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Unit 2 Practice Test: B) Find The Median, Mode, and Standard Deviation of These Numbers. (3 Marks)

This practice test contains 8 questions assessing students' understanding of statistical concepts like mean, median, mode, standard deviation, sampling techniques, percentiles, and analyzing data distributions. Students are asked to calculate values, classify different types of data, identify features of graphs, estimate measures of center and spread, and justify answers using mathematical reasoning.

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Unit 2 Practice Test: B) Find The Median, Mode, and Standard Deviation of These Numbers. (3 Marks)

This practice test contains 8 questions assessing students' understanding of statistical concepts like mean, median, mode, standard deviation, sampling techniques, percentiles, and analyzing data distributions. Students are asked to calculate values, classify different types of data, identify features of graphs, estimate measures of center and spread, and justify answers using mathematical reasoning.

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Name_________________________________

Date: ____________
Unit 2 Practice Test

Directions: Answer all of the following questions. Leave all answers as exact
unless otherwise stated.

1) The mean of the eight numbers listed below is 6


4, 3, a, 8, 7, 3, 9, 6
a) Find the value of a. [2 marks]

b) Find the median, mode, and standard deviation of these numbers. [3 marks]

2) Classify the following data as qualitative, quantitative discrete, or quantitative continuous: [4 marks]

a) The time it takes to run on kilometer

b) The length of people’s feet

c) The number of goals shot by a soccer player

d) The color of a person’s kitchen

3) A reporter wanted to know more about the types of cereal everyone ate in Harrison NY. The reported
stood outside of the Bagel Shop and surveyed every 8th person that walked in, asking them what their
favorite cereal was. What type of sampling technique would this be considered as?
4) The cumulative frequency graph below shows the examination scores of 80 students.

80

70

60

50
cumulative
frequency
40

30

20

10

0 10 20 30 40 50 60
scores
a) From the graph find the 85th percentile [1 mark]

b) Find the interquartile range. [2 marks]

c) Find the percentage of students with a score more than 30. [2 marks]
5) The table below shows the number and weight (w) of fish delivered to a local fish market one
morning.
weight (kg) frequency cumulative
frequency
0.50 ≤ w < 0.70 16 16
0.70 ≤ w < 0.90 37 53
0.90 ≤ w < 1.10 44 c
1.10 ≤ w < 1.30 23 120
1.30 ≤ w < 1.50 d 130

Write down the value of c and d. [2 marks]

6) From 1984 to 1995, the winning scores for a golf tournament were
276, 279, 279, 277, 278, 278, 280, 282, 285, 272, 279, 278

a. Create a boxplot for these scores. Be sure to remember the number line! [5 marks]

b. If a winning score of 291 be considered to be unusual? Justify your answer with mathematics.
7) Consider the following distribution of continuous grouped data:
Scores (x) Cumulative
Scores (x) Frequency
Frequency
0  x  10 1
x  10
10  x  20 13
x  20
20  x  30 27
x  30
30  x  40 17
x  40
40  x  50 2
x  50

a) Complete the cumulative frequency. [2 marks]

b) Estimate the mean of the above data [1 mark]

c) Estimate the standard deviation of the above data in exact form. [1 mark]

8) The figure below shows the lengths in centimetres of fish found in the net of a small trawler.

a) Find the total number of fish in the net. [1 mark]

b) Find the modal length interval [1 mark]

c) Find the percentage of fish that were more than 90 cm long. [2 marks]
7 Continued

d) Calculate estimates for the


mean and standard deviation
for the length of fish.

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