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Curriculum: Hawaii Content and Performance Standards III   Click to change Curriculum

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DDD The frequency distribution of the highest temperatures (in °F) in 50 states during a season is shown. Find the percentile rank for a temperature of 117.5°F by constructing a percentile graph.
TemperaturesNumber of states
99.5 - 104.52
104.5 - 109.58
109.5 - 114.518
114.5 - 119.513
119.5 - 124.57
124.5 - 129.51
129.5 - 134.51

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DDD Find the z scores of three students who had a score of 93, 80, 84 in an examination for a pre-medicine course which has a mean of 84 and a standard deviation of 4. DDD View Solution
DDD The height (in feet) of 8 waterfalls in different parts of the world are as follows:
1904, 1215, 2307, 2000, 1612, 2800, 2425, 1170.
Find the interquartile range.
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DDD The life times (in weeks) of seven randomly selected bulbs are as recorded. Find midquartile range.
52, 63, 107, 96, 118, 74, 86 DDD
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DDD The number of credits in business courses that 5 job applicants took is shown as 33, 27, 46, 54, 94. Check for outlier.
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DDD For a group of 200 candidates, the mean and standard deviation of scores were found to be 40 and 15. Later on, it was discovered that the scores 43 and 35 were misread as 34 and 53. Find the corrected mean and standard deviation. DDD View Solution
DDD Select the true statement(s).
I. The measure of central tendency used in exploratory data analysis is mean.
II. The measure of central tendency used in z score is median.
III. The mean and standard deviation is better than five-number summary for describing a skewed distribution.
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DDD The reaction time to a stimulus for a certain drug has a mean of 2.5 seconds and a standard deviation of 0.3 seconds. Find the z score for a reaction time of 3.1 seconds. DDD View Solution
DDD A talent test has a mean of 220 and a standard deviation of 10. Which among the following statement(s) is/are true?
I. If the z score for an exam score is negative, then the score is less than 220.
II. If the z score for an exam score is zero, then the score is equal to 220.
III. If the z score is positive, then the score is more than 220. DDD
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DDD Jessica scored 70 in an Algebra test that had a mean of 60 and a standard deviation of 8, and she scored 56 in French with a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 5. Compare her relative positions in the two tests.
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DDD The distance (in miles) run by 8 athletes per day are given. Find the value that corresponds to the 40th percentile.
4.2, 5.8, 4.5, 5.1, 3.8, 4.6, 3.2, 5.4, 4.3, 4.4 DDD
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DDD The table shows the average time (in hours) that a driver is delayed due to road congestion in a year at different places.
PlaceNumber of hours
A53
B46
C44
D42
E36
Find Q1, Q2, Q3 for this data.
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DDD When a distribution is bell-shaped, approximately what percentage of data values will fall within 1 standard deviation of the mean?
I. 95%
II. 99.7%
III. 68%
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DDD The number of clients visiting a stock market over a 11-day period are as follows:
33, 38, 43, 30, 29, 40, 51, 27, 42, 23, 31
Find the interquartile range. DDD
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DDD Which among the following statement(s) is/are correct?
I. An outlier is an extremely high or an extremely low data value when compared with the rest of the data values.
II. The mean and standard deviation of a variable are not affected by an outlier.
III. The interquartile range is defined as the difference between Q1 and Q3 and is the range of the middle 25% of the data.
IV. Q2 is same as the mean.
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DDD The number of days taken by a company to manufacture different sizes of same product are given as 5, 6, 22, 15, 13, 18, 12, 50. Check for outliers.
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DDD The salaries for 6 employees of XYZ company are $5000, $2500, $3200, $4100, $2200 and $1800. Find the percentile rank for a salary of $3200. DDD View Solution
DDD The number of inches of rainfall received in a year in 7 selected cities is given as 5.5, 5.8, 6.2, 7.9, 5.3, 6.8, 15.5. Check for outlier.
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DDD Check the following data set for outliers.
25, 43, 16, 4, 11, 39, 28, 8 DDD
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DDD Write the z - score and the test that has a better relative position of the two tests?
Test 1X = 53X¯ = 61s = 8
Test 2X = 112X¯ = 122s = 9
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DDD The frequency distribution for the rainfall readings (millimeters) of 60 selected cities is shown. Select the percentile graph for the data.
Rainfall rangeNumber of cities
0 - 218
2 - 412
4 - 67
6 - 813
8 - 1010

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DDD Find Q1, Q2 and Q3 for the data set.
9, 3, 2, 5, 4, 7, 6, 11, 13.
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DDD A partial list of U.S Presidents and their respective ages when they took the charge of the White House are given. Find the five-number summary. Was Bill Clinton in the youngest 25% for the given list?
PresidentAge
Washington57
Jackson61
W.H.Harrison68
Lincoln52
A.Johnson56
B.Harison55
J.Roosevelt42
F.D.Roosevelt51
Kennedy43
Clinton46

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DDD Find the percentile rank for a weight of 92 pounds if the weights (in pounds) of 6 students are given:
97, 78, 86, 82, 88, 92
What value corresponds to the 60th percentile?
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DDD The frequency distribution of the distance (in miles) covered by 20 randomly selected runners during a week is shown. Select the percentile graph for the data.
DistanceNumber of runners
5.5 - 10.51
10.5 - 15.52
15.5 - 20.53
20.5 - 25.55
25.5 - 30.54
30.5 - 35.53
35.5 - 40.52
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