9/1/2020 Quiz03-B: B AD-5122-931, 936, 938
Quiz03-B
Due Sep 3 at 11:59pm Points 20 Questions 20
Time Limit 60 Minutes Allowed Attempts 2
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LATEST Attempt 1 32 minutes 17 out of 20
Score for this attempt: 17 out of 20
Submitted Sep 1 at 10:16pm
This attempt took 32 minutes.
Question 1 1 / 1 pts
A data set has a sum of 860 and a mean of 26.875. How many values are
in the set?
40
Correct!
32
23112
Question 2 1 / 1 pts
A data set has values 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 and an unknown
value, x. If the mean is 6.00, what is the value of x?
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Correct!
2
Question 3 1 / 1 pts
How is the inter-quartile deviation computed?
Correct!
(Q3 – Q1)/2
Q3-Q1
maximum‐median
maximum‐minimum
Question 4 1 / 1 pts
Which of the following should be true for a distribution that is nearly
symmetric?
Correct!
The mean will be close to the median.
The mean will be smaller than the median.
The mean will be larger than the median.
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Question 5 1 / 1 pts
A data set of 30 values has a mean of 6.2. What is the sum of the values?
4.839
0.207
Correct! 186
Question 6 1 / 1 pts
Which of the following is a relatively poor measure of variation?
Average deviation
Inter-quartile deviation
Standard deviation
Correct! Range
Question 7 0 / 1 pts
If a data set has a standard deviation of 4, what is the variance?
ou Answered –2 or 2
orrect Answer 16
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Question 8 0 / 1 pts
In Figure Box-Plot, the range appears to be approximately
ou Answered
19
27
32
orrect Answer 45
Question 9 1 / 1 pts
With Figure Box-Plot information, the inter-quartile deviation appears to
be approximately
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17
Correct!
9
18
32
Question 10 1 / 1 pts
In Figure Box-Plot, the median appears to be approximately
17
Correct!
42
32
19
Question 11 1 / 1 pts
In Figure Box-Plot, the distribution of values appears to be
symmetric
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cannot tell from the diagram
negatively skewed
Correct!
positively skewed
Question 12 0 / 1 pts
In Figure Box-Plot, the value such that 75 percent of the values are above
it appears to be
42
26
orrect Answer 34
ou Answered 52
Question 13 1 / 1 pts
For the data set 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, what is the sum of absolute deviations
from the mean?
Correct!
18
20
16
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Question 14 1 / 1 pts
For the data set 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, what is the mean?
Correct!
7
Question 15 1 / 1 pts
For the data set 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, what is the sum of squared deviations
from the mean?
65
Correct!
70
75
Question 16 1 / 1 pts
In a distribution of values that is bimodal, the mean can be a poor
predictor of central tendency?
Correct! True
False
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Question 17 1 / 1 pts
For the data set 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 18, what is the mean?
Correct!
8
Question 18 1 / 1 pts
For the data set 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 18, what is the sum of average deviations
from the mean?
Correct!
24
160
20
Question 19 1 / 1 pts
For the data set 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 18, what is the sum of squared deviations
from the mean?
144
Correct!
160
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172
Question 20 1 / 1 pts
Relative to other measures of dispersion, the standard deviation tends to
be biased by extreme values?
Correct!
True
False
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