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Math 256, Hallstone Review for Final Exam Spring 2008 Part I (Chapters 1-6) A sample of 10 high school seniors was asked to record the amount of time they spent studying during a one week period. The ranked data is given here: 0,1,1,3,4,4,5,5,5,8. Which one of the following statements is correct concerning this data? 1) The sample mean is 7. 2) The sample mean is 4. 3) The sample median is 4. 4) All of the above are correct. 5) None of the above are correct. Shown below are estimates of the mileage recorded for thirteen 1982 model cars:  Miles per Gallon 32 33 30 40 Number of Cars 3 2 5 3  Compute the following for these data: 1) Mean miles per gallon 2) Median miles per gallon 3) Mode miles per gallon 4) Standard deviation (miles per gallon) From the beginning of the class to the end, we have discussed “distributions” of data. What three things are we usually interested in when we discuss “distributions”? a. Mean, median, mode b. Center, spread, shape c. Range, standard deviation, variance d. Sex, drugs, rock and roll Which of the following random variables would be considered continuous? a. the number of brothers a randomly chosen person has b. the time it takes for a randomly chosen woman to run 100 yards c. the number of cars owned by a randomly chosen adult male d. number of orders received by a mail order company in a randomly chosen week Identify the following as true (T) or false (F). 1)_____ An average alone does not completely describe the characteristics of a set of data; measures of spread are also needed. 2)_____ If the original measurements are expressed in feet, the variance would also be expressed in feet. 3)_____ The employees of a company are classified by religious preference. The company is asked to name the religion practiced by the greatest number of its employees. The mode would be the