Mini Test 2 on Problem Solving and Data Analysis

Question 1.
A survey was taken of the value of homes in a county, and it was found that the mean home value was $165,000
and tire median home value was $125,000. Which of the following situations could explain the difference
between the mean and median home values in the county?
A.​ The homes have values that are close to each other.
B.​ There are a few homes that are valued much less than the rest.
C.​ There are a few homes that are valued much more than the rest.
D.​ Many of the homes have values between $125,000 and $165,000.

Question 2.
Number of States with 10 or More Electoral Votes in 2008
Electoral 10 11 12 13 15 17 20 21 27 31 34 55

Frequency 4 4 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
In 2008, there were 21 states with 10 or more electoral votes, as shown in the table above. Based on the table,
what was the median number of electoral votes for the 21 states?
A. 13 B. 15 C. 17 D. 20

Question 3.
Ages of 20 Students Enrolled in a College Class
Age 18 19 20 21 22 23 30

Frequency 6 5 4 2 1 1 1
The table above shows the distribution of ages of the 20 students enrolled in a college class. Which of the
following gives the correct order of the mean, median, and mode of the ages?
A.​ mode < median < mean C.​ median < mode < mean
B.​ mode < mean < median D.​ mean < mode < median

Question 4.
The mean weight of a group of 10 automobiles is 3,316 pounds. The weights, in pounds, of 4 of the automobiles
in the group are listed below.
Automobile Weight (in pounds)

A 1,800

B 3,200

C 3,300

D 8,500
The removal of which of these automobiles from the group will have the largest impact on the mean weight of
the group of automobiles?
A.​ Automobile A C.​ Automobile C
B.​ Automobile B D.​ Automobile D
Question 5.
The weights, in pounds, for 15 horses in a stable were reported, and the mean, median, range, and standard
deviation for the data were found. The horse with the lowest reported weight was found to actually weigh 10
pounds less than its reported weight. What value remains unchanged if the four values are reported using the
corrected weight?
A.​ Mean C.​ Range
B.​ Median D.​ Standard deviation

Question 6.
𝑆𝑒𝑡 𝐴 = {25500, 40430, 49150, 62590, 73670, 118780, 126040}
𝑆𝑒𝑡 𝐵 = {22860, 55020, 173730, 300580, 358920, 456170, 603300}
Which of the following is true about the standard deviations of the two data sets in the table above?
A.​ The standard deviation of data set B is larger than the standard deviation of data set A.
B.​ The standard deviation of data set A is larger than the standard deviation of data set B.
C.​ The standard deviation of data set A is equal to the standard deviation of data set B.
D.​ There is not enough information available to compare the standard deviation of the two data sets.

Question 7.
A data set with 51 values has a least value of 20 and greatest value of 40. The data set is to be updated with a
25th value of 100. Which of the following statistics of the data set will NOT necessarily increase after the data
set is updated?
A.​ The median C.​ The standard deviation
B.​ The mean D.​ The range

Question 8.
Each dot plot below shows the length, in centimeters, of 50 sepals from a particular species of iris flower.
Which of the following is true about the data represented?

A.​ The standard deviation of the Iris versicolor sepal length is greater than that of the Iris setosa sepal
length.
B.​ The standard deviation of the Iris setosa sepal length is greater than that of the Iris versicolor sepal
length.
C.​ The standard deviation of the Iris versicolor sepal length is equal to that of the Iris setosa sepal length.
D.​ The standard deviation cannot be determined for either the Iris versicolor sepal length or the Iris setosa
sepal length

Question 9.
At a high school, 100 student athletes were selected at random to participate in a study. A coach randomly
assigned 50 of the athletes to eat a high-protein snack at bedtime. The remaining 50 athletes did not have a
bedtime snack. The coach determined that the athletes who ate a bedtime snack had a significantly greater
increase in muscle strength over time. Based on the design of the study, what is the largest group to which these
results can be applied?
A.​ The 100 selected student athletes
B.​ All student athletes at the high school
C.​ All students at the high school
D.​ All athletes who eat a snack at bedtime

Question 10.
Two different store owners in a shopping center estimated the percentage of all visitors who wear eyeglasses.
They each selected a random sample of the shopping center visitors and recorded whether the visitors were
wearing eyeglasses. The results from each sample are shown in the table below.
Percentage of visitor Margin of error
wearing eyeglasses

Sample A 21% 3%

Sample B 21% 2%
If the associated margin of error was calculated the same way for both samples, which of the following is the
most likely reason that the result for Sample A has a larger margin of error?
A.​ Sample A included more visitors than Sample B.
B.​ Sample B included more visitors than Sample A.
C.​ Sample A included a greater percentage of visitors who were wearing eyeglasses than Sample B.
D.​ Sample B included a greater percentage of visitors who were wearing eyeglasses than Sample A.

Question 11.
An educator conducted a survey about the use of social media in the classroom. A sample of 48 teachers was
selected at random from all public high school teachers in City X. Each of the 48 teachers completed the survey,
and 25% indicated that they use social media in the classroom. Which of the following is the largest population
to which the results of this survey can be generalized?
A.​ All public high school teachers in the country
B.​ All teachers in City X
C.​ All public high school teachers in City X
D.​ All teachers in the sample

Question 12.
In a survey, 58 residents of a particular town were selected at random, and approximately 40% of them reported
that they recycle regularly. If the reported percentage is used as an estimate for the proportion of all residents in
the town who recycle regularly, the margin of error is 13%. Which of the following statements is appropriate
based on the data provided?
A.​ Less than 25% of all town residents recycle regularly.
B.​ Between 0% and 13% of all the town residents recycle regularly.
C.​ Between 27% and 53% of all the town residents recycle regularly.
D.​ Approximately 12.6% of the surveyed residents misstated how often they recycle.
Question 13.
Of 100 people who played a certain video game, 85 scored more than 0 but less than 10,000 points, 14 scored
between 10,000 and 100,000 points, and the remaining player scored 5,350,000. Which of the following
statements about the mean and median of the 100 scores is true?
A.​ The mean is greater than the median.
B.​ The median is greater than the mean.
C.​ The mean and the median are equal.
D.​ There is not enough information to determine whether the mean or the median is greater.

Question 14.
A survey was conducted in Madison to estimate the percent of adult residents who support the addition of
streetlights at every corner in their town. Based on the survey, it is estimated that 40% of all adult residents of
Madison support the addition of streetlights at every corner in their town, with an associated margin of error of
6%. Which of the following is the most appropriate conclusion about all adult residents of Madison?
A.​ Plausible values for the percent of all adult residents of Madison who support the addition of streetlights
at every corner in their town are between 34% and 46%.
B.​ The addition of streetlights at every corner in the town is supported by exactly 34% of all adult residents
of Madison.
C.​ Plausible values for the percent of all adult residents of Madison who support the addition of streetlights
at every corner in their town are either less than 34% or more than 46%.
D.​ The addition of streetlights at every corner in the town is supported by more than 46% of all adult
residents of Madison.

Question 15.
A survey of the daily commuting times, in minutes, of seven different Chicago-based employees at a certain
company yielded a data set consisting of the values 31, 13, 44, 32, 53, 22, and 44. A survey of the daily
commuting times, in minutes, of seven different San Francisco-based employees at the same company yielded a
data set consisting of the values 46, 31, 19, 33, 48, 𝑥, and 38. If the means of the two data sets are equal, what is
the value of 𝑥?

Question 16.

The histogram shows the distribution of 20 lengths, in feet, in a data set. The first bar represents the lengths that
are less than 50 feet, the second represents the lengths that are at least 50 feet but less than 100 feet, and so on.
Which of the following could be the maximum length, in feet, in this data set?
A.​ 69 C.​ 169
B.​ 119 D.​ 219