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What's normal?
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100

Find the mode and range of this set: 

{4, 7, 7, 7, 9, 9, 10, 11, 12}

Mode: 7

Range: 8

100

What percent of data in a standard normal curve falls within two standard deviations of the mean?

95%

100

What is the difference between an open-ended and a closed-ended question?

Open-ended: respondents create their own answer

Closed-ended: only certain answers are given as choices

100

What code is needed to create a graph of the gender variable in the cdc data set?

bargraph(~gender, data = cdc)

100

What was the treatment given to the experimental group in the Mythbusters episode we watched this year?

Yelling at/talking nicely to/playing music for plants

200

Find the median of this set: 

{4, 7, 7, 7, 9, 9, 10, 11, 12}

9

200

How many standard deviations above or below the mean is a 65" tall person, if the mean of normally distributed heights is 66" with a standard deviation of 2"?

0.5 below

200

What is a feasibility constraint?

A reason one could not perform an experiment; cannot assign grouping

200

What does "set.seed()" do in R?

It takes the randomness out of a random process, making it replicable.

200

If 40% of marbles are red, how many red marbles are there in a bag of 500?

200

300

Find the mean of this set: 

{4, 7, 7, 7, 9, 9, 10, 11, 12}

76/9 or 8.4444444444...

300

A machine puts bolts in a box. The mean number of bolts in any box is 110 with a standard deviation of 2 bolts. 16% of boxes have more than _____ bolts.

112

300

What does it mean if you are in the 35th percentile for height?

You are as tall or taller than 35 people in a group of 100.

300

What does "filter()" do in R?

It creates a new dataset by pulling observations from an existing set according to the filter criteria

300

Name at least 4 of the 5 classwide campaigns that we did this year.

food habits

personality color

stress and chill

time perception

time use

400

Find the IQR of this set: 

{4, 7, 7, 7, 9, 9, 10, 11, 12}

3.5

400

A group of normally distributed test averages has a standard deviation of 5. If Ana's test average of 76 has a z-score of 1.2, what is the mean?

70

400

What does it mean if the correlation coefficient between two variables is close to -1?

There is a very strong negative linear relationship between the variables.

400

What does "sample()" do in R?

It lets us take a random sample of values of a variable.

400

How many labs did we do this year?

18 (1A-H, 2A-F, 3A-D)

500

Find the standard deviation of this set.  (Answers within 10% of actual value are accepted.)

{4, 7, 7, 7, 9, 9, 10, 11, 12}

2.455. (range of accepted answers: 2.2095 - 2.7005)

500

In a standard normal distribution with mean of 60 and standard deviation of 6, what percent of the data falls between 54 and 72?

81.5%

500

What is the difference between causation and association?

Causation: cause and effect

Association: two things are statistically linked, but one does not cause the other

500

What does "mutate()" do in R?

It mutates a data set, perhaps by creating a new variable/column.

500

Say the following without any mistakes: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, how many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?

What word describes repeated consonant sounds at the beginning of words?

Alliteration