was 10.25 seconds.
A) statistic B) parameter
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,Test Bank For Fundamentals of Statistics 6th Edition
Chapter 01
Objective: (1.1) Explain the process of statistics.
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,Test Bank For Fundamentals of Statistics 6th Edition
Chapter 01
SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.
Provide an appropriate response.
10) A survey of 1,538 American households found that 30% of the households own a DVD recorder. Identify the
population, the sample, and the individuals in the study.
Objective: (1.1) Explain the process of statistics.
11) A survey of 1,365 American households found that 68% of the households own at least two bicycles. Identify the
population, the sample, and the individuals in the study.
Objective: (1.1) Explain the process of statistics.
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
12) Parking at a large university has become a very big problem. University administrators are interested in
determining the average parking time (e.g. the time it takes a student to find a parking spot) of its students. An
administrator inconspicuously followed 100 students and carefully recorded their parking times. Identify the
population of interest to the university administration.
A) the entire set of faculty, staff, and students that park at the university
B) the students that park at the university between 9 and 10 AM on Wednesdays
C) the parking times of the entire set of students that park at the university
D) the parking times of the 100 students from whom the data were collected
Objective: (1.1) Explain the process of statistics.
13) A manufacturer of cellular phones has decided that an assembly line is operating satisfactorily if less than 0.05% of
the phones produced per day are defective. To check the quality of a day's production, the company decides to
randomly sample 60 phones from a day's production to test for defects. Define the population of interest to the
manufacturer.
A) all the phones produced during the day in question
B) the 0.05% of the phones that are defective
C) the 60 responses: defective or not defective
D) the 60 phones sampled and tested
Objective: (1.1) Explain the process of statistics.
14) A recent study attempted to estimate the proportion of Florida residents who were willing to spend more tax
dollars on protecting the Florida beaches from environmental disasters. Thirty-eight hundred Florida residents
were surveyed. Which of the following is the population used in the study?
A) all Florida residents
B) the Florida residents who were willing to spend more tax dollars on protecting the beaches from
environmental disasters
C) all Florida residents who lived along the beaches
D) the 3,800 Florida residents surveyed
Objective: (1.1) Explain the process of statistics.
15) Parking at a large university has become a very big problem. University administrators are interested in
determining the average parking time (e.g. the time it takes a student to find a parking spot) of its students. An
administrator inconspicuously followed 220 students and carefully recorded their parking times. Identify the
sample of interest to the university administration.
A) parking time of a student B) parking times of the 220 students
C) location of the parking spot D) type of car (import or domestic)
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Chapter 01
Objective: (1.1) Explain the process of statistics.
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