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Chapter 02 - Descriptive Statistics: Tabular and Graphical Displays
1. The minimum number of variables represented in a bar chart is _____.
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: Summarizing Data for a Categorical Variable
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MBST.ASWC.18.02.01 - 2.1
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Analysis
2. The minimum number of variables represented in a histogram is _____.
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: Summarizing Data for a Quantitative Variable
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MBST.ASWC.18.02.02 - 2.2
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Analysis
3. Which of the following graphical methods is most appropriate for categorical data?
a. ogive
b. pie chart
c. histogram
d. scatter diagram
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: Summarizing Data for a Categorical Variable
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MBST.ASWC.18.02.01 - 2.1
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Analysis
4. In a stem-and-leaf display, _____.
a. a single digit is used to define each stem, and a single digit is used to define each leaf
b. a single digit is used to define each stem, and one or more digits are used to define each leaf
c. one or more digits are used to define each stem, and a single digit is used to define each leaf
d. one or more digits are used to define each stem, and one or more digits are used to define each leaf
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ANSWER: c NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
POINTS: 1 KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: Summarizing Data for a Quantitative Variable 8. A researcher is gathering data from four geographical areas designated: South = 1; North = 2; East = 3; West = 4. The
designated geographical regions represent _____.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MBST.ASWC.18.02.02 - 2.2
a. categorical data
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
b. quantitative data
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
c. directional data
5. A graphical method that can be used to show both the rank order and shape of a data set simultaneously is a _____. d. either quantitative or categorical data
a. relative frequency distribution ANSWER: a
b. pie chart POINTS: 1
c. stem-and-leaf display DIFFICULTY: Easy
d. pivot table REFERENCES: Summarizing Data for a Categorical Variable
ANSWER: c LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MBST.ASWC.18.02.01 - 2.1
POINTS: 1 NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
DIFFICULTY: Easy KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Comprehension
REFERENCES: Summarizing Data for a Quantitative Variable
9. A researcher asked 20 people for their zip code. The respondents zip codes are an example of _____.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MBST.ASWC.18.02.02 - 2.2
a. categorical data
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
b. quantitative data
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Analysis
c. label data
6. The proper way to construct a stem-and-leaf display for the data set {62, 67, 68, 73, 73, 79, 91, 94, 95, 97} is to _____. d. category data
a. exclude a stem labeled ‘8’ ANSWER: a
b. include a stem labeled ‘8’ and enter no leaves on the stem POINTS: 1
c. include a stem labeled ‘(8)’ and enter no leaves on the stem DIFFICULTY: Easy
d. include a stem labeled ‘8’ and enter one leaf value of ‘0’ on the stem REFERENCES: Summarizing Data for a Categorical Variable
ANSWER: b LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MBST.ASWC.18.02.01 - 2.1
POINTS: 1 NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
DIFFICULTY: Easy KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Comprehension
REFERENCES: Summarizing Data for a Quantitative Variable
10. The age of employees at a company is an example of _____.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MBST.ASWC.18.02.02 - 2.2
a. categorical data
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
b. quantitative data
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
c. label data
7. Data that provide labels or names for groupings of like items are known as _____. d. time series data
a. categorical data ANSWER: b
b. quantitative data POINTS: 1
c. label data DIFFICULTY: Easy
d. generic data REFERENCES: Summarizing Data for a Quantitative Variable
ANSWER: a LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MBST.ASWC.18.02.02 - 2.2
POINTS: 1 NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
DIFFICULTY: Easy KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Comprehension
REFERENCES: Summarizing Data for a Categorical Variable
11. A frequency distribution is a _____.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MBST.ASWC.18.02.01 - 2.1
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Chapter 02 - Descriptive Statistics: Tabular and Graphical Displays Chapter 02 - Descriptive Statistics: Tabular and Graphical Displays
a. tabular summary of a set of data showing the fraction of items in each of several nonoverlapping classes ANSWER: a
b. graphical form of representing data POINTS: 1
c. tabular summary of a set of data showing the number of items in each of several nonoverlapping classes DIFFICULTY: Easy
d. graphical device for presenting categorical data REFERENCES: Summarizing Data for a Quantitative Variable
ANSWER: c LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MBST.ASWC.18.02.02 - 2.2
POINTS: 1 NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
DIFFICULTY: Easy KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Analysis
REFERENCES: Summarizing Data for a Quantitative Variable
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MBST.ASWC.18.02.02 - 2.2 15. Excel's __________ can be used to construct a frequency distribution for categorical data.
a. DISTRIBUTION function
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
b. SUM function
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
c. FREQUENCY function
12. The sum of frequencies for all classes will always equal _____. d. COUNTIF function
a. 1 ANSWER: d
b. the number of elements in a data set POINTS: 1
c. the number of classes DIFFICULTY: Easy
d. a value between 0 and 1 REFERENCES: Summarizing Data for a Categorical Variable
ANSWER: b LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MBST.ASWC.18.02.01 - 2.1
POINTS: 1 NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
DIFFICULTY: Easy KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
REFERENCES: Summarizing Data for a Quantitative Variable
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MBST.ASWC.18.02.02 - 2.2 16. There are 20 boys and 8 girls in a class. What type of graph can be used to display this information?
a. bar graph
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
b. stem-and-leaf plot
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Comprehension
c. histogram
13. In constructing a frequency distribution, as the number of classes is decreased, the class width _____. d. scatter diagram
a. decreases ANSWER: a
b. remains unchanged POINTS: 1
c. increases DIFFICULTY: Easy
d. can increase or decrease depending on the data values REFERENCES: Data Visualization: Best Practices in Creating Effective Graphical Displays
ANSWER: c LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MBST.ASWC.18.02.05 - 2.5
POINTS: 1 NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
DIFFICULTY: Easy KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Comprehension
REFERENCES: Summarizing Data for a Quantitative Variable
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MBST.ASWC.18.02.02 - 2.2 17. The relative frequency of a class is computed by _____.
a. dividing the midpoint of the class by the sample size
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
b. dividing the frequency of the class by the midpoint
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Analysis
c. dividing the sample size by the frequency of the class
14. If several frequency distributions are constructed from the same data set, the distribution with the widest class width d. dividing the frequency of the class by the sample size
will have the _____. ANSWER: d
a. fewest classes POINTS: 1
b. most classes DIFFICULTY: Easy
c. same number of classes as the other distributions since all are constructed from the same data REFERENCES: Summarizing Data for a Quantitative Variable
d. None of the answers is correct. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MBST.ASWC.18.02.02 - 2.2
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Chapter 02 - Descriptive Statistics: Tabular and Graphical Displays Chapter 02 - Descriptive Statistics: Tabular and Graphical Displays
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking a. the relationship between two quantitative variables
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge b. the percent a particular category is of the whole
c. the distribution of one quantitative variable
18. The sum of the relative frequencies for all classes will always equal _____. d. Simpson’s paradox
a. the sample size
ANSWER: c
b. the number of classes
POINTS: 1
c. 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
d. 100
REFERENCES: Summarizing Data for a Quantitative Variable
ANSWER: c
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MBST.ASWC.18.02.02 - 2.2
POINTS: 1
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
DIFFICULTY: Easy
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
REFERENCES: Summarizing Data for a Categorical Variable
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MBST.ASWC.18.02.01 - 2.1 22. In a cumulative frequency distribution, the last class will always have a cumulative frequency equal to _____.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking a. 1
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge b. 100%
c. the total number of elements in the data set
19. The height and weight are recorded by the school nurse for every student in a school. What type of graph would best d. None of the answers is correct.
display the relationship between height and weight?
ANSWER: c
a. bar graph
POINTS: 1
b. stem-and-leaf plot
DIFFICULTY: Easy
c. histogram
REFERENCES: Summarizing Data for a Quantitative Variable
d. scatter diagram
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MBST.ASWC.18.02.02 - 2.2
ANSWER: d
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
POINTS: 1
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Comprehension
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: Summarizing Data for Two Variables Using Graphical Displays 23. What is the difference between a bar graph and a histogram?
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MBST.ASWC.18.02.04 - 2.4 a. There is no difference between a bar graph and a histogram.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking b. A histogram displays quantitative data, while a bar graph displays categorical data.
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Comprehension c. A histogram must have space between the bars, while a bar graph has no spaces between the bars.
d. None of the answers is correct.
20. The percent frequency of a class is computed by _____.
ANSWER: b
a. multiplying the relative frequency by 10
POINTS: 1
b. dividing the relative frequency by 100
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
c. multiplying the relative frequency by 100
REFERENCES: Summarizing Data for a Quantitative Variable
d. adding 100 to the relative frequency
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MBST.ASWC.18.02.02 - 2.2
ANSWER: c
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
POINTS: 1
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Comprehension
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: Summarizing Data for a Categorical Variable 24. College students were surveyed to determine how much they planned to spend in various categories during the
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MBST.ASWC.18.02.01 - 2.1 upcoming academic year. One category is the amount spent on school supplies. The graphs below show the amount of
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking money spent on school supplies by women and men.
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
21. A dot plot can be used to display _____.
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Chapter 02 - Descriptive Statistics: Tabular and Graphical Displays
1. The minimum number of variables represented in a bar chart is _____.
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: Summarizing Data for a Categorical Variable
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MBST.ASWC.18.02.01 - 2.1
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Analysis
2. The minimum number of variables represented in a histogram is _____.
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: Summarizing Data for a Quantitative Variable
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MBST.ASWC.18.02.02 - 2.2
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Analysis
3. Which of the following graphical methods is most appropriate for categorical data?
a. ogive
b. pie chart
c. histogram
d. scatter diagram
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: Summarizing Data for a Categorical Variable
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MBST.ASWC.18.02.01 - 2.1
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Analysis
4. In a stem-and-leaf display, _____.
a. a single digit is used to define each stem, and a single digit is used to define each leaf
b. a single digit is used to define each stem, and one or more digits are used to define each leaf
c. one or more digits are used to define each stem, and a single digit is used to define each leaf
d. one or more digits are used to define each stem, and one or more digits are used to define each leaf
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Chapter 02 - Descriptive Statistics: Tabular and Graphical Displays Chapter 02 - Descriptive Statistics: Tabular and Graphical Displays
ANSWER: c NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
POINTS: 1 KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: Summarizing Data for a Quantitative Variable 8. A researcher is gathering data from four geographical areas designated: South = 1; North = 2; East = 3; West = 4. The
designated geographical regions represent _____.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MBST.ASWC.18.02.02 - 2.2
a. categorical data
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
b. quantitative data
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
c. directional data
5. A graphical method that can be used to show both the rank order and shape of a data set simultaneously is a _____. d. either quantitative or categorical data
a. relative frequency distribution ANSWER: a
b. pie chart POINTS: 1
c. stem-and-leaf display DIFFICULTY: Easy
d. pivot table REFERENCES: Summarizing Data for a Categorical Variable
ANSWER: c LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MBST.ASWC.18.02.01 - 2.1
POINTS: 1 NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
DIFFICULTY: Easy KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Comprehension
REFERENCES: Summarizing Data for a Quantitative Variable
9. A researcher asked 20 people for their zip code. The respondents zip codes are an example of _____.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MBST.ASWC.18.02.02 - 2.2
a. categorical data
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
b. quantitative data
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Analysis
c. label data
6. The proper way to construct a stem-and-leaf display for the data set {62, 67, 68, 73, 73, 79, 91, 94, 95, 97} is to _____. d. category data
a. exclude a stem labeled ‘8’ ANSWER: a
b. include a stem labeled ‘8’ and enter no leaves on the stem POINTS: 1
c. include a stem labeled ‘(8)’ and enter no leaves on the stem DIFFICULTY: Easy
d. include a stem labeled ‘8’ and enter one leaf value of ‘0’ on the stem REFERENCES: Summarizing Data for a Categorical Variable
ANSWER: b LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MBST.ASWC.18.02.01 - 2.1
POINTS: 1 NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
DIFFICULTY: Easy KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Comprehension
REFERENCES: Summarizing Data for a Quantitative Variable
10. The age of employees at a company is an example of _____.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MBST.ASWC.18.02.02 - 2.2
a. categorical data
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
b. quantitative data
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
c. label data
7. Data that provide labels or names for groupings of like items are known as _____. d. time series data
a. categorical data ANSWER: b
b. quantitative data POINTS: 1
c. label data DIFFICULTY: Easy
d. generic data REFERENCES: Summarizing Data for a Quantitative Variable
ANSWER: a LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MBST.ASWC.18.02.02 - 2.2
POINTS: 1 NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
DIFFICULTY: Easy KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Comprehension
REFERENCES: Summarizing Data for a Categorical Variable
11. A frequency distribution is a _____.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MBST.ASWC.18.02.01 - 2.1
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Chapter 02 - Descriptive Statistics: Tabular and Graphical Displays Chapter 02 - Descriptive Statistics: Tabular and Graphical Displays
a. tabular summary of a set of data showing the fraction of items in each of several nonoverlapping classes ANSWER: a
b. graphical form of representing data POINTS: 1
c. tabular summary of a set of data showing the number of items in each of several nonoverlapping classes DIFFICULTY: Easy
d. graphical device for presenting categorical data REFERENCES: Summarizing Data for a Quantitative Variable
ANSWER: c LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MBST.ASWC.18.02.02 - 2.2
POINTS: 1 NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
DIFFICULTY: Easy KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Analysis
REFERENCES: Summarizing Data for a Quantitative Variable
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MBST.ASWC.18.02.02 - 2.2 15. Excel's __________ can be used to construct a frequency distribution for categorical data.
a. DISTRIBUTION function
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
b. SUM function
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
c. FREQUENCY function
12. The sum of frequencies for all classes will always equal _____. d. COUNTIF function
a. 1 ANSWER: d
b. the number of elements in a data set POINTS: 1
c. the number of classes DIFFICULTY: Easy
d. a value between 0 and 1 REFERENCES: Summarizing Data for a Categorical Variable
ANSWER: b LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MBST.ASWC.18.02.01 - 2.1
POINTS: 1 NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
DIFFICULTY: Easy KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
REFERENCES: Summarizing Data for a Quantitative Variable
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MBST.ASWC.18.02.02 - 2.2 16. There are 20 boys and 8 girls in a class. What type of graph can be used to display this information?
a. bar graph
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
b. stem-and-leaf plot
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Comprehension
c. histogram
13. In constructing a frequency distribution, as the number of classes is decreased, the class width _____. d. scatter diagram
a. decreases ANSWER: a
b. remains unchanged POINTS: 1
c. increases DIFFICULTY: Easy
d. can increase or decrease depending on the data values REFERENCES: Data Visualization: Best Practices in Creating Effective Graphical Displays
ANSWER: c LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MBST.ASWC.18.02.05 - 2.5
POINTS: 1 NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
DIFFICULTY: Easy KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Comprehension
REFERENCES: Summarizing Data for a Quantitative Variable
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MBST.ASWC.18.02.02 - 2.2 17. The relative frequency of a class is computed by _____.
a. dividing the midpoint of the class by the sample size
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
b. dividing the frequency of the class by the midpoint
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Analysis
c. dividing the sample size by the frequency of the class
14. If several frequency distributions are constructed from the same data set, the distribution with the widest class width d. dividing the frequency of the class by the sample size
will have the _____. ANSWER: d
a. fewest classes POINTS: 1
b. most classes DIFFICULTY: Easy
c. same number of classes as the other distributions since all are constructed from the same data REFERENCES: Summarizing Data for a Quantitative Variable
d. None of the answers is correct. LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MBST.ASWC.18.02.02 - 2.2
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Chapter 02 - Descriptive Statistics: Tabular and Graphical Displays Chapter 02 - Descriptive Statistics: Tabular and Graphical Displays
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking a. the relationship between two quantitative variables
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge b. the percent a particular category is of the whole
c. the distribution of one quantitative variable
18. The sum of the relative frequencies for all classes will always equal _____. d. Simpson’s paradox
a. the sample size
ANSWER: c
b. the number of classes
POINTS: 1
c. 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
d. 100
REFERENCES: Summarizing Data for a Quantitative Variable
ANSWER: c
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MBST.ASWC.18.02.02 - 2.2
POINTS: 1
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
DIFFICULTY: Easy
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
REFERENCES: Summarizing Data for a Categorical Variable
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MBST.ASWC.18.02.01 - 2.1 22. In a cumulative frequency distribution, the last class will always have a cumulative frequency equal to _____.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking a. 1
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge b. 100%
c. the total number of elements in the data set
19. The height and weight are recorded by the school nurse for every student in a school. What type of graph would best d. None of the answers is correct.
display the relationship between height and weight?
ANSWER: c
a. bar graph
POINTS: 1
b. stem-and-leaf plot
DIFFICULTY: Easy
c. histogram
REFERENCES: Summarizing Data for a Quantitative Variable
d. scatter diagram
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MBST.ASWC.18.02.02 - 2.2
ANSWER: d
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
POINTS: 1
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Comprehension
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: Summarizing Data for Two Variables Using Graphical Displays 23. What is the difference between a bar graph and a histogram?
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MBST.ASWC.18.02.04 - 2.4 a. There is no difference between a bar graph and a histogram.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking b. A histogram displays quantitative data, while a bar graph displays categorical data.
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Comprehension c. A histogram must have space between the bars, while a bar graph has no spaces between the bars.
d. None of the answers is correct.
20. The percent frequency of a class is computed by _____.
ANSWER: b
a. multiplying the relative frequency by 10
POINTS: 1
b. dividing the relative frequency by 100
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
c. multiplying the relative frequency by 100
REFERENCES: Summarizing Data for a Quantitative Variable
d. adding 100 to the relative frequency
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MBST.ASWC.18.02.02 - 2.2
ANSWER: c
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
POINTS: 1
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Comprehension
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: Summarizing Data for a Categorical Variable 24. College students were surveyed to determine how much they planned to spend in various categories during the
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MBST.ASWC.18.02.01 - 2.1 upcoming academic year. One category is the amount spent on school supplies. The graphs below show the amount of
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking money spent on school supplies by women and men.
KEYWORDS: Bloom's: Knowledge
21. A dot plot can be used to display _____.
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