MATH 225N Week 2 Statistics Quiz 2020 – Chamberlain College
of Nursing
Question 1
A company has developed a wristband for monitoring blood sugar levels without requiring direct blood
samples. It is interested in demo
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MATH 225N Week 2 Statistics Quiz 2020 – Chamberlain College
of Nursing
Question 1
A company has developed a wristband for monitoring blood sugar levels without requiring direct blood
samples. It is interested in demonstrating the accuracy of the device for governmental approval and has
decided to test the claim "The glucose level reported by the wristband is within 10% of a standard blood test
result." Which of the following data collection processes would be appropriate? Select only one answer choice.
That is correct!
Choose a random sample of employees at lunchtime and measure their blood sugar using both the
wristband and a standard blood test.
Choose a random sample of people from the local area and random times throughout the day and measure
their blood sugar using both the wristband and a standard blood test.
Choose a random sample of people from the local area and random times and measure their blood sugar
using the wristband. Choose another random sample of people and random times and measure their blood
sugar using the standard blood test.
Go to a hospital and have the doctors choose a random sample of patients to be tested at random times
using both the wristband and the standard blood test.
Question 2
A farmer divided his piece of land into 4 equivalent groups. The quality of the soil is the same across
the 4 groups of land. He planted the same crop in all 4 groups of land and recorded the yield of the crop in
all 4 groups for a 4 week period. Is the study observational or experimental? If it is an experiment, what is the
controlled factor?
The study is an observational study.
The study is an experiment. The controlled factor is the 4 week observation period.
The study is an experiment. The controlled factor is the land.The study is an experiment. The controlled factor is the growth of the crops.
Question 3
To test the effectiveness of a drug proposed to relieve symptoms of headache, physicians included participants
for a study. They gave the drug to one group and a drug with no therapeutic effect to another group. Which
group receives the placebo?
That is correct!
the physicians
the group that received the drug for headache
the group that received the drug with no therapeutic effect
all of the people in the study
Question 4
Matthew has created a survey to test whether or not gender has any effect on political party associations. What
is the explanatory variable in this situation?
That is correct!
the number of people surveyed
political party associations
gender
none of the above
Question 5
Is the statement below true or false?
Continuous data are the type of quantitative data that is the result of measuring.
That is correct!True
False
Question 6
A doctor notes her patient's temperature in degrees Fahrenheit every hour to make sure the patient does not
get a fever. What is the level of measurement of the data?
That is correct!
nominal
ordinal
interval
ratio
Question 7
Karen wants to estimate the mean number of siblings for each student in her school. She records the number
of siblings for each of 200 randomly selected students in the school. What is the sample?
That is correct!
the 200 randomly selected students
the specific number of siblings for each randomly selected student
all the students in the school
the mean number of siblings for the randomly selected students
the mean number of siblings for all students in the school
Question 8
True or False? In reference to different sampling methods, systematic sampling includes the steps: divide the
population into groups; use simple random sampling to identify a proportionate number of individuals from
each group.That is correct!
True
False
Question 9
While standing on a highway overpass, Jennifer wonders what proportion of the vehicles that pass on the
highway below are trucks. The highway has 4 lanes running in each direction. Jennifer is only interested in
the proportion of vehicles that pass over the course of the hour that she spends there. Which of the following
sampling methods would be best for Jennifer to employ?
Obtain a cluster sample by randomly selecting 3 of the 36 numbers and letters that might be at the beginning
of a license plate, and select every vehicle whose license plate starts with one of those 3 numbers or letters.
Obtain a convenience sample by watching 1 lane and selecting every vehicle that passes in that lane.
Obtain a systematic sample by selecting every 20th vehicle that passes (in any lane and going in any
direction).
Obtain a stratified sample by, during every minute, spending 712 second watching each of the 8 lanes and
selecting the last vehicle that passes during the time it is being watched (or the first vehicle after that time if
no cars pass during that time).
Question 10
As a member of a marketing team, you have been tasked with determining the number of DVDs that people
have rented over the past six months. You sample twenty adults and decide that the best display of data is a
frequency table for grouped data. Construct this table using four classes.
15,30,28,19,14,18,28,19,10,19,10,24,14,18,24,27,10,18,16,23
orrect answers:
• 1$10$10
• 2$15$15
• 3$6$6
• 4$16$16
• 5$21$21• 6$7$7
• 7$22$22
• 8$27$27
• 9$4$4
• 10$28$28
• 11$33$33
• 12$3$3
Note that the data is not ordered and that we have been asked to use 4 classes.
To determine the class width, use the formula: Max Value−Min ValueNumber of Classes=30−104=5. Since
this value is an integer, there is no need to round.
Use the minimum value, 10, for the lower class limit of the first class. To find all other lower class limits, add
the class width, 5, plus 1. For example, the second lower class limit would be: 10+5+1=16.
Lower Class Limit Upper Class Limit Frequency
10
16
22
28
To find the upper class limits, add the class width, 5, to each lower class limit. For example, the upper class
limit of the first class would be: 10+5=15.
Lower Class Limit Upper Class Limit Frequency
10 15
16 21
22 27
28 33To find the frequency for each class, count the number of data values that fall within the range of each class.
For example, the data values 15, 14, 10, 10, 14, and 10 fall within the range of the first class, 10-15. So, the
frequency of this class is 6.
Lower Class Limit Upper Class Limit Frequency
10 15 6
16 21 7
22 27 4
28 33 3
Answer: 1=10, 2=15, 3=6, 4=16, 5=21, 6=7, 7=22, 8=27, 9=4, 10=28, 11=33, 12=3
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