Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis 5th Edition By Peck - Test Bank

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Chapter 1 Test, Form A Answer Key
1. Descriptive statistics involve organizing, summarizing, and presenting data that
has been collected.
Inferential statistics involve generalizing the results of a sample to a larger
population.
2. a) Categorical
b) Categorical
c) Numerical, continuous
d) Numerical, discrete
e) Numerical, discrete
3. a) The proportion of people voting is smallest for the 18-24 year-old group, and
gets larger with age, until finally declining in the 75+ year-old group.
b) Voting by absentee ballot may be more of a hassle b/c you have to get the
ballot, fill it out, and then mail it in. Normally you need only just go to the
voting place.
4. a)
Landing Runway Collisions
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
Zebra dove Mannikin spp. Plover Barn-owl
Species
b) Species Rel. Freq. Takeoff
Zebra dove .4188
Mannikin spp. .2821
Plover .2479
Barn-owl .0513
Chapter 1 Test, Form A Answer Key Page 1 of 2

5.
a)
Fruit Eaters wingspan:
10 20 30 40 50 60
Wingspan
Insect Eaters wingspan:
10 20 30 40 50 60
Wingspan
b) The wingspans for fruit-eaters are generally longer than for the insect-
eating bats. The wingspans are also more spread out for the fruit-eaters,
from 25.2 to 58.7 cm, compared to 18.7 to 32.8 for the insect-eaters.
Chapter 1 Test, Form A Answer Key Page 2 of 2

Chapter 1: The Role of Statistics
Name ___________________________
1. Briefly describe how populations and samples differ.
2. In a psychological study of distance perception, introductory psychology class
volunteers were given 5, 10, or 15 extra credit points depending on their level of
participation in the experiment. They walked along paths laid out along hallways in
the psychology building, and were asked to judge the distance they had walked. Each
path distance was between 100 and 200 feet in length, and contained from two to
seven 90 degree turns. The investigators also kept track of class standing (freshman,
sophomore, junior, or senior). For each of the variables in this study, determine
whether it is categorical or numerical. For each numerical variable, determine
whether it is discrete or continuous:
a) The true length of the path
b) The amount of credit given to the volunteers
c) The length of the path as judged by the students
d) The number of 90 degree turns
e) Class standing
Chapter 1 Test, Form B
Page 1 of 4

3. The most important right and responsibility of citizens in a democratic society is
voting. The bar chart below shows, for different age groups in the 2000 presidential
election in the United States, the percentage of individuals in that age group who are
registered to vote.
Voting in the 2000 Elections
0
20
40
60
80
18-24 25-44 45-64 65-74 75+
Age group
% Registered
% Registered
(a) Describe in a few sentences the registration pattern that you see in the data above.
(b) Some individuals argue that the reason for the current level of registration in the 18-
24 year-old group is that many of them are college students and would have to vote
absentee. In your opinion, would that explain the registration level for the 18 – 24
age-group? Why or why not?
Chapter 1 Test, Form B
Page 2 of 4

4. Artificial nest have often been used when biologists study predation on birds. It is
usually assumed that predators will respond to artificial nests in the same way they do
to real birds’ nests. A recent experiment was performed to check this assumption for
predators of the American robin (Turdus migratorius) by comparing the egg loss in
three experimental treatments: (1) natural robin’s nests, (2) artificial wicker-basket
nests placed 30 meters in a random direction from natural robin’s nests, and (3)
artificial wicker-basket nests placed in a 180 m by 240 m grid around robin’s nests.
The data below are cumulative counts of eggs predated (stolen or broken and eaten) at
5, 10, and 15 day points of the experiment.
Cumulative count of depredated eggs
Nest type Original n Day 5 check Day 10 check Day 15 check
Natural robin 27 12 17 19
30 m from robin 27 3 12 18
Grid 48 7 32 44
(a) Construct a bar chart to display the cumulative counts for the natural robin nests at
their 5-, 10-, and 15-day checks.
(b) Fill in the relative frequency distribution (table) representing the cumulative counts
for the artificial nests in the grid. (Do not convert the table to a graph.)
Nest type Original n Day 5 check Day 10 check Day 15 check
Natural robin 27
30 m from robin 27
Grid 48
Chapter 1 Test, Form B
Page 3 of 4

5. Biologists know that bats have different flight characteristics. Some bats exhibit fast,
straight, and long flights; others are moderately slow, and highly maneuverable. The
flight capabilities of bats are presumably a function of (a) the characteristics of the bat
wings, and (b) the laws of physics. The data presented below are wing weights in
grams for certain species of bats from Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Two categories of
bat species are represented: fruit-eaters and insect-eaters.
Fruit eaters:
9.9, 11.5, 47.0, 59.6, 18.2, 22.1, 22.9, 15.0, 15.4, 13.3, 38.3, 42.2, 114.3, 105.4, 80.9
Insect eaters:
23.8, 16.1, 4.2, 3.9, 7.5, 3.5, 3.9
a) Construct two dot plots that will allow you to easily compare the distributions of the
wing weights for the two categories of bats, fruit-eaters and insect-eaters.
b) Write a short paragraph describing the features of the two plots; what do these plots
tell you about the differences in wing weight for fruit- and insect-eaters?
Chapter 1 Test, Form B
Page 4 of 4

Chapter 1 Test, Form B Answer Key
1. A population consists of an entire group about which some information is desired.
A sample consists of only some part of this group that has been selected for study.
2. a) Numerical, continuous
b) Numerical, discrete
c) Numerical, continuous
d) Numerical, discrete
e) Categorical
3. (a) The proportion of people registering is smallest for the 18-24 year-old group, and
gets larger with age, until finally declining in the 75+ year-old group.
(b) Voting by absentee ballot may be more of a hassle b/c you have to get the ballot,
but actual registration could be done at home before going to college. It would
seem that unless the 18-24 year-olds decide for some reason they will not vote in
their college years because of expected hassle of voting, the future voting would
not be affecting the registration level.
4. (a)
Eggs Predated — Natural nests
0
5
10
15
20
5-day check 10-day check 15-day check
Egg count
(b)
Nest type Original
n
Day 5
check
Day 10
check
Day 15
check
Natural robin 27
30 m from robin 27
Grid 48 0.146 0.667 0.917
Chapter 1 Test, Form B Answer Key Page 1 of 2

5. a) Fruit Eaters wing weight:
0 25 50 75 100 125
Wing Weight
Insect Eaters wing weight:
0 25 50 75 100 125
Wing Weight
b) The fruit eating bats have wings that are generally heavier than those of
the insect eating bats. They are also much more spread out in weight,
ranging from 9.9 to 114.3 grams. The insect-eating bats only have a range
of 3.5 to 23.8 grams.
Chapter 1 Test, Form B Answer Key Page 2 of

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