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1. 1.00 point
Two thousand six hundred frequent business travelers are asked which midwestern city they prefer:
Indianapolis, Saint Louis, Chicago, or Milwaukee. 113 liked Indianapolis best, 455 liked Saint Louis, 1395
liked Chicago, and the remainder preferred Milwaukee. Develop a frequency table and a relative
frequency table to summarize this information. (Round relative frequency to 3 decimal places.)
City Frequency Relative Frequency

Indianapolis 113 0.043
St. Louis 455 0.175
Chicago 1,395 0.537
Milwaukee 637 0.245
Explanation:
Relative
City Frequency Frequency Found by
Indianapolis 113 0.043 113 / 2,600
St. Louis 455 0.175 455 / 2,600
Chicago 1,395 0.537 1,395 / 2,600
Milwaukee 637 0.245 637 / 2,600
Total 2,600
Learning Objective: 02-01 Summarize

Worksheet Difficulty: 2 Intermediate qualitative variables with frequency
and relative frequency tables.
http://ezto.mheducation.com/hm_businessstatistics.tpx 4/13/2015
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2. 1.00 point
Molly's Candle Shop has several retail stores in the coastal areas of North and South Carolina. Many of
Molly's customers ask her to ship their purchases. The following chart shows the number of packages
shipped per day for the last 100 days.
a. What is this chart called?
Bar chart
Histogram
Frequency polygon
b. What is the total number of frequencies?
Frequencies 100
c. What is the class interval?
Class interval 5
d. What is the class frequency of the 10 up to 15 class?
Class frequency 28
e. What is the relative frequency of the 10 up to 15 class? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
Relative 0.28
frequency
f. What is the midpoint of the 20 up to 25 class? (Round your answer to 1 decimal place.)
Midpoint 22.5
g. On how many days were there 20 or more packages shipped?
Number of days 31
Explanation:
a. A histogram is a graph in which the classes are marked on the horizontal axis and the class
frequencies on the vertical axis. The class frequencies are represented by the heights of the bars and
the bars are drawn adjacent to each other.
b. 100, found by summing the individual class frequencies 5+13+28+23+18+10+3.
c. 5, found by subtracting the lower limit of a class from the lower limit of the next class.
d. There are 28 values between 10 and 15.
e. 0.28, found by dividing the class frequency (28) by the total of all the frequencies(100).
f. The class midpoint is computed by adding the lower limits of consecutive classes and dividing the
result by 2. In this case (20+25)/2 equal 22.5.
g. 31, found by adding the class frequencies (18+10+3).
Learning Objective: 02-04 Display a

Worksheet Difficulty: 2 Intermediate frequency distribution using a
histogram or frequency polygon.
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3. 1.00 point
The following frequency distribution reports the number of frequent flier miles, reported in thousands, for
employees of Brumley Statistical Consulting Inc., during the first quarter of 2013.
Frequent
Flier Miles Number of
(000) Employees
0 up to 5 5
5 up to 10 13
10 up to 15 22
15 up to 20 8
20 up to 25 3
Total 51
a. How many employees were studied?
Number of employees 51
b. What is the midpoint of the first class? (Round your answer to 1 decimal place.)
Midpoint 2.5
d. A frequency polygon is to be drawn. What are the coordinates of the plot for the second class?
7.5 , 13
Explanation:
b.
2.5 thousands of miles, computed by adding the limits of 0 and 5 then dividing the result by 2.

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4. 1.00 point
The following cumulative frequency polygon shows the hourly wages of a sample of certified
welders in the Atlanta, Georgia, area.
a. How many welders were studied?
Number of welders 40
b. What is the class interval?
Class interval 5
c. About how many welders earn less than $26 per hour?
Number of welders 33 ± 2
d. About 80% of the welders make less than what amount?
Amount 24 ± 2
e. Twenty of the welders studied made less than what amount?
Amount 15 ± 1
f. What percent of the welders make less than $23 per hour?
Percent of welders 78 ± 5
Explanation:
a. 40, because the vertical axis on the left ends at 40.
b. 5, found by subtracting the lower limit of a class from the lower limit of the next class.
c. 33, found by starting at $26 on the horizontal axis, up to the polygon and then across to the vertical
axis on the left.
d. About $24 per hour, found by starting at 80 percent on the vertical axis on the right, over to the
polygon and then down to the horizontal axis.
e. About $15 per hour, found by starting at 20 on the vertical axis on the left, over to the polygon and
then down to the horizontal axis.
f. About 78%, found by starting at $23 on the horizontal axis, up to the polygon and then across to the
vertical axis on the right.

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5. 1.00 point
The frequency distribution representing the number of frequent flier miles accumulated by employees at
Brumley Statistical Consulting Inc. is given below.
Frequent
Flier Miles
(000) Frequency
0 up to 3 5
3 up to 6 12
6 up to 9 23
9 up to 12 8
12 up to 15 2
Total 50
a. How many employees accumulated less than 12,000 miles?
Explanation:
48 is found by the sum of the first four classes (less than 3000 less than 6000 less than 9000 and less than 12000)

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6. 1.00 point
Identify whether the table given below is a frequency table or a frequency distribution.
Subjects Students
Accounting 10
Finance 5
Economics 3
Management 6
Marketing 10
Frequency table 
Explanation:
A frequency table groups qualitative data into mutually exclusive classes showing the number of
observations in each class.

Worksheet qualitative variables with frequency
Difficulty: 1 Basic quantitative variables with frequency
and relative frequency distributions.
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7. 1.00 point
Speedy Swift is a package delivery service that serves the greater Atlanta, Georgia metropolitan area. To
maintain customer loyalty, one of Speedy Swift's performance objectives is on-time delivery. To monitor
its performance, each delivery is measured on the following scale: early (package delivered before the
promised time), on-time (package delivered within 5 minutes of the promised time), late (package
delivered more than 5 minutes past the promised time), lost (package never delivered). Speedy Swift's
objective is to deliver 99% of all packages either early or on-time. Another objective is to never lose a
package.
Speedy collected the following data for last month's performance:
On-time On-time Early Late On-time On-time On-time On-time Late On-time
Early On-time On-time Early On-time On-time On-time On-time On-time On-time
Early On-time Early On-time On-time On-time Early On-time On-time On-time
Early On-time On-time On-time Early Early On-time On-time On-time On-time
On-time Late Late On-time On-time On-time On-time On-time On-time On-time
On-time Late Early On-time Early On-time Lost On-time On-time On-time
Early Early On-time On-time Late Early On-time On-time On-time On-time
On-time On-time Early On-time Early On-time Early On-time Late On-time
On-time Early On-time On-time On-time Late On-time On-time On-time On-time
On-time On-time On-time On-time On-time Early Early On-time On-time On-time
a. What scale is used to measure delivery performance? What kind of variable is delivery performance?
Scale Ordinal 
Variable Qualitative 
b. Construct a frequency table for delivery performance for last month.
Performance Frequency
Early 20
On-time 71
Late 8
Lost 1
c. Construct a relative frequency table for delivery performance last month. (Round your answers to 2
decimal places.)
Relative
Performance frequency
Early .20
On-time .71
Late .08
Lost .01
f. Analyze the data summaries and write an evaluation of last month's delivery performance as it relates
to Speedy Swift's performance objectives.
Packages either early or on-time 91 %

Packages lost 1 %
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Explanation:
a.
The scale is ordinal and the variable is qualitative.
f.
91% of the packages are either early or on-time and 1% of the packages are lost. So they are missing
both of their objectives. They must eliminate all lost packages and reduce the late percentage to below
1%.

Worksheet Difficulty: 3 Challenge frequency table using a bar or pie
chart.
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8. 1.00 point
The following is the number of minutes to commute from home to work for a group of 25 automobile
executives.
29 25 52 37 41 19 31 26 17 22 22 29 36
31 26 21 31 26 31 43 35 42 38 31 29
a. How many classes would you recommend?
Number of classes 5
b. What class interval would you suggest? (Round up your answer to the next whole number.)
Class interval 7
c. Organize the data and plot a frequency distribution on a piece of paper. Comment on the shape of the
frequency distribution.
It is fairly symmetric, with most of the values between 17 and 36. 
Explanation:
a.
Comment1 5 because 24 = 16 < 25 and 25 = 32 > 25.
b.

Worksheet Difficulty: 2 Intermediate quantitative variables with frequency
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9. 1.00 point
A chain of sport shops catering to beginning skiers, headquartered in Aspen, Colorado, plans to conduct
a study of how much a beginning skier spends on his or her initial purchase of equipment and supplies.
Based on these figures, it wants to explore the possibility of offering combinations, such as a pair of
boots and a pair of skis, to induce customers to buy more. A sample of 44 cash register receipts revealed
these initial purchases:
$143 $84 $139 $161 $175 $84 $126 $149 $140

127 263 232 132 172 149 170 215 105
220 126 90 171 162 229 121 116 149
126 144 118 172 156 215 87 172 230
162 195 128 126 142 118 127 144
a. Find the smallest class interval. Use five classes. (Round your answer to 1 decimal place.)
Smallest class interval $ 35.8
b. What would be a better class interval?
Better class interval $ 40
c. Organize the data into a frequency distribution using a lower limit of $80.
$ 80 up to 120 8
$ 120 up to 160 19
$ 160 up to 200 10
$ 200 up to 240 6
$ 240 up to 280 1
Explanation:
a.
$35.8, (found by 263 − 84)/5

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10. 1.00 point
A total of 8.9 percent of the prime time viewing audience watched shows on ABC, 7.5 percent watched
shows on CBS, 5.5 percent on Fox, 6.4 percent on NBC, 3.7 percent on Warner Brothers, and 3.6
percent on UPN. A total of 64.4 percent of the audience watched shows on other cable networks, such
as CNN and ESPN.
What will be the prime time viewing percentage of the pie chart for the following data? (Round your
answers to 2 decimal places.)
Prime time viewing

ABC 25.00 %
CBS 21.07 %
Fox 15.45 %
NBC 17.98 %
Warner 10.39 %
UPN 10.11 %
Explanation:
Prime time viewing
Picture

Worksheet Difficulty: 2 Intermediate frequency table using a bar or pie
chart.
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11. 1.00 point
The number of families who used the Minneapolis YWCA day care service was recorded over a 30-day
period. The results are as follows:
62 68 25 53 53 10 42 7 49 26
11 59 56 56 46 25 42 33 32 16
6 26 27 41 70 59 48 24 34 55
Construct a cumulative frequency distribution of this data.
Class Cumulative Frequency

0 up to 15 4
15 up to 30 11
30 up to 45 17
45 up to 60 27
60 up to 75 30
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Explanation:
For the number of classes (k) select the smallest integer such that 2 to the power of k is greater than the
number of observations. Thus 5 classes are recommended because 2^4 = 16 <30 < 32 = 2^5. The
classes must cover at least the distance from the lowest value (6) in the data up to the highest value
(70). The class interval is at least 12.8, found by (70 – 6)/5. Use 15 for convenience. Compute
cumulative frequencies by adding successive class frequencies starting from the lowest or first class
value.

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12. 1.00 point
A pie chart shows the relative market share of cola products. The “slice” for Pepsi-Cola has a central
angle of 90 degrees. What is its market share?
Market share 25 %
Explanation:
A pie chart shows the proportion or percentage that each class represents of the total number of
frequencies. There are 360 degrees in a circle. So Pepsi-Cola has a 25% market share, found by 90/360.

Worksheet Difficulty: 1 Basic frequency table using a bar or pie
chart.
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13. 1.00 point
In a marketing study, 100 consumers were asked to select the best digital music player from the iPod,
the iRiver, and the Magic Star MP3. To summarize the consumer responses with a frequency table, how
many classes would the frequency table have?
Classes 3
Explanation:
A frequency table groups qualitative data into mutually exclusive classes. Thus, three classes are
needed, one for each player.

Worksheet Difficulty: 1 Basic qualitative variables with frequency
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14. 1.00 point
A total of 1,000 residents in Minnesota were asked which season they preferred. One hundred liked
winter best, 300 liked spring, 400 liked summer, and 200 liked fall.
Prepare a frequency table and a relative frequency table to summarize this information. (Round relative
frequency answers to 1 decimal place.)
Relative
Season Frequency Frequency
Winter 100 0.1
Spring 300 0.3
Summer 400 0.4
Fall 200 0.2
Explanation:
observations in each class. There are four seasons or classes: winter, spring, summer, and fall. Each of
the class frequencies is divided by the total number of observations to compute the relative
frequency. The relative frequencies for the seasons are 0.1, 0.3, 0.4, and 0.2, respectively.

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15. 1.00 point
Two thousand frequent business travelers are asked which midwestern city they prefer: Indianapolis,
Saint Louis, Chicago, or Milwaukee. One hundred liked Indianapolis best, 450 liked Saint Louis, 1,300
liked Chicago, and the remainder preferred Milwaukee. Prepare a frequency table and a relative
frequency table to summarize this information. (Round relative frequency answers to 3 decimal
places.)
Relative
City Frequency Frequency
Indianapolis 100 0.050
St. Louis 450 0.225
Chicago 1,300 0.650
Milwaukee 150 0.075
Explanation:
observations in each class. In this case the classes are the cities and the number of observations is the
number of travelers preferring each city. Each of the class frequencies is divided by the total number of
observations to compute the relative frequency.

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16. 1.00 point
Wellstone Inc. produces and markets replacement covers for cell phones in five different colors: bright
white, metallic black, magnetic lime, tangerine orange, and fusion red. To estimate the demand for each
color, the company set up a kiosk in the Mall of America for several hours and asked randomly selected
people which cover color was their favorite. The results follow:
Bright white 130

Metallic black 104
Magnetic lime 325
Tangerine orange 455
Fusion red 286
a. What is the table called?
The table is called a frequency  table.
d. If Wellstone Inc. plans to produce 1 million cell phone covers, how many of each color should it
produce?
Bright white 100,000

Metallic black 80,000
Magnetic lime 250,000
Tangerine orange 350,000
Fusion red 220,000
Explanation:
a.
This is a frequency table because it groups qualitative data into mutually exclusive classes showing the
number of observations in each class.
d.
350,000 orange; 250,000 lime; 220,000 red; 100,000 white, and 80,000 black, found by multiplying
relative frequency by 1,000,000 production.

chart.
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17. 1.00 point
A small business consultant is investigating the performance of several companies. The fourth-quarter
sales for last year (in thousands of dollars) for the selected companies were:
Fourth-Quarter Sales
Company ($ thousands)
Hoden Building Products $ 1,645.2
J & R Printing Inc. 4,757.0
Long Bay Concrete Construction 8,913.0
Mancell Electric and Plumbing 627.1
Maxwell Heating and Air
24,612.0
Conditioning
Mizelle Roofing & Sheet Metals 191.9
The consultant wants to include a chart in his report comparing the sales of the six companies.
Identify a bar chart that compares the fourth-quarter sales of these corporations.
→
Maxwell Heating & Air Conditioning far exceeds the other corporations in sales. Mancell electric &
Plumbing and Mizelle Roofing & Sheet Metal are the two corporations with the least amount of fourth
quarter sales.

Multiple Choice Difficulty: 2 Intermediate frequency table using a bar or pie
chart.
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18. 1.00 point
A set of data consists of 38 observations. How many classes would you recommend for the frequency
distribution?
Classes 6
Explanation:
number of observations. Therefore 6 classes are recommended.

Worksheet Difficulty: 1 Basic quantitative variables with frequency
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19. 1.00 point
A set of data consists of 45 observations between $0 and $29.
a. How many classes would you recommend for the frequency distribution?
Classes 6
b. What class interval would you recommend? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)
Class interval 5
Explanation:
a.
b.

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20. 1.00 point
A set of data consists of 230 observations between $235 and $567. What class interval would you
recommend? (Round up to the next whole number.)
Class interval 42
Explanation:
number of observations. 27 = 128, 28 = 256 suggests 8 classes. The classes must cover at least the
distance from the lowest value in the data up to the highest value. So the class interval (i) is at least
It is more convenient to round up to an interval of 45.

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21. 1.00 point
A set of data contains 53 observations. The minimum value is 42 and the maximum value is 129. The
data are to be organized into a frequency distribution.
a. How many classes would you suggest?
Classes 6
b. What would you suggest as the lower limit of the first class? (Select the best value for the data.)
Lower limit 40
Explanation:
a.
number of observations. 25 = 32, 26 = 64 suggests 6 classes.
b.
The classes must cover at least the distance from the lowest value (42) in the data up to the highest
value (129). So the class interval (i) is at least . It is more convenient to round up to
an interval of 15. Start first class a little below the lowest value in the data of 42. Forty appears to be
ideal.

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22. 1.00 point
Wachesaw Manufacturing Inc. produced the following number of units in the last 16 days.
27 27 27 28 27 25 25 28
26 28 26 28 31 30 26 26
The information is to be organized into a frequency distribution.
Click here for the Excel Data File
Number of classes 5
d. Organize the information into a frequency distribution and determine the relative frequency
distribution. (Round relative frequency answers to 3 decimal places.)
f Relative frequency
24 up to 25.5 2 0.125
25.5 up to 27 4 0.250
27 up to 28.5 8 0.500
28.5 up to 30 0 0.000
30 up to 31.5 2 0.125
Total 16 1.000
Explanation:
a. For the number of classes (k) select the smallest integer such that 2 to the power of k is greater than
the number of observations. 24 =16 suggests 5 classes.
d. Use interval of 1.5.

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23. 1.00 point
The Quick Change Oil Company has a number of outlets in the metropolitan Seattle area. The daily
number of oil changes at the Oak Street outlet in the past 20 days are:
65 98 55 62 79 59 51 90 72 56
70 62 66 80 94 79 63 73 71 85
The data are to be organized into a frequency distribution.
Number of classes 5
d. Organize the number of oil changes into a frequency distribution. (Round relative frequency
answers to 2 decimal places.)
f Relative frequency
50 up to 60 4 0.20
60 up to 70 5 0.25
70 up to 80 6 0.30
80 up to 90 2 0.10
90 up to 100 3 0.15
Total 20 1.00
Explanation:
a. For the number of classes (k) select the smallest integer such that 2 to the power of k is greater than
the number of observations. 24 = 16, 25 = 32, suggest 5 classes.
d. The classes must cover at least the distance from the lowest value in the data up to the highest
value. So the class interval (i) is at least . It is more convenient to round up to an
interval of 10.

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24. 1.00 point
The manager of the BiLo Supermarket in Mt. Pleasant, Rhode Island, gathered the following information
on the number of times a customer visits the store during a month. The responses of 51 customers were:
5 3 3 1 4 4 5 6 4 2 6 6 6 7 1
1 14 1 2 4 4 4 5 6 3 5 3 4 5 6
8 4 7 6 5 9 11 3 12 4 7 6 5 15 1
1 10 8 9 2 12
a. Starting with 0 as the lower limit of the first class and using a class interval of 3, organize the data into
a frequency distribution.
Frequency
Visits distribution
0 up to 3 9
3 up to 6 21
6 up to 9 13
9 up to 12 4
12 up to 15 3
15 up to 18 1
Total 51
b. Where do the data tend to cluster?
12 up to 15
9 up to 12
6 up to 9
0 up to 3
3 up to 6
15 up to 18
c. Convert the distribution to a relative frequency distribution. (Round your answers to 2 decimal
places.)
Number of Percent
Visits of Total
0 up to 3 17.65 %
3 up to 6 41.18 %
6 up to 9 25.49 %
9 up to 12 7.84 %
12 up to 15 5.88 %
15 up to 18 1.96 %
Total 100 %
Explanation:
b. The largest group of shoppers (21) shop at BiLo 3, 4 or 5 times during a month period. Some
customers visit the store only 1 time during the month, but others shop as many as 15 times.

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25. 1.00 point
The food services division of Cedar River Amusement Park Inc. is studying the amount that families who
visit the amusement park spend per day on food and drink. A sample of 40 families who visited the park
yesterday revealed they spent the following amounts:
$77 $18 $63 $84 $38 $54 $50 $59 $54 $56 $36 $26 $50 $34 $44
41 58 58 53 51 62 43 52 53 63 62 62 65 61 52
60 60 45 66 83 71 63 58 61 71
a. Organize the data into a frequency distribution, using seven classes and 15 as the lower limit of the
first class. What class interval did you select? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)
Class interval 10
b. Where do the data tend to cluster? (Select all that apply.)
$35 up to $45
$45 up to $55
$35 up to $45
$55 up to $65
$75 up to $85
Explanation:
a.
The classes must cover at least the distance from the lowest value in the data up to the highest value. So
the class interva (i) is at least (84-18)/7=9.4. An interval of 10 is more convenient to work with. The
distribution using 10 is:
f
$15 up to $25 1
$25 up to $35 2
$35 up to $45 5
$45 up to $55 10
$55 up to $65 15
$65 up to $75 4
$75 up to $85 3
Total 40
b.
Data tends to cluster in classes $45 up to $55 and $55 up to $65.

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26. 1.00 point
Molly's Candle Shop has several retail stores in the coastal areas of North and South Carolina. Many of
Molly's customers ask her to ship their purchases. The following chart shows the number of packages
shipped per day for the last 100 days.
a. What is this chart called?
Histogram
Frequency polygon
Bar chart
b. What is the total number of frequencies?
Frequencies 100
Class interval 5
d. What is the class frequency of the 10 up to 15 class?
Class frequency 28
e. What is the relative frequency of the 10 up to 15 class? (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)
0.28
Relative frequency
f. What is the midpoint of the 10 up to 15 class? (Round your answer to 1 decimal place.)
Midpoint 12.5
g. On how many days were there 25 or more packages shipped?
Number of days 13
Explanation:
a. A histogram is a graph in which the classes are marked on the horizontal axis and the class
frequencies on the vertical axis. The class frequencies are represented by the heights of the bars and
the bars are drawn adjacent to each other.
b. 100, found by summing the individual class frequencies 5+13+28+23+18+10+3.
d. There are 28 values between 10 and 15.
e. 0.28, found by dividing the class frequency (28) by the total of all the frequencies(100).
f. The class midpoint is computed by adding the lower limits of consecutive classes and dividing the
result by 2. In this case (10+15)/2 equal 12.5.
g. 13, found by adding the class frequency for the 25 up to 30 class [10] and the class frequency for the
30 up to 35 class [3].

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27. 1.00 point
The following chart shows the number of patients admitted daily to Memorial Hospital through the
emergency room.
a. What is the midpoint of the 2 up to 4 class?
Midpoint 3
b. How many days were 2 up to 4 patients admitted?
Number of days 26 ± 5
Class interval 2
d. What is this chart called?
Frequency polygon
Histogram
Graph
Explanation:
a. The class midpoint is computed by adding the lower limits of consecutive classes and dividing the
result by 2. In this case (2+4)/2 equals 3.
b. Read the class frequency for the point above the midpoint of 3. It is about 26.

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28. 1.00 point
The following frequency distribution reports the number of frequent flier miles, reported in thousands, for
employees of Brumley Statistical Consulting Inc., during the first quarter of 2013.
Frequent Flier Number of

Miles Employees
(000)
0 up to 3 5
3 up to 6 12
6 up to 9 23
9 up to 12 8
12 up to 15 2
Total 50
a. How many employees were studied?
Midpoint 1.5
d. A frequency polygon is to be drawn. What are the coordinates of the plot for the first class? (Round
your answer to 1 decimal place.)
1.5 , 5
Explanation:
b.
1.5 thousand miles, computed by adding the limits of 0 and 3 then dividing the result by 2.
d.
X = 1.5, Y = 5

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29. 1.00 point
Ecommerce.com, a large Internet retailer, is studying the lead time (elapsed time between when an order
is placed and when it is filled) for a sample of recent orders. The lead times are reported in days.
Lead Time (days) Frequency

0 up to 5 6
5 up to 10 7
10 up to 15 12
15 up to 20 8
20 up to 25 7
Total 40
a. How many orders were studied?
Number of orders 40
Midpoint 2.5
c. What are the coordinates of the first class for a frequency polygon assuming we draw a frequency
polygon using the midpoints? (Round your answer to 1 decimal place.)
x= 2.5 , y = 6
Explanation:
a. The total number in the sample of recent orders is 40. It is entered at the bottom of the column of
frequencies opposite the word "total."
b. 2.5, computed by adding the limits of 0 and 5 then dividing the result by 2.
c. X = 2.5, Y = 6

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30. 1.00 point
The following cumulative frequency polygon shows the hourly wages of a sample of certified welders in
the Atlanta, Georgia, area.
a. How many welders were studied?
Number of welders 40
Class interval 5
c. About how many welders earn less than $10.00 per hour?
Number of welders 11 ± 2
d. About 75% of the welders make less than what amount?
Amount 18 ± 2
e. Ten of the welders studied made less than what amount?
Amount 9±1
f. What percent of the welders make less than $20.00 per hour?
Percent of welders 78 ± 5
Explanation:
b. 5, found by subtracting the lower limit of a class from the lower limit of the next class.
c. 11 or 12, found by starting at $10 on the horizontal axis, up to the polygon and then across to the
vertical axis on the left.
d. About $18 per hour, found by starting at 75 percent on the vertical axis on the right, over to the
e. About $9 per hour, found by starting at 10 on the vertical axis on the left, over to the polygon and then
down to the horizontal axis.
f. About 78%, found by starting at $20 on the horizontal axis, up to the polygon and then across to the
vertical axis on the right.

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31. 1.00 point
The following cumulative frequency polygon shows the selling price ($000) of houses sold in the Billings,
Montana, area.
a. How many homes were studied?
200 ± 1
Number of homes
Class interval 50 ± 5
c. One hundred homes sold for less than what amount?
Sold price $ 180,000 ± 10000 approximately.
d. About 75% of the homes sold for less than what amount?
Sold price $ 240,000 ± 10000 approximately.
e. Estimate the number of homes in the $150,000 up to $200,000 class.
60 ± 10
Amount
f. About how many homes sold for less than $225,000?
Amount 145 ± 5
Explanation:
b. About 50 or $50,000, found by subtracting the lower limit of a class from the lower limit of the next
class.
c. About $180,000, found by starting at 100 on the vertical axis on the left, over to the polygon and then
down to the horizontal axis.
d. About $240,000 found by starting at 75 percent on the vertical axis on the right, over to the polygon
and then down to the horizontal axis.
e. About 60 homes, found by 110 – 50. About 110 homes sold for less than $200,000 and about 50
homes sold for less than $150,000.
f.
About 145 homes, found by starting at $225,000 on the horizontal axis, up to the polygon and then
across to the vertical axis on the left.

award:
32. 1.00 point
The frequency distribution representing the number of frequent flier miles accumulated by employees at
Brumley Statistical Consulting Inc. is given below.
Frequent
Flier Miles
(000) Frequency
0 up to 3 5
3 up to 6 12
6 up to 9 23
9 up to 12 8
12 up to 15 2
Total 50
a. How many employees accumulated less than 3,000 miles?
d. Based on the cumulative frequency polygon, about 75% of the employees accumulated how many
miles or less? (Round your answer to 1 decimal place. Enter your answer in thousand miles.)
Number of miles 8.7 ± 0.5
Explanation:
a. 5, which is the first class frequency. Note the first class is 0 up to 3000 miles.
d. 8.7 thousands of miles, found by starting at 75 percent on the vertical axis on the right, over to the

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33. 1.00 point
The frequency distribution of order lead time at Ecommerce.com is given below.
Lead Time (days) Frequency

0 up to 5 6
5 up to 10 7
10 up to 15 12
15 up to 20 8
20 up to 25 7
Total 40
a. How many orders were filled in less than 10 days?
Number of 13
orders
b. In less than 15 days?
Number of
25
orders
Explanation:
a. 13 is found by the sum of the first two classes (less than 5 and less than 10).
b. 25 is found by the sum of the first three classes (less than 5, less than 10 and less than 15).

award:
34. 1.00 point
Describe the similarities and differences of qualitative variables.
What level of measurement is required for this type? (Select all that apply.)
a-1. Qualitative variables.
Interval level
→ Ordinal level
Ratio level
→ Nominal level
a-1
Qualitative variables are nonnumeric and ordinarily nominal level of measurement, but some are ordinal.

Check All That Apply Difficulty: 1 Basic quantitative variables with frequency
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35. 1.00 point
Describe the similarities and differences of quantitative variables.
What level of measurement is required for this type? (Select all that apply.)
a-2. Quantitative variables.

Nominal level
→ Interval level
→ Ratio level
Ordinal level
Quantitative variables are numeric and commonly of interval or ratio level of measurement.

Check All That Apply Difficulty: 1 Basic quantitative variables with frequency
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36. 1.00 point
Can qualitative and quantitative variables be used to describe both samples and populations?
→ Yes
No
Yes, both types depict samples and populations.

Yes / No Difficulty: 1 Basic quantitative variables with frequency
award:
37. 1.00 point
Describe the similarities and differences between a frequency table and a frequency distribution. Be sure
to include which requires qualitative data and which requires quantitative data.
A frequency table calls for qualitative data  .

A frequency distribution involves quantitative data  .
Explanation:
observations in each class. On the other hand, a frequency distribution involves quantitative data.

Worksheet qualitative variables with frequency
Difficulty: 1 Basic quantitative variables with frequency
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38. 1.00 point
Alexandra Damonte will be building a new resort in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. She must decide how
to design the resort based on the type of activities that the resort will offer to its customers. A recent poll
of 300 potential customers showed the following results about customers’ preferences for planned resort
activities:
Like planned activities 63

Do not like planned activities 135
Not sure 78
No answer 24
a. What is the table called?
Frequency table 
d. If you are preparing to present the results to Ms. Damonte as part of a report, which graph would you
prefer to show?
Pie chart 
Explanation:
a. A frequency table groups qualitative data into mutually exclusive classes showing the number of
d. The pie chart may be easier to comprehend when the goal is to compare the relative difference in the
percentage of observations. Bar charts are preferred when the goal is to compare the actual number
of observations in each category.

chart.
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39. 1.00 point
Speedy Swift is a package delivery service that serves the greater Atlanta, Georgia, metropolitan area.
To maintain customer loyalty, one of Speedy Swift’s performance objectives is on-time delivery. To
monitor its performance, each delivery is measured on the following scale: early (package delivered
before the promised time), on-time (package delivered within 5 minutes of the promised time), late
(package delivered more than 5 minutes past the promised time), lost (package never delivered). Speedy
Swift’s objective is to deliver 99% of all packages either early or on-time. Another objective is to never
lose a package.
Speedy collected the following data for last month’s performance:
On-time On-time Early Late On-time On-time On-time On-time Late On-time
Early On-time On-time Early On-time On-time On-time On-time On-time On-time
Early On-time Early On-time On-time On-time Early On-time On-time On-time
Early On-time On-time Late Early Early On-time On-time On-time Early
On-time Late Late On-time On-time On-time On-time On-time On-time On-time
On-time Late Early On-time Early On-time Lost On-time On-time On-time
Early Early On-time On-time Late Early Lost On-time On-time On-time
On-time On-time Early On-time Early On-time Early On-time Late On-time
On-time Early On-time On-time On-time Late On-time Early On-time On-time
On-time On-time On-time On-time On-time Early Early On-time On-time On-time
a. What scale is used to measure delivery performance? What kind of variable is delivery performance?
Scale Ordinal 
Variable Qualitative 
b. Construct a frequency table for delivery performance for last month.
Performance Frequency
Early 22
On-time 67
Late 9
Lost 2
c. Construct a relative frequency table for delivery performance last month. (Round your answers to 2
decimal places.)
Relative
Performance frequency
Early 0.22
On-time 0.67
Late 0.09
Lost 0.02
f. Complete the following table.
Packages either early or on-time 89 %

Packages lost 2 %
Explanation:
a. There is an order to the scale. “Early” is faster than “on-time”, which is faster than “late”, which is
faster than “lost”. So the scale is ordinal. The performance is non-numeric. So the variable is
qualitative.
b. A frequency table groups qualitative data into mutually exclusive classes showing the number of
c. Relative frequencies are computed by dividing each class frequency by the total of all observations.
f. 89% of the packages are either early or on-time and 2% of the packages are lost. So they are
missing both of their objectives. They must eliminate all lost packages and reduce the late
percentage to below 1%.

chart.
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40. 1.00 point
A data set consists of 83 observations. How many classes would you recommend for a frequency
distribution?
Classes 7
Explanation:
number of observations. 26 = 64 < 83 < 128 = 27 suggest 7 classes.

award:
41. 1.00 point
A data set consists of 145 observations that range from 56 to 490. What size class interval would you
recommend? (Round up to the next whole number.)
Class interval 55 ± 5
Explanation:
number of observations. 27 = 128, 28 = 256 suggests 8 classes. The classes must cover at least the
distance from the lowest value (56) in the data up to the highest value (490).
So the class interval (i) is at least It is more convenient to round up to an interval
of 60.

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42. 1.00 point
The following is the number of minutes to commute from home to work for a group of 25 automobile
executives.
28 25 48 37 41 19 32 26 16 23 23 29 36
31 26 21 32 25 31 43 35 42 38 33 28
Number of classes 5
d. Organize the data into a frequency distribution.
Class Frequency
15 up to 22 3
22 up to 29 8
29 up to 36 7
36 up to 43 5
43 up to 50 2
Total 25
Explanation:
a.
number of observations. So 5 classes are recommended because 24 = 16 < 25 and 25 = 32 > 25.
d.

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43. 1.00 point
David Wise handles his own investment portfolio, and has done so for many years. Listed below is the
holding time (recorded to the nearest whole year) between purchase and sale for his collection of 36
stocks.
8 8 6 11 11 9 8 5 11 4 8 5 14 7 12 8 6 11 9 7
9 15 8 8 12 5 9 8 5 9 10 11 3 9 8 6
a. How many classes would you propose?
No of classes 6
d. Organize the data into a frequency distribution. (Round your class values to 1 decimal place.)
Class Frequency
2.2 up to 4.4 2
4.4 up to 6.6 7
6.6 up to 8.8 11
8.8 up to 11.0 7
11.0 up to 13.2 7
13.2 up to 15.4 2
e. The distribution is fairly symmetric or "bell-shaped"  .
Explanation:
a.
number of observations. Thus 6 classes are recommended because 2^5 = 32 <36 < 64 = 2^6.
e.
The distribution is fairly symmetric or “bell-shaped” with a large peak in the middle two classes of 6.6 up
to 11.0.

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44. 1.00 point
The monthly issues of the Journal of Finance are available on the Internet. The table below shows the
number of times an issue was downloaded over the last 33 months. Suppose that you wish to summarize
the number of downloads with a frequency distribution.
312 2,753 2,595 6,057 7,624 6,624 6,362 6,575 7,760 7,085 7,272
5,967 5,256 6,160 6,238 6,709 7,193 5,631 6,490 6,682 7,829 7,091
6,871 6,230 7,253 5,507 5,676 6,974 6,915 4,999 5,689 6,143 7,086
a. How many classes would you propose?
No of classes 6
d. Organize the data into a frequency distribution. (Leave no cells blank - be certain to enter "0"
wherever required.)
Class Frequency
0 up to 1,500 1
1,500 up to 3,000 2
3,000 up to 4,500 0
4,500 up to 6,000 7
6,000 up to 7,500 20
7,500 up to 9,000 3
e. Identify the appearance of the frequency distribution.
The distribution is negatively skewed  .
Explanation:
a.
25 = 32 < 33 < 64 = 26. Thus 6 classes are recommended.
d.
Class Frequency
0 up to 1,500 1
1,500 up to 3,000 2
3,000 up to 4,500 0
4,500 up to 6,000 7
6,000 up to 7,500 20
7,500 up to 9,000 3
Total 33
The interval width should be at least 1253, found by (7829 –- 312) /6. Use 1500 for convenience.
e.
This distribution is negatively skewed with a few very small values which likely correspond to the "start
up" phase of this publication. The crest of the distribution is in the 6000 up to 7500 class which contains
the greater part or 20 of the 33 months.

[The following information applies to the questions displayed below.]
The following histogram shows the scores on the first exam for a statistics class.
award:
45. 1.00 point
a. How many students took the exam?
Number of students 56
Explanation:
No further explanation details are available for this problem.

award:
46. 1.00 point
Class interval 10
Explanation:
10 (found by 60 – 50)

award:
47. 1.00 point
c. What is the class midpoint for the first class?
Midpoint 55
Explanation:

award:
48. 1.00 point
d. How many students earned a score of less than 70?
17
Number of students
Explanation:

award:
49. 1.00 point
The following chart summarizes the selling price of homes sold last month in the Sarasota, Florida, area.
a. What is the chart called?
Cumulative frequency polygon 
b. How many homes were sold during the last month?
The number of homes sold is 250
The class interval is 50
d. About 75% of the houses sold for less than what amount?
The amount is $ 240,000 ± 10000
e. One hundred seventy-five of the homes sold for less than what amount?
The amount is $ 230,000 ± 10000
Explanation:
c. 50 (found by 100 – 50)

award:
50. 1.00 point
A chain of sport shops catering to beginning skiers, headquartered in Aspen, Colorado, plans to conduct
a study of how much a beginning skier spends on his or her initial purchase of equipment and supplies.
Based on these figures, it wants to explore the possibility of offering combinations, such as a pair of
boots and a pair of skis, to induce customers to buy more. A sample of 44 cash register receipts revealed
these initial purchases:
$140 $ 82 $265 $168 $ 90 $114 $172 $230 $142

86 125 235 212 171 149 156 162 118
139 149 132 105 162 126 216 195 127
161 135 172 220 229 129 87 128 126
175 127 149 126 121 118 172 126
a. Arrive at a suggested class interval.
Class interval 35
b. Organize the data into a frequency distribution using a lower limit of $70.
$ 70 up to $ 105 4
$ 105 up to 140 17
$ 140 up to 175 14
$ 175 up to 210 2
$ 210 up to 245 6
$ 245 up to 280 1
Explanation:
a.
25 = 32 < 33 < 64 = 26. Thus 6 classes are recommended.
The minimum class interval size would be $30.50 as i ≥ (265 – 82)/6 thus an interval of 35 would work.

award:
51. 1.00 point
The numbers of outstanding shares for 24 publicly traded companies are listed in the following
table.
Number of Number of
Shareholders Shareholders
Company (thousands) Company (thousands)
Southwest Airlines 738 Costco 436
FIRSTENERGY 418 Home Depot 1,495
Harley Davidson 266 DTE Energy 172
Entergy 178 Dow Chemical 1,199
Chevron 1,957 Eastman Kodak 272
Pacific Gas and Electric 430 American Electric Power 485
DuPont 923 ITT Corporation 93
Westinghouse Solar 22 Ameren 243
Northeast Utilities 314 Virginia Electric and Power 575
Facebook 1,067 Public Service Electric & Gas 506
Google, Inc. 64 Consumers Energy 265
Apple 941 Starbucks 744
a. Using the number of outstanding shares, summarize the companies with a frequency distribution.
Number of
Outstanding Shares (millions) Companies
0 up to 400 10
400 up to 800 8
800 up to 1,200 4
1,200 up to 1,600 1
1,600 up to 2,000 1
Total 24
c. Create a cumulative frequency distribution of the companies.
Number of
Outstanding Shares(millions) Companies
Less than 400 10
Less than 800 18
Less than 1,200 22
Less than 1,600 23
Less than 2,000 24
Explanation:
a.
24 = 16 < 24 < 32 = 25. Thus 5 classes are recommended. Class interval is at least 387 as i ≥ (1957 – 22)/5.
A suggest interval size would be 400.
Worksheet Difficulty: 3 Challenge

frequency distribution using a
award:
52. 1.00 point
A recent survey showed that the typical American car owner spends $2,950 per year on operating
expenses. Below is a breakdown of the various expenditure items.
Expenditure Item Amount

Fuel $ 603
Interest on car loan 279
Repairs 930
Insurance and license 646
Depreciation 492
Total $2,950
Indicate how long each bar of a bar chart would be if it was drawn with every 1 cm equaling $200. Fill in
the column of the table below. (Round your answers to 3 decimal places.)
Expenditure Item cm
Fuel 3.015 ± 0.005
Interest on car loan 1.395 ± 0.005
Repairs 4.650 ± 0.005
Insurance and license 3.230 ± 0.005
Depreciation 2.460 ± 0.005
Explanation:

chart.
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53. 1.00 point
Midland National Bank selected a sample of 40 student checking accounts. Below are their end-of-the-
month balances.
$ 404 $ 74 $ 234 $ 149 $ 279 $ 215 $ 123 $ 55 $ 43 $ 321

87 234 68 489 57 185 141 758 72 863
703 125 350 440 37 252 27 521 302 127
968 712 503 489 327 608 358 425 303 203
a. Tally the data into a frequency distribution using $100 as a class interval and $0 as the starting point.
Cumulative
Balance Frequency frequency
0 up to 100 9 9
100 up to 200 6 15
200 up to 300 6 21
300 up to 400 6 27
400 up to 500 5 32
500 up to 600 2 34
600 up to 700 1 35
700 up to 800 3 38
800 up to 900 1 39
900 up to 1000 1 40
Total 40
c. The bank considers any student with an ending balance of $400 or more a "preferred customer."
Estimate the percentage of preferred customers. (Round UP the percentage value.)
Preferred
33 %
customers
d. The bank is also considering a service charge to the lowest 10% of the ending balances. What would
you recommend as the cutoff point between those who have to pay a service charge and those who
do not?
Less than $100 
Explanation:
a. Probably a class interval of $200 would be better.
c. Based on the cumulative frequency polygon it appears that about 67% have less than a $400
balance. Therefore, about 33% would be considered "preferred."
d. Less than $100 would be a convenient cutoff point.

award:
54. 1.00 point
A recent study of home technologies reported the number of hours of personal computer usage per week
for a sample of 60 persons. Excluded from the study were people who worked out of their home and
used the computer as a part of their work. (Round your answers to the nearest whole number.)
9.3 5.3 6.3 8.8 6.5 0.6 5.2 6.6 9.3 4.3
6.3 2.1 2.7 0.4 3.7 3.3 1.1 2.7 6.7 6.5
4.3 9.7 7.7 5.2 1.7 8.5 4.2 5.5 5.1 5.6
5.4 4.8 2.1 10.1 1.3 5.6 2.4 2.4 4.7 1.7
2.0 6.7 1.1 6.7 2.2 2.6 9.8 6.4 4.9 5.2
4.5 9.3 7.9 4.6 4.3 4.5 9.2 8.5 6.0 8.1
Organize the data into a frequency distribution. How many classes would you suggest? What value
would you suggest for a class interval? Classes 6 Class interval 2
Explanation:
Since 25 = 32 < 60 < 64 = 26, 6 classes are recommended. The interval should be at least (10.1 - 0.4)/6 =
1.6. So we will use two as a convenient value.

award:
55. 1.00 point
Merrill Lynch recently completed a study regarding the size of online investment portfolios (stocks,
bonds, mutual funds, and certificates of deposit) for a sample of clients in the 40 up to 50 years old age
group. Listed following is the value of all the investments in thousands of dollars for the 70 participants in
the study.
$ 669.9 $ 7.5 $ 77.2 $ 7.5 $ 125.7 $ 516.9 $ 219.9 $ 645.2

301.9 235.4 716.4 145.3 26.6 187.2 315.5 89.2
136.4 616.9 440.6 408.2 34.4 296.1 185.4 526.3
380.7 3.3 363.2 51.9 52.2 107.5 82.9 63.0
228.6 308.7 126.7 430.3 82.0 227.0 321.1 403.4
39.5 124.3 118.1 23.9 352.8 156.7 276.3 23.5
31.3 301.2 35.7 154.9 174.3 100.6 236.7 171.9
221.1 43.4 212.3 243.3 315.4 5.9 1,002.2 171.7
295.7 437.0 87.8 302.1 268.1 899.5
a. Organize the data into a frequency distribution. How many classes would you suggest?
Classes 7
b. What value would you suggest for a class interval? (Round up to the nearest multiple of 10.)
Class interval $ 150
Explanation:
a. Since , 7 classes are recommended.
b. The interval should be at least (1002.2 − 3.3)/7 = $142.7 use $150 as a convenient value.

award:
56. 1.00 point
A total of 5.9% of the prime-time viewing audience watched shows on ABC, 7.6% watched shows on
CBS, 5.5% on Fox, 6.0% on NBC, 2.0% on Warner Brothers, and 2.2% on UPN. A total of 70.8% of the
audience watched shows on other cable networks, such as CNN and ESPN.
Calculate the percentage number of audience viewing prime time to draw the pie chart. (Only consider
the viewers of watching non-cable news.) (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)
Prime time viewing

ABC 20.21 %
CBS 26.03 %
Fox 18.84 %
NBC 20.55 %
Warner 6.85 %
UPN 7.53 %
Explanation:
Prime Time viewing

chart.
Refer to the following chart:
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57. 1.00 point
a. What is the name given to this type of chart?
Pie chart
Bar Chart
Frequency polygon
Cumulative frequency polygon

chart.
award:
58. 1.00 point
b. Suppose that 1,000 graduates will start a new job shortly after graduation. Estimate the number of
graduates whose first contact for employment occurred through networking and other connections.
Number of graduates 700
Explanation:
700, found by 0.70(1000)

chart.
award:
59. 1.00 point
c. Would it be reasonable to conclude that about 90% of job placements were made through networking,
connections, and job posting websites?
→ Yes
No
Ninety percent are either through networking and connections (70%) or job posting websites (20%).

Yes / No Difficulty: 2 Intermediate frequency table using a bar or pie
chart.
In 2011, the United States exported a total of $281 billion worth of products to Canada. The
five largest categories were:
Product Amount
Vehicles $ 46.9
Machinery 44.2
Electrical machinery 27.1
Mineral fuel and oil 18.4
Plastic 12.6
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60. 1.00 point
b. What percentage of the United States’ total exports to Canada is represented by the two categories
“Mineral fuel and oil” and “Vehicles”? (Round your answer to 1 decimal place.)
Total exports 23.2 %
Explanation:
23.2%, found by (18.4 + 46.9)/281

chart.
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61. 1.00 point
c. What percentage of the top five exported products do “Mineral fuel and oil” and “Vehicles” represent?
(Round your answer to 1 decimal place.)
Top five exprortes 43.8

%
Explanation:
43.8 %, found by (18.4 + 46.9)/ (46.9 + 44.2 + 27.1 + 18.4 + 12.6)

chart.
award:
62. 1.00 point
One of the most popular candies in the United States is M&M’s, which are produced by the Mars
Company. In the beginning M&M’s were all brown; more recently they were produced in red, green, blue,
orange, brown, and yellow. You can read about the history of the product, find ideas for baking, purchase
the candies in the colors of your school or favorite team, and learn the percent of each color in the
standard bags at www.m-ms.com . Recently, the purchase of a 14-ounce bag of M&M’s Plain had 444
candies with the following breakdown by color: 130 brown, 98 yellow, 96 red, 35 orange, 52 blue, and 33
green.
What chart would you suggest using to illustrate this information?

Bar Chart
Frequency polygon
Cumulative frequency polygon
→ Pie chart

chart.
The number of families who used the Minneapolis YWCA day care service was recorded during a 30-day
period. The results are as follows:
31 49 19 62 24 45 23 51 55 60
40 35 54 26 57 37 43 65 18 41
50 56 4 54 39 52 35 51 63 42
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63. 1.00 point
a. Construct a cumulative frequency distribution of this data.
Class Cumulative
Frequency
Less than 15 1
Less than 30 6
Less than 45 15
Less than 60 26
Less than 75 30
Explanation:

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64. 1.00 point
b. Select a graph of the cumulative frequency polygon of the given data.

→

Multiple Choice Difficulty: 2 Intermediate quantitative variables with frequency
award:
65. 1.00 point
c. How many days saw fewer than 30 families utilize the day care center?
Number of days 6
Explanation:

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66. 1.00 point
A frequency distribution is a grouping of quantitative data into overlapping classes showing the number of observations in each
class.
rev: 01_21_2015_QC_CS-3576
True
→ False

True / False Difficulty: 1 Basic quantitative variables with frequency
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67. 1.00 point
A frequency distribution for qualitative data has class limits.

rev: 01_22_2015_QC_CS-3427
True
→ False
Qualitative data is not numeric, so there cannot be class limits.

award:
68. 1.00 point
To summarize the gender of students attending a college, the number of classes in a frequency distribution depends on the
number of students.
rev: 01_22_2015_QC_CS-3429
True
→ False
Gender is a nominal, qualitative variable that has two values. Therefore, there will only be two classes: male and female.

award:
69. 1.00 point
In frequency distributions, classes are mutually exclusive if each individual, object, or measurement is included in only one
category.
→ True
False

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70. 1.00 point
In a bar chart, the horizontal axis is labeled with the values of a qualitative variable.
rev: 01_21_2015_QC_CS-3433
→ True
False

True / False Difficulty: 1 Basic frequency table using a bar or pie
chart.
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71. 1.00 point
In a bar chart, the heights of the bars represent the frequencies in each class.
→ True
False

chart.
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72. 1.00 point
The midpoint of a class, which is also called a class mark, is halfway between the lower and upper limits.
→ True
False

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73. 1.00 point
A class interval, can be determined by subtracting the lower limit of a class from the lower limit of the next higher class.
rev: 01_21_2015_QC_CS-3556
→ True
False

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74. 1.00 point
To convert a frequency distribution to a relative frequency distribution, divide each class frequency by the sum of the class
frequencies.
→ True
False

award:
75. 1.00 point
To convert a frequency distribution to a relative frequency distribution, divide each class frequency by the number of classes.
True
→ False
Relative frequencies are computed by dividing class frequencies by the total of the class frequencies.

award:
76. 1.00 point
A pie chart is similar to a relative frequency distribution.

→ True
False

True / False Difficulty: 2 Intermediate frequency table using a bar or pie
chart.
award:
77. 1.00 point
A pie chart shows the relative frequency in each class.

→ True
False

True / False Difficulty: 2 Intermediate frequency table using a bar or pie
chart.
award:
78. 1.00 point
To construct a pie chart, relative class frequencies are used to graph the "slices" of the pie.
→ True
False

chart.
award:
79. 1.00 point
A cumulative frequency distribution is used when we want to determine how many observations lie above or below certain
values.
→ True
False

True / False Difficulty: 1 Basic frequency distribution using a
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80. 1.00 point
A frequency polygon is a very useful graphic technique when comparing two or more distributions.
→ True
False

True / False Difficulty: 1 Basic frequency distribution using a
award:
81. 1.00 point
Monthly commissions of first-year insurance brokers are $1,270, $1,310, $1,680, $1,380, $1,410, $1,570, $1,180 and $1,420.
These figures are referred to as a(n) __________.
Histogram
→ Raw data
Frequency distribution
Frequency polygon
Histograms, frequency distributions, and frequency polygons all summarize data. The data in the question are individual
observations or raw data that are not summarized.

Multiple Choice Difficulty: 1 Basic frequency distribution using a
award:
82. 1.00 point
A small sample of computer operators shows monthly incomes of $1,950, $1,775, $2,060, $1,840, $1,795, $1,890, $1,925, and
$1,810. What are these ungrouped numbers called?
Histogram
Class limits
Class frequencies
→ Raw data
Histograms and frequency distributions summarize data. The data in the question are the individual observations that are not
summarized.

Multiple Choice Difficulty: 1 Basic quantitative variables with frequency
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83. 1.00 point
When data is collected using a quantitative, ratio variable, what is true about a frequency distribution that summarizes the data?
→ Upper and lower class limits must be calculated.
A pie chart can be used to summarize the data.
The number of classes is equal to the number of variable's values.
The "5 to the k rule" can be applied.
The statements "a pie chart can be used to summarize the data" and "the number of classes is equal to the number of
variable's values" refer to frequency distributions for qualitative variables. For quantitative, ratio variables, the number of
classes, the class interval, and class limits must be computed.

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84. 1.00 point
When data is collected using a qualitative, nominal variable, what is true about a frequency distribution that summarizes the
data?
The upper and lower class limits must be calculated.
→ A pie chart can be used to summarize the data.
The number of classes is equal to the number of variable's values plus 2.
A pie chart is used to show the relative frequency for a qualitative, nominal variable. The statements "the upper and lower
class limits must be calculated" and "the "5 to the k rule" can be applied" apply to quantitative variables.

chart.
award:
85. 1.00 point
When data is collected using a qualitative, nominal variable (in other words, male or female), what is true about a frequency
distribution that summarizes the data?
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The upper and lower class limits must be calculated.
Class midpoints can be computed.
→ The number of classes corresponds to the number of a variable's values.
Gender is a nominal, qualitative variable that has two values. Therefore, the frequency distribution will only have two classes:
male and female.

award:
86. 1.00 point
A student was interested in the cigarette smoking habits of college students and collected data from an unbiased random
sample of students. The data is summarized in the following table:
Why is the table NOT a frequency distribution?

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The number of males does not equal the sum of males that smoke and do not smoke.
→ The classes are not mutually exclusive.
There are too many classes.
Class limits cannot be computed.
In a frequency distribution, the classes must be mutually exclusive so that each data item can be assigned to only one class.
In this example, the classes are not mutually exclusive because a female can be assigned to two classes: females and
females who smoke or females who do not smoke.

award:
87. 1.00 point
What type of chart best represents the frequency table?

→ Bar chart
Box plot
Scatter plot
Frequency polygon
The variables are nominal and qualitative. The frequency table is best presented with a bar chart.

chart.
award:
88. 1.00 point
What type of chart best represents relative class frequencies?

Box plot
→ Pie chart
Scatter plot
Frequency polygon
The variables are nominal and qualitative. Relative frequencies for a qualitative, nominal variable are best summarized with a
pie chart.

chart.
award:
89. 1.00 point
When a class interval is expressed as 100 up to 200, _________________________.

Observations with values of 100 are excluded from the class
Observations with values of 200 are included in the class
→ Observations with values of 200 are excluded from the class
The class interval is 99
Class intervals must be interpreted so they are mutually exclusive. The class interval, 100 up to 200, includes values equal to
100 and less than 200.

award:
90. 1.00 point
For a relative frequency distribution, relative frequency is computed as _____________.

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The class width divided by the class interval
The class midpoint divided by the class frequency
The class frequency divided by the class interval
→ The class frequency divided by the number of observations
By definition, relative frequency is computed as class frequency divided by total frequency.

award:
91. 1.00 point
The relative frequency for a class represents the ________________.

Class width
Class midpoint
Class interval
→ Percent of observations in the class
By definition, relative frequency is computed as class frequency divided by total frequency, which is a percent of the total
observations in a class.

award:
92. 1.00 point
A group of 100 students was surveyed about their interest in a new International Studies program. Interest was measured in
terms of high, medium, or low. In the study, 30 students responded high interest, 40 students responded medium interest, and
30 students responded low interest. What is the relative frequency of students with high interest?
→ .30
.50
.40
.030
For calculations, 30 of the 100 students have a high interest, or 30/100 = .30.

award:
93. 1.00 point
A group of 100 students were surveyed about their interest in a new Economics major. Interest was measured in terms of high,
medium, or low. In the study, 30 students responded high interest, 50 students responded medium interest, and 20 students
responded low interest. What is the best way to illustrate the relative frequency of student interest?
Use a cumulative frequency polygon
Use a box plot
→ Use a pie chart
Use a frequency table
Interest is a qualitative, nominal variable. The relative frequencies for a qualitative, nominal variable are best summarized with
a pie chart.

chart.
award:
94. 1.00 point
The monthly salaries of a sample of 100 employees were rounded to the nearest $10. They ranged from a low of $1,040 to a
high of $1,720. If we want to condense the data into seven classes, what is the most convenient class interval?
$50
→ $100
$150
$200
($1720 - 1040)/7 = $97.14. Of the answer choices, a class interval of $100 is closest to 97.14.

award:
95. 1.00 point
A student was studying the political party preferences of a university's student population. The survey instrument asked students
to identify themselves as a Democrat or a Republican. This question is flawed because:
Students generally don't know their political preferences.
The categories are generally mutually exclusive.
→ The categories are not exhaustive.
Political preference is a continuous variable.
The survey is not exhaustive because it does not include all possible party preferences, such as Independent or Libertarian.

Multiple Choice Difficulty: 2 Intermediate qualitative variables with frequency
award:
96. 1.00 point
to identify their political preference, for example, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, or another party. The best way to illustrate
the frequencies for each political preference is a __________.
→ Bar chart
Box plot
Histogram
Frequency polygon
Political preference is a qualitative, nominal variable. Frequencies for a qualitative, nominal variable are best presented with a
bar chart.

chart.
award:
97. 1.00 point
to identify their political preference—for example, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, or another party. The best way to illustrate
the relative frequency distribution is a __________.
Bar chart
→ Pie chart
Histogram
Frequency polygon
Political preference is a qualitative, nominal variable. The relative frequencies for a qualitative, nominal variable are best
summarized with a pie chart.

chart.
award:
98. 1.00 point
What is the following table called?
Histogram
Frequency polygon
Cumulative frequency distribution
→ Frequency distribution
The table is not a graph, such as a histogram or frequency polygon. The table shows the number of people in each class.

award:
99. 1.00 point
For the following distribution of heights, what are the limits for the class with the greatest frequency?
64 and up to 70
65 and 69
→ 65 and up to 70
69.5 and 74.5
The frequency table has three classes with frequencies of 10, 70, and 20. The class 65" up to 70" corresponds with the
greatest frequency of 70.

award:
100.1.00 point
In a frequency distribution, the number of observations in a class is called the class ________.
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Midpoint
Interval
Array
→ Frequency
By definition, frequency is the number of observations in a class.

award:
101.1.00 point
Why are unequal class intervals sometimes used in a frequency distribution?
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→ To avoid a large number of classes with very small frequencies.
For the sake of variety in presenting the data.
To make the class frequencies smaller.
To avoid the need for midpoints.
When constructing frequency distributions, sometimes there are extreme or outlier values. Therefore, there would be several
classes with zero frequencies. To better summarize the data, a class would be created with extended limits that would include
the classes with zero frequencies and all the outlier or extreme values.

award:
102.1.00 point
The number of employees less than the upper limit of each class at Lloyd's Fast Food Emporium is shown in the following table:
What is it called?
A histogram
→ A cumulative frequency table
A pie chart
A frequency polygon
The table shows the number of employees in each class or less. So each class frequency is a cumulative total and the table
is a cumulative frequency table.

Multiple Choice Difficulty: 2 Intermediate frequency distribution using a
award:
103.1.00 point
A sample distribution of hourly earnings in Paul's Cookie Factory is:
The limits of the class with the smallest frequency are:

$6.00 and $9.00
$12.00 and up to $14.00
$11.75 and $14.25
→ $12.00 and up to $15.00
The frequency table has three classes with frequencies of 16, 42, and 10. The class $12 up to $15 corresponds with the
smallest frequency of 10.

award:
104.1.00 point
Refer to the following distribution of commissions:
What is the relative frequency for those salespersons that earn from $1,600 up to $1,800?
.02
.024
→ .20
.24
The number 0.20 is found by 24/120. Here, 120 is the total number of salespeople in the distribution.

award:
105.1.00 point
To plot a cumulative frequency distribution, the first coordinate would be _________.

X = 0, Y = 600
X = 500, Y = 3
X = 3, Y = 600
→ X = 600, Y = 0
To plot a cumulative frequency distribution, the first point would show a frequency of zero (Y = 0) at the lower limit of the first
class.

Multiple Choice Difficulty: 2 Intermediate frequency distribution using a
award:
106.1.00 point
What is the relative frequency of those salespersons that earn $1,600 or more?
25.5%
27.5%
29.5%
→ 30.8%
The figure of 30.8%, or 37/120, is found by taking the total of the frequencies for $1,600 or more (24 + 9 + 4) and dividing by
the total of 120.

award:
107.1.00 point
For the preceding distribution, what is the midpoint of the class with the greatest frequency?
1,400
→ 1,500
1,700
The midpoint cannot be determined.
The class with the greatest frequency is "1,400 up to 1,600." The class midpoint is the lower limit (1,400) plus one half of the
class interval (1/2 × 200 = 100) or 1,400 + 100 = 1,500.

award:
108.1.00 point
What is the class interval?

→ 200
300
3,500
400
The class interval is 200, found by the difference between any consecutive lower or upper class limits.

award:
109.1.00 point
Refer to the following wage breakdown for a garment factory.
What is the class interval for the preceding table of wages?

$2
→ $3
$4
$5
The class interval is $3, found by the difference between any consecutive lower or upper class limits.

award:
110.1.00 point
What is the class midpoint for the class with the greatest frequency?
$5.50
→ $8.50
$11.50
$14.50
The class with the greatest frequency is "7 up to 10." The class midpoint is the lower limit (7) plus half of the class interval
(1/2 × 3 = 1.5) or $7 + 1.5 = $8.50.

award:
111.1.00 point
What are the class limits for the class with the smallest frequencies?
3.5 and 6.5
4 and up to 7
→ 13 and up to 16
12.5 and 15.5
This class has the lowest frequency with 6 wage earners in the class.

award:
112.1.00 point
Refer to the following distribution of ages:
For the distribution of ages just shown, what is the relative class frequency for the lowest class?
.50
.18
→ .20
.10
The answer .20, or 10/50, is found by dividing 10 by the total of 50.

award:
113.1.00 point
What is the class interval?

9
→ 10
10.5
11
The class interval is 10, found by the difference between any consecutive lower or upper class limits.

award:
114.1.00 point
What is the class midpoint of the highest class?

54
55
64
→ 65
The highest class is "60 up to 70." The class midpoint is the lower limit (60) plus half of the class interval: ½ × 10 = 5, or $60 +
5 = 65.

award:
115.1.00 point
Refer to the following information from a frequency distribution for "heights of college women" recorded to the nearest inch: the
first two class midpoints are 62.5" and 65.5". What is the class interval?
1"
2"
2.5"
→ 3"
The class interval can be computed as the difference between adjacent class midpoints (65.5 - 62.5 = 3).

award:
116.1.00 point
first two class midpoints are 62.5" and 65.5". What are the class limits for the lowest class?
→ 61 and up to 64
62 and up to 64
62 and 65
62 and 63
Based on the class midpoints, the class interval is 3. The class limit for the lowest class would be the class midpoint less one
half of the class interval, or 62.5 - (½ × 3) = 61.

Multiple Choice Difficulty: 3 Challenge quantitative variables with frequency
award:
117.1.00 point
first two class midpoints are 62.5" and 65.5". What are the class limits for the third class?
64 and up to 67
67 and 69
→ 67 and up to 70
66 and 68
Based on the class midpoints, the class interval is 3. The class limit for the lowest class would be the class midpoint less half
of the class interval, or 62.5 - (½ × 3) = 61. Then adding the class interval, the lower limit of the second class would be 64 and
the lower limit of the third class would be 67. Again, applying the class interval, the upper limit of the third class would be 70.

Multiple Choice Difficulty: 3 Challenge quantitative variables with frequency
award:
118.1.00 point
Refer to the following distribution:
What is the relative class frequency for the $25 up to $35 class?
.02
→ .04
.05
.10
The class frequency divided by the total observations: 2/50 = 0.04.

award:
119.1.00 point
What is the class midpoint for the $45 up to $55 class?

49
49.5
→ 50
50.5
The class midpoint is the lower limit (45) plus half of the class interval ½ × 10 = 5, or 45 + 5 = 50.

award:
120.1.00 point
What are the class limits for the class with the highest frequency?
55 up to 64
54 up to 64
→ 55 up to 65
55 up to 64.5
This class with the highest frequency of 20 observations is "55 up to 65."

award:
121.1.00 point
Refer to the following frequency distribution on days absent during a calendar year by employees of a manufacturing company:
How many employees were absent for between 3 up to 6 days?

→ 31
29
14
2
From the chart, there are 31 employees who were absent 3 up to 6 days.

award:
122.1.00 point
How many employees were absent fewer than six days?

60
31
→ 91
46
To find the number of employees who were absent fewer than six days, add the frequencies for the classes, 0 up to 3 days,
and 3 up to 6 days, or 60 + 31 = 91.

Multiple Choice Difficulty: 3 Challenge frequency distribution using a
award:
123.1.00 point
How many employees were absent six days or more?

8
4
→ 22
31
To find the number of employees who were absent six or more days, add the frequencies for the classes, 6 up to 9 days, and
9 up to 12 days, and 12 up to 15 days, or 14 + 6 + 2 = 22.

award:
124.1.00 point
How many employees were absent from 6 up to 12 days?

→ 20
8
12
17
To find the number of employees who were absent from 6 up to 12 days, add the frequencies for the classes, 6 up to 9 days,
and 9 up to 12 days, or 14 + 6 = 20.

award:
125.1.00 point
Refer to the following breakdown of responses to a survey of room service in a hotel.
What is the class interval for the frequency table above?

10
20
40
→ None Apply
There is no class interval for data measured on an ordinal scale.

Multiple Choice Difficulty: 1 Basic qualitative variables with frequency
award:
126.1.00 point
What is the class with the greatest frequency?

Not satisfied
Satisfied
→ Highly satisfied
None Apply
The highly satisfied class has 60 people.

award:
127.1.00 point
What percent of the responses indicated that customers were satisfied?

40%
→ 33%
50%
100%
The answer (33%) is found by dividing the frequency of the satisfied class by the total frequency, or 40/120.

award:
128.1.00 point
What type of chart should be used to describe the frequency table?

A pie chart
→ A bar chart
A histogram
A frequency polygon
Bar charts can be used to illustrate a frequency table.

Multiple Choice Difficulty: 1 Basic frequency table using a bar or pie
chart.
award:
129.1.00 point
What type of chart should be used to show relative class frequencies?

→ A pie chart
A bar chart
A histogram
A frequency polygon
Pie charts can be used to illustrate relative frequencies for an ordinal variable.

chart.
award:
130.1.00 point
Refer to the following breakdown of responses to a survey of "Are you concerned about being tracked while connected to the
Internet?"
What is the class interval for the preceding frequency table?

10
20
40
→ None Apply

award:
131.1.00 point
Internet?"

→ Very concerned
Somewhat concerned
No concern
None Apply
The very concerned class has 140 people.

award:
132.1.00 point
Internet?"
What percent of the responses indicated that users were somewhat concerned?
40%
70%
→ 20%
100%
The answer (20%) is found by dividing the frequency of the somewhat concerned class by the total frequency, or 40/200.

award:
133.1.00 point
Internet?"

A pie chart
→ A bar chart
A histogram
A frequency polygon

chart.
award:
134.1.00 point
Internet?"

→ A pie chart
A bar chart
A histogram
A frequency polygon

chart.
award:
135.1.00 point
Refer to the following breakdown of responses to a survey of "How confident are you that you saved enough to retire?"
What is the class interval for the preceding frequency table?

10
20
40
→ None Apply

award:
136.1.00 point

Very confident
→ Somewhat confident
Not very confident
Don't know
The Somewhat Confident class with 135 people.

award:
137.1.00 point
What percent of the responses indicated that users were very confident?
63%
→ 21%
45%
33%
The answer (21%) is found by dividing the frequency of the Very Confident class by the total frequency, or 63/300.

award:
138.1.00 point

A pie chart
→ A bar chart
A histogram
A frequency polygon

chart.
award:
139.1.00 point

→ A pie chart
A bar chart
A histogram
A frequency polygon

chart.
award:
140.1.00 point
A pie chart shows the ______________________.
→ Relative frequencies of a qualitative variable
Relative frequencies of a quantitative variable
Frequencies of a nominal variable
Frequencies of a ratio variable
Pie charts can be used to illustrate relative frequencies for qualitative variables.

chart.
award:
141.1.00 point
A table summarizing a set of data showing the fraction of the total number of items in several classes is a
→ relative frequency distribution.
frequency distribution.
normal frequency distribution.
cumulative frequency distribution.

award:
142.1.00 point
In order to convert class frequency to relative class frequency, we
divide the midpoint of the class by the sample size.
divide the frequency of the class by the midpoint.
divide the sample size by the frequency of the class.
→ divide the frequency of the class by the sample size.

Multiple Choice Difficulty: 2 Intermediate qualitative variables with frequency
award:
143.1.00 point
In constructing a frequency distribution, the approximate is computed as
rev: 10_28_2014_QC_57523, 01_21_2015_QC_CS-3425, 01_21_2015_QC_CS-3555
→ (maximum value - minimum value)/(number of classes)
(maximum value - minimum value)/(sample size)
(minimum value - maximum value)/(sample size)
(maximum value)/(number of classes - sample size)


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City Frequency Relative Frequency

Learning Objective: 02-01 Summarize

a. What is this chart called?

b. What is the total number of frequencies?

c. What is the class interval?

d. What is the class frequency of the 10 up to 15 class?

g. On how many days were there 20 or more packages shipped?

b. 100, found by summing the individual class frequencies 5+13+28+23+18+10+3.

d. There are 28 values between 10 and 15.

g. 31, found by adding the class frequencies (18+10+3).

Learning Objective: 02-04 Display a

a. How many employees were studied?

Learning Objective: 02-04 Display a

a. How many welders were studied?

b. What is the class interval?

d. About 80% of the welders make less than what amount?

e. Twenty of the welders studied made less than what amount?

a. 40, because the vertical axis on the left ends at 40.

Learning Objective: 02-04 Display a

a. How many employees accumulated less than 12,000 miles?

Learning Objective: 02-04 Display a

Learning Objective: 02-01 Summarize

b. Construct a frequency table for delivery performance for last month.

Packages either early or on-time 91 %

Learning Objective: 02-02 Display a

a. How many classes would you recommend?

It is fairly symmetric, with most of the values between 17 and 36. 

Learning Objective: 02-03 Summarize

$143 $84 $139 $161 $175 $84 $126 $149 $140

Smallest class interval $ 35.8

b. What would be a better class interval?

Better class interval $ 40

Learning Objective: 02-03 Summarize

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Prime time viewing

Prime time viewing

Learning Objective: 02-02 Display a

11. 1.00 point

Construct a cumulative frequency distribution of this data.

Class Cumulative Frequency

Learning Objective: 02-03 Summarize

12. 1.00 point

Learning Objective: 02-02 Display a

13. 1.00 point

Learning Objective: 02-01 Summarize

14. 1.00 point

Learning Objective: 02-01 Summarize

15. 1.00 point

Learning Objective: 02-01 Summarize

16. 1.00 point

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a. What is the table called?

The table is called a frequency  table.

Bright white 100,000

Learning Objective: 02-02 Display a

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Learning Objective: 02-02 Display a

18. 1.00 point