Introduction to Statistics Course MATH 1342

Collin County Community College

David Katz, instructor

Section by Section List of Test Topics For Exam #1 (Chapters 2-3 from Elementary Statistics, 10th edition, by Triola)

The exam will consist of 20 multiple-choice questions from this list of questions from your homework sections.

  1. (2-2) Create a frequency table from a list of data
  2. (2-2) Create a relative frequency table from a list of data
  3. (2-2) Create a cumulative frequency table from a list of data
  4. (2-2) Identify the class width, class midpoint, and class boundary
  5. (2-3) Create a histogram from a list of data
  6. (2-3) Read and interpret a histogram
  7. (3-2) Know the symbol for sample mean and for population mean
  8. (3-2) Compute the mean of a frequency table
  9. (3-2) Compute the median of a list with an even number of elements
  10. (3-2) Compute the median of a list with an odd number of elements
  11. (3-3) Know the symbols for population and sample standard deviation
  12. (3-3) Compute the sample standard deviation from a list of data (p.94)
  13. (3-3) Compute the sample standard deviation from a frequency table
  14. (3-3) Use the range rule of thumb to quickly estimate the standard deviation
  15. (3-3) Use the Empirical Rule to estimate the % of data within the specified range
  16. (3-3) Determine if a value is an outlier by computing the min/max unusual values
  17. (3-4) Compute z-score (aka relative score or standardized score)
  18. (3-4) Compare 2 z-scores to determine which one has the higher relative standing
  19. (3-4) Use the z-score of a data value to determine if the value is an outlier
  20. (3-4) Know the meaning of quartile
  21. (3-4) Given a data value in a list, determine what percentile the value belongs to (p.113)
  22. (3-4) Determine what data value corresponds to a given percentile (p.114)
  23. (3-5) Draw a box plot for a given list of data 

 

 

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