WGU C955 - Module 4: Descriptive
Statistics for a Single Variable, Top
Exam Questions and answers, graded
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If 200 people are surveyed, how many claim to have had no exercise?
{{ Pie chart reflecting the averag
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WGU C955 - Module 4: Descriptive
Statistics for a Single Variable, Top
Exam Questions and answers, graded
A+
If 200 people are surveyed, how many claim to have had no exercise?
{{ Pie chart reflecting the average number of hours exercised per week. No exercise 36%, 1 - 2 hours
28%, 3 - 4 hours 12%, 4 - 5 hours 10%, 5 - 6 hours 8%, 6 - 7 hours 4%, more than 7 hours 2%. }}
a 18
b 36
c 72
d Cannot determine - ✔✔-72
Determine the range for the following data set. {1,24,26,28,32,36,38,40,65}
a 1 to 65
b 64
c 65
d Cannot determine - ✔✔-64
It is important to start the frequency scale on a bar chart at which value to be certain not to
overemphasize a difference in values?
a Zero
b The lowest measured value
c The smallest frequency
d As long as the scale is even, it doesn't matter where you start it. - ✔✔-Zero
If 80 people exercised 4 - 5 hours per week, how many people were surveyed?
{{ Pie chart reflecting the average number of hours exercised per week. No exercise 36%, 1 - 2 hours
28%, 3 - 4 hours 12%, 4 - 5 hours 10%, 5 - 6 hours 8%, 6 - 7 hours 4%, more than 7 hours 2%. }}
a 80
b 800
c 400
d 50 - ✔✔-800
You are a professional trainer at a local sports academy. You ask your athletes to determine the number
of grams of protein they consume for a particular meal. Which of the following would be the best choice
to illustrate the shape of the data you collect?
a Bar chart
b Pie chart
c Box plot
d None of the above - ✔✔-Box plot
What is the most significant difference between histograms and bar charts?
a The number of bars used
b The use of labels on the axes
c The type of data depicted in the graph
d The coloring used for each bar - ✔✔-The type of data depicted in the graph
Of the following sets of data, which would you assume should have the greatest range?
a Age when a baby gets their first tooth
b Age of first-year business students
c Age of death
d Age of high school graduate - ✔✔-Age of death
Determine any outliers in the following data set. {1,24,26,28,32,36,38,40,65}
a 1
b 65
c A and B
d None - ✔✔-A and B
Determine the interquartile range ( IQR ) for the following set of diagnostic test scores.
{60,47,65,85,81,77,70,56,47,84,75}
a 25
b 57
c 68
d 80 - ✔✔-25
Stem plots display which type of data?
a Quantitative
b Categorical
c Neither Quantitative nor categorical
d Quantitative and categorical - ✔✔-Quantitative
Determine the median for the following set of diagnostic test scores.{60,47,65,85,81,77,70,56,47,84,75}
a 67
b 70
c 47
d 67.9 - ✔✔-70
Determine Q3 for the sorted list of data values. {3,8,8,10,16,20,20,23,27,37,44,45,62,71}
a 27
b 37
c 44
d 45 - ✔✔-44
The bitrate of audio files in a sample group of files ranged from 160 kilobytes per second (Kbps) to 256
kilobytes per second (Kbps). What percentage of the audio files will fall within 2 standard deviations of
the mean? Assume the data is normally distribute
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