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Question 1
1. If a score of 25 occurred 4 times in a sample of 9, what would it's relative frequency be?
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2.25 |
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4 |
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0.444 |
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Question 2
1. The following set of data is the height in inches of women age 18 to 24 years old. Create a frequency distribution for the following set of data:
64 67 63 65 66
63 66 62 65 65
60 72 64 61 65
69 64 64 66 61
65 67 65 62 69
62 65 63 64 61
66 64 59 63 65
63 63 68 64 65
66 67 62 62 63
64 70 64 67 65
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Question 3
1. The proportion of the area under the curve at certain scores and the relative frequency correspond.
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False |
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True |
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Question 4
1. How is the relative frequency of a score calculated?
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By dividing the raw score by N. |
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By dividing a score's fruequency by N. |
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By dividing N in half. |
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By multiplying the percentile by 100. |
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Question 5
1. A teacher finds that a distribution of test scores is negatively skewed. What does this tell the teacher about the difficulty of the test?
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It's too hard. |
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It's too easy. |
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Question 6
1. The age in months of all first graders would likely produce a distribution that was
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negatively skewed |
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symmetrical (normal) |
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positively skewed |
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Question 7
1. A percentile is defined as
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the percent of all scores in the data above and beyond anything ever expected. |
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the percent of all scores in the data below a particular score. |
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the frequency of all scores in the data above a particular score. |
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the frequency of that particular score. |
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Question 8
1. We want to find out how many people graduates in psychology are the first-born, second-born, or third-born in their families. We believe being first-born is directly related to majoring in psychology. How should we graph the data we collect?
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bar |
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frequency polygon |
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histogram |
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normal bell curve |
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Question 9
1. The age at death of everyone who died in one year would likely produce a distribution that is
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negatively skewed |
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symmetrical (normal) |
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positively skewed |
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Question 10
1. Are most scores in a positively skewed distribution directly to the right or the left of the middle score?
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left |
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right |
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Question 11
1. Distributions can have virtually unlimited shape. Which is the most important fruequency distribution?
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skrewed and chopped |
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bimodal |
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normal |
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frequency distribution |
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Question 12
1. The percentage of all scores in the data that are above a particular score is the definition of percentile.
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False |
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True |
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Question 13
1. A class scores mostly C's and F's on their first psychology exam. What kind of distribution will this produce?
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positively skewed |
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negatively skewed |
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normal |
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bimodal |