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1.    Age  of  Declaration  of  Independent  Signers  
The ages of the signers of the Declaration of Independence are shown. (Age is
approximate since only the birth year appeared in the source, and one has been
omitted since his birth year is unknown.) Construct a grouped frequency
distribution and a cumulative frequency distribution for the data using 7 classes.

 
 
 
 
 
2.    Air Quality Standards
The number of days that selected U.S. metropolitan areas failed to meet acceptable
air quality standards is shown below for 1998 and 2003. Construct a grouped
frequency distribution with 7 classes and a histogram for each set of data, and
compare your results.

 
 
 
 
 
3.    Calories in Salad Dressings
A listing of calories per one ounce of selected salad dressings (not fat-free) is
given below. Construct a stem and leaf plot for the data.

   
 
 

 
For Exercises 4 through 6, find (a) the mean, (b) the median, and (c) the
mode.

4. Grade Point Averages

The average undergraduate grade point average (GPA) for the 25 top-ranked
medical schools is listed below.

a.    3.724  
b.    3.73  
c.  3.74  and  3.70  

5. Earthquake Strengths
Twelve major earthquakes had Richter magnitudes shown here.
7.0, 6.2, 7.7, 8.0, 6.4, 6.2, 7.2, 5.4, 6.4, 6.5, 7.2, 5.4
a.    6.63     b.    6.45   c.  5.4,  6.2,  6.4,  7.2  

6. Garbage Collection
The amount of garbage in millions of tons collected over a 16-year period is
shown.
29.7 47.3 32.9 36 48 57.2 53.7 52.8 58.4 55.8 46.1 46.4 37.9 43.5 50.1 52.7
a.    46.78   b.    47.65   c.  None  

For Exercises 7, find the (a) mean and (b) modal class.

7. Automobile Fuel Efficiency

Thirty automobiles were tested for fuel efficiency (in miles per gallon). This
frequency distribution was obtained.

a.    19.7  
 
b.    17.5-­‐22.5  

 
 
 
 
For Exercises 8 and 9, find the range, variance, and standard deviation.
Assume the data represent samples.

8.    Football Playoff Statistics

The number of yards gained in NFL playoff games by rookie quarterbacks is
shown.
Range:  160  
Variance:  1984.5  
  Standard  Deviation:  44.5  
 
9.    Passenger Vehicle Deaths
The number of people killed in each state from passenger vehicle crashes for a
specific year is shown.

Range:    2721  
Variance:    355,  427.6  
Standard  Deviation:  596.2  

 
 
 
 
 
10.    Using  the  data  from  number  9,  determine  if  there  were  any  outliers  for  the  
number  of  people  killed  in  each  state  from  passenger  vehicle  crashes.      
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
For  exercises  11-­‐15,  Match  the  graph  to  its  shape.  
 
11.    
   
D.  Normal      
 
   
  A.    Skewed  Rt.  
   
   
   
12.        
  E.  Bimodal      
   
   
  B.  Skewed  Lt.  
   
   
   
13.        
  B.  Skewed  Lt.    
   
  C.  Uniform  
   
   
   
   
14.        
  C.  Uniform      
   
  D.  Normal    
   
   
   
   
15.        
 
A.  Skewed  Rt.      
E.  Bimodal