Study Guide - Frequency Distributions and Graphs

1.Which of the following should not be done when constructing a frequency distribution?
A) select the number of classes desired
B) find the range
C) use a class width with an even number
D) use classes that are mutually exclusive

2.Determine the range for this data: 4, 7, 3, 16, 5, 22, and 8.

A) 4
B) 3
C) 14
D) 19

3.If a frequency distribution had class boundaries of 132.5147.5, what would be the class width?

4.A grouped frequency distribution is used when the range of the data values is relatively small.
A) True
B) False

5.The lower class limit represents the smallest data value that can be included in the class.
A) True
B) False

6.The __________ is the number of values in a specific class of distribution.

7.When data are collected in original form, they are called __________.

8.Greg wants to construct a frequency distribution for the political affiliation of the employees at Owen's
Hardware Store. What type of distribution should he use?
A) ungrouped
B) grouped
C) categorical
D) cumulative

9.What is the lower class limit in the class 1317?

A) 15
B) 17
C) 13
D) 12.5

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 10.What is the midpoint of the classes 13.517.3?
A) 13.4
B) 15.4
C) 17.3
D) 14.3

11.Using the class 2335, what is the upper class boundary?

A) 35
B) 29
C) 35.5
D) 23

12.The __________ is obtained by first adding the lower and upper limits and then dividing by 2.

13.If the limits for a class were 2038, the boundaries would be 19.538.5.
A) True
B) False

14.When the range is large and classes that are several units in width are needed, a __________ frequency
distribution is used.

15.For the class 16.323.8, the width is 7.

A) True
B) False

16.What are the boundaries of the class 1.873.43?

A) 1.93.4
B) 1.873.43
C) 1.8793.439
D) 1.8653.435

17.Find the class with the least number of data values.

A) 70
B) 90
C) 60
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 D) 40

18.Find the class with the greatest number of data values.

A) 70
B) 90
C) 60
D) 40

19.An ogive graph is also called a cumulative frequency graph.

A) True
B) False

20.The cumulative frequency is the sum of the frequencies accumulated to the upper boundary of a class in
the distribution.
A) True
B) False

21.The three most commonly used graphs in research are the histogram, the __________, and the
cumulative frequency graph (ogive).

22.The graphs that have their distributions as proportions instead of raw data as frequencies are called
A) relative frequency graphs.
B) ogive graphs.
C) histograms.
D) frequency polygons.

23.Which type of graph represents the data by using vertical bars of various heights to indicate frequencies?
A) ogive
B) frequency polygon
C) histogram
D) cumulative frequency

24.The frequency polygon is a graph that displays the data by using lines that connect points plotted for the
frequencies at the midpoints of the classes.
A) True
B) False
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 25.A histogram uses the midpoints for the x values and the frequencies as the y values.
A) True
B) False

26.A histogram is a graph that represents the cumulative frequencies for the classes in a frequency
distribution.
A) True
B) False

27.Given the following frequency distribution, how many pieces of data were less than 28.5?
Class Boundaries Frequencies
13.518.5 4
18.523.5 9
23.528.5 12
28.533.5 15
33.538.5 17
A) 12
B) 9
C) 25
D) 17

28.If data is clustered at one end or the other, it indicates that there is a __________.

29.Using the following frequency distribution, construct a frequency polygon.

Temperature Frequency
28.531.5 1
31.534.5 3
34.537.5 6
37.540.5 10
40.543.5 8
43.546.5 7

30.A weatherman records the amount of rain that has fallen in Portland, Oregon during each day. What
type of graph should he use?
A) pie graph
B) pictograph
C) time series graph
D) ogive

31.What type of graph is the figure below?

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A) Pareto chart
B) pictograph
C) ogive
D) pie graph

32.Graphs give a visual representation that enables readers to analyze and interpret data more easily than
they could simply by looking at numbers.
A) True
B) False

33.A time series graph represents data that occur over a specific period.
A) True
B) False

34.Pareto charts have units that are used for the frequency that are
A) decreasing in size.
B) increasing in size.
C) equal in size.
D) proportional in size.

35.An automobile dealer wants to construct a pie graph to represent types of cars sold in July. He sold 72
cars; 16 of which were convertibles. The convertibles will represent how many degrees in the circle?
A) 60
B) 80
C) 100
D) 50

36.In a pie chart, if pepperoni pizza were 24/72 of the distribution, how many degrees would be needed to
represent pepperoni?
A) 90
B) 120
C) 60
D) 150

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 37.Which graph should be used to represent the frequencies that certain types of classes are taken at
Highlands Middle School?
A) Pareto chart
B) time series graph
C) pie graph
D) pictograph

38.Exaggerating a one-dimensional increase by showing it in two dimensions is an example of a(n)

A) pictograph.
B) pie graph.
C) ogive.
D) misleading graph.

39.A Pareto chart arranges data from largest to smallest according to frequencies.
A) True
B) False

40.When two sets of data are compared on the same graph using two lines, it is called a compound time
series graph.
A) True
B) False

41.A pie graph would best represent the number of inches of rain that has fallen in Ohio each day for the
past 2 months.
A) True
B) False

42.The percentage of white, wheat, and rye bread sold at a supermarket each week is best shown using a
__________ graph.

43.A __________ would most appropriately represent the number of students that were enrolled in
Statistics for the past ten years.

44.A local fundraiser wants to graphically display the contributions they have received over the past five
years. Construct a time series graph for the following data.
Year Contributions
1996 $550
1997 $700
1998 $800
1999 $1050
2000 $1200
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45.The following information shows the colors of cars preferred by customers. Draw a pie graph and
indicate how many degrees the black represents in a pie graph?
Colors Number
Red 50
Black 60
White 30
Green 20
Blue 40

46.A pie graph was created showing the number of children per family. If 234 families were in the survey
and the section depicting families with three children represented 120, the number of families with
three children was 78.
A) True
B) False

47.Karen is constructing a pie graph to represent the number of hours her classmates do homework each
day. She found that 8/24 did homework for three hours each day. In her pie graph, this would represent
how many degrees?
A) 135
B) 45
C) 120
D) 240

48.Construct a pie graph using the following data from the local bakery.
Cookie Types Number Sold
Chocolate Chip 20
Peanut Butter 15
Oatmeal 30
Sugar 10

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Answer Key

1.C
2.D
3.15
4.B
5.A
6.frequency
7.raw data
8.C
9.C
10.B
11.C
12.class midpoint
13.A
14.grouped
15.B
16.D
17.B
18.C
19.A
20.A
21.frequency polygon
22.A
23.C
24.A
25.B
26.B
27.C
28.skewed distribution
29.

30.C
31.A
32.A
33.A
34.C
35.B
36.B
37.A
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38.D
39.A
40.A
41.B
42.pie
43.time series graph
44.

45.

46.A
47.C
48.

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