Statistics Test

20 Questions • 7th Grade • Mathematics

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Statistics Test
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Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 5hrs 0mins
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Instructor name: swathi singu

1.

Russ compared the heights of two basketball teams. He recorded the data as shown.
Which of the following is an inference that could be made from this data?

a) 25% of team 1 is shorter than team 2 b) 25% of team 1 is the same height as 50% of
team 2

c) 50% of the teams are the exact same height d) 75% of team 2 is taller than team 1

2. A hospital wants to conduct a survey to find out what patients think about the quality of medical
services provided by its doctors and staff. Which of these would be the population in this survey?

a) the entire staff in the hospital b) all the doctors who treat patients in the
hospital

c) all of the patients in the cardiology wing of the d) all the patients in the entire hospital
hospital
3.

A state representative took several random surveys of adults to find which place they visited most
frequently. The average of all of the surveys is shown in this table.

a) On average, 2 out of 25 adults visited the b) On average, 17% of the adults visited the park
aquarium most frequently. most frequently.

c) On average, 2 out of 10 adults visited the d) A. On average, 50% of the adults visited the
museum most frequently. zoo most frequently.

4.

The number of bikes sold by a store over a period of two weeks is shown. Which statement
CORRECTLY compares the two data sets?

a) There isn't enough information to calculate b) The range of Week 1 is less than the range of
the range. Week 2.

c) The range of Week 2 is less than the range of d) The range of Week 1 is equal to the range of
Week 1. Week 2.

5.

The heights of two groups of students in different grades are shown in the box-and-whisker plot.
Which statement CORRECTLY compares the two data sets?

a) The minimum of Group A is greater than the b) The maximum of Group A is greater than the
minimum of Group B. maximum of Group B.

c) The median of Group B is greater than the d) The median of Group A is greater than the
median of Group A. median of Group B.
6. Jerry surveyed 50 band students at his school about whether or not they are planning to attend
summer camp. Of the students he surveyed, 22 said they planned to go to camp. Which of the
following statements is supported by Jerry's data?

a) It is possible to make a prediction based on b) It is not possible to make a prediction based

Jerry's results since the proportion of the on Jerry's results since the proportion of the
sample wanting to go to camp is very close to sample wanting to go to camp is not
the the proportion of the sample that does not equivalent to the proportion of the sample
want to go to camp that does not want to go to camp.

c) It is not possible to make a prediction based d) It is possible to make a prediction based on

on Jerry's results because the sample is not Jerry's results since his sample is
representative of the population. representative of the population.

7. The U.S. House of Representatives has 435 members. The data sets consist of random samples of
their ages taken on 3 consecutive days.
Data Set 1: 46, 52, 55, 82, 67, 52, 43, and 57.
Data Set 2: 66, 53, 55, 47, 49, 41, 54, and 56.
Data Set 3: 48, 61, 29, 46, 69, 39, 59, and 40.
Which can be a conclusion based on the data?

a) There are too few data points to make a b) The data is unreliable because they were
conclusion. taken by different people.

c) The data is unreliable because they were d) The outliers in some of the data sets will
taken on 3 consecutive days. affect the mean.

8.

A local newspaper runs poll estimates each time there is a mayoral election in the town of
Shadyville. The voting population of the town is approximately 60,000, with an equal number of men
and women. The current mayoral election has 4 candidates. The newspaper interviewed 2,800
women and 3,200 men to find out which candidate they planned to vote for and organized the
results in the table.
Who is MOST likely to come in last in the election?

a) Meyer b) Newport

c) Guiterez d) Rogers
9.

The table represents the scores of ten students in Ms. Williams’s class on a math and science test.
Which statement correctly compares the two sets of data?

a) The scores in Math are more consistent than b) The range of Science scores is greater than
the scores in Science. the range of Math scores.

c) The mean score in Math is greater than the d) The interquartile range of Math scores is
mean score in Science. greater than the interquartile range of Science
scores.

10. An amusement park debuted a new roller coaster this season, and Peter, the park manager, is
interested in the number of people who are riding it. The two data sets below represent the number
of riders during the first two weeks of June. Rather than look at all those numbers, Peter wants to
select a measure of central tendency that he can use to compare the attendance from week to
week. Peter understands that many visitors want to ride the most popular attractions; therefore, he
does not want outlier data to have too great an impact. Given that consideration, which measure of
central tendency should Peter use to compare the attendance of week 1 to the attendance of week
2?

a) Peter should compare the mean attendance b) Peter should compare the median
of week 1 to the mean attendance of week 2. attendance of week 1 to the mean
attendance of week 2.

c) Peter should compare the median d) Peter should compare the mean attendance
attendance of week 1 to the median of week 1 to the median attendance of week
attendance of week 2. 2.
11. Maria wants to find out about how much time the students in her school spend listening to music
every day. She needs to survey a random sample of students to help her figure it out. Which
sampling method best represents the entire population of students in her school?

a) Surveying a random sample of all students in b) Surveying every student with an M in their
the Math classes. last name.

c) Surveying female students with R in their first d) Surveying all of the students in each of the
name. Science classes.

12.

Miss Jackson is comparing her students' scores on the science test to the scores on the math test.
She has recorded the scores for each test on the dot plots. Which of the following statements is
true about the data?

a) The mean absolute deviation of the science b) The mean absolute deviation of the math
scores is greater than that of the math scores is greater than that of the science
scores; therefore, the science scores are scores; therefore, the math scores are more
more spread out than are the math scores. spread out than are the science scores.

c) The mean absolute deviation of the math d) The mean absolute deviation of the science
scores is greater than that of the science scores is greater than that of the math
scores; therefore, the math scores are higher scores; therefore, the science scores are
than the science scores. higher than the math scores.
13.

Coach Keller is comparing the heights of the students on the basketball and volleyball teams. The
line plots below show the heights, in inches, of the students on each team.

a) The mean absolute deviation of the volleyball b) The basketball team's heights has a greater
team's heights is greater than the mean interquartile range than the volleyball team's
absolute deviation of the basketball team's heights.
height.

c) The mean absolute deviation of the d) The volleyball team has a smaller range of
basketball team's heights is greater than the heights than the basketball team.
mean absolute deviation of the volleyball
team's height.
14.

The tables below show the results of a survey that asked a random sample of 135 boys and girls
from two schools in a city what their favorite sport was. Based on the survey results, which
inference could NOT be properly drawn?

a) The favorite sport of most of the boys at the b) In School 2, the number of boys whose
schools is soccer. favorite sport is swimming is about the same
as the number of girls whose favorite sport is
swimming

c) At both schools, the number of the students d) The favorite sport of most of the girls at the
whose favorite sport is tennis is almost the schools is tennis.
same as the number of students whose
favorite sport is swimming.

15.

The graphs below show the number of touchdowns each of two teams scored during the last
football season. What is the approximate difference between the means of the teams'
touchdowns?

a) 1.75 b) 0.7

c) 3 d) 1
16.

The heart rates are measured by beats per minute. These graphs show resting heart rates of 11
boys and 11 girls. Based on the graphs, which statement is true?

a) The resting heart rate for girls is more b) The boys have a lower maximum than the
consistent than the resting heart rate for girls.
boys.

c) The resting heart rate for girls is more d) The boys have a lower minimum than the
variable than the resting heart rate for boys. girls.

17. Randy and Keisha have been collecting data for their science projects. Randy has been collecting
data about the types of movies his friends have rented. Keisha has been collecting data about the
types of compact discs her friends buy. Randy and Keisha discussed their data and made several
statements about the relationships of the mode, mean, and median. Which of the following
statements is true?

a) The mean is never less than the median. b) The mode is never less than the mean.

c) They stated that general statements cannot d) The mode is never more than the mean.
be made about the three tendencies.

18. The drama club wants to estimate the number of students who will attend the school play. The
president of the club asks 20 of her friends if they are going to the play. She learns that 13 of them
plan to attend the play. Why is this an inaccurate collection of data?

a) Friends have similar interests and were b) The data sample was too large.
therefore more likely to say no.

c) Friends have similar interests and were d) The data sample was too small.
therefore more likely to say yes.
19. Which of these would be a systematic sample?

a) asking the first 10 students who enter the b) selecting the first five students who enter the
lunchroom about their favorite lunch class to be on a committee

c) asking the last 20 people who enter the d) surveying every third person who enters the
movies about their favorite movie mall about his or her favorite store

20. Jon finds a box of 350 postcards. He selects a random sample of 50 postcards and finds that 18
already have a stamp on them. Predict the total number of postcards in the box with stamps on
them.

a) 126 b) 972

c) 2.5 d) 97