Question 1

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What indicates the number of scores that fell below the upper real limit of each interval?

Question 2

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A psychologist is interested in the social interactions of preschool children. She measures the number of verbal interactions that each child at a preschool engages in during a day. Here is the frequency distribution of the data.

The real limits of the interval 56-65 are _________.

Question 3

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What indicates the proportion of the total number of scores that occurred in each interval?

Question 4

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A curve is negatively skewed when _________.

Question 5

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A percentile point is defined as _________.

Question 6

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Consider the following stem-and-leaf diagram.

1

2

2

1 3

3

2 4 6 7

4

2 3 5 6 8

5

1 3 4 4 5 6 8

6

3 3 3 5 6 7 8 8 9 9 9

7

2 2 2 3 3 4 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7

8

1 1 1 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6

9

2 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 7

If the numbers in the left column are deciles, the median of the distribution falls in the range of _______.

Question 7

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A researcher has collected some data on the amount of time in seconds (to the nearest 0.1 second) that it took trained rats to run through a maze. The data is shown below arranged in a frequency distribution of grouped scores.

The cumulative frequency for the interval 6.0-6.3 is _________.

Question 8

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Given the distribution of grouped scores shown in the following table.

How many occurrences are there for the interval 60-69?

Question 9

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Your new Mercedes weighs 1850 kilograms when measured to the nearest kilogram. The real limits of its weight are _________.

Question 10

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An accountant is preparing a graph showing the number of sports cars of various makers purchased this year. The number will be plotted on the ordinate and the various manufacturers on the abscissa. The proper type of graph for this data is a(n) _________.

 

Question 11

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If i = 7, the scores are integer, and the minimum value of the distribution of scores is 8, what would the lowest class interval be?

Question 12

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Interval or ratio data may be plotted as a _________.

Question 13

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Given the distribution of grouped scores shown in the following table. The percentile rank of a score of 41 equals _________.

Question 14

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Consider the following score diagram.

1

2

2

1 3

3

2 4 6 7

4

2 3 5 6 8

5

1 3 4 4 5 6 8

6

3 3 3 5 6 7 8 8 9 9 9

7

2 2 2 3 3 4 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7

8

1 1 1 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6

9

2 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 7

This score diagram is called a _________.

Question 15

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A researcher has collected some data on the amount of time in seconds (to the nearest 0.1 second) that it took trained rats to run through a maze. The data is shown below arranged in a frequency distribution of grouped scores.

The real limits of the interval 6.4-6.7 are _________.

Question 16

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The true limits of 7.0 are _________.

Question 17

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A researcher has collected some data on the amount of time in seconds (to the nearest 0.1 second) that it took trained rats to run through a maze. The data is shown below arranged in a frequency distribution of grouped scores.

The cumulative percentage for the interval 5.2-5.5 is _________.

Question 18

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A researcher has collected some data on the amount of time in seconds (to the nearest 0.1 second) that it took trained rats to run through a maze. The data is shown in the frequency distribution of grouped scores that follows.

The percentile rank of a score of 6.5 is _________.

Question 19

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The purpose of a frequency distribution is to _________.

Question 20

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Given the distribution of grouped scores shown in the following table.

What is the value of i?