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Lab 1: Chi-Square Goodness-of-Fit Quiz

12 questions math Grades 9-12

The question sheet

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  1. How can you collect the grocery receipt data?

    • Estimate the amounts yourself
    • Use last year's tax records
    • Ask 30 people leaving the supermarket
    • Search online databases
    Reveal answer

    Answer: Ask 30 people leaving the supermarket

    Source evidence

    PDF page 619: Collect the Data Go to your local supermarket. Ask 30 people as they leave for the total amount on their grocery receipts. Or, ask 3 cashiers for the last 10 amounts. Be sure to include the express lane, if it is open.

  2. As an alternative, how many amounts can you ask from each cashier?

    • The last 30 amounts
    • The last 20 amounts
    • The last 10 amounts
    • The last 5 amounts
    Reveal answer

    Answer: The last 10 amounts

    Source evidence

    PDF page 619: Collect the Data Go to your local supermarket. Ask 30 people as they leave for the total amount on their grocery receipts. Or, ask 3 cashiers for the last 10 amounts. Be sure to include the express lane, if it is open.

  3. For the uniform distribution test, which percentiles are requested?

    • 20, 40, 60, 80
    • 25, 50, 75, 100
    • 15, 35, 55, 75
    • 10, 30, 50, 70
    Reveal answer

    Answer: 20, 40, 60, 80

    Source evidence

    PDF page 620: b. 20 percentile = _________

    PDF page 620: c. 40 percentile = _________

    PDF page 620: e. 80 percentile = _________

  4. The exponential distribution test uses which parameter?

    • Decay parameter
    • Location parameter
    • Shape parameter
    • Growth parameter
    Reveal answer

    Answer: Decay parameter

    Source evidence

    PDF page 621: Exponential Distribution Test to see if grocery receipts follow the exponential distribution with decay parameter .

  5. Which value is requested first in the uniform distribution test?

    • Median
    • Lowest value
    • Highest value
    • First quartile
    Reveal answer

    Answer: Lowest value

    Source evidence

    PDF page 620: a. lowest value = _________

  6. Which percentile appears in the exponential test but not the uniform test?

    • 60 percentile
    • 80 percentile
    • 37 percentile
    • 40 percentile
    Reveal answer

    Answer: 37 percentile

    Source evidence

    PDF page 621: c. 37 percentile = ________

    PDF page 620: c. 40 percentile = _________

  7. In the exponential distribution test, what is requested at item d?

    • First quartile
    • Median
    • 63 percentile
    • Highest value
    Reveal answer

    Answer: Median

    Source evidence

    PDF page 621: d. median = ________

  8. Which quartiles are requested in the exponential test?

    • First and third quartiles
    • No quartiles
    • Only the median
    • Second and fourth quartiles
    Reveal answer

    Answer: First and third quartiles

    Source evidence

    PDF page 621: b. first quartile = ________

    PDF page 621: f. 3 quartile = ________

  9. The chi-square table for the uniform test has which two data columns?

    • Lowest and Highest
    • Cell and Frequency
    • Observed and Expected
    • Mean and Mode
    Reveal answer

    Answer: Observed and Expected

    Source evidence

    PDF page 620: Fifth Observed Expected

  10. The exponential distribution table lists which columns?

    • Mean, Median, Mode
    • Count, Percent, Total
    • Cell, Observed, Expected
    • Low, High, Range
    Reveal answer

    Answer: Cell, Observed, Expected

    Source evidence

    PDF page 621: Cell Observed Expected

  11. When collecting data, you should be sure to include which lane if open?

    • The customer service lane
    • The express lane
    • The self-checkout lane
    • The exit lane
    Reveal answer

    Answer: The express lane

    Source evidence

    PDF page 619: Collect the Data Go to your local supermarket. Ask 30 people as they leave for the total amount on their grocery receipts. Or, ask 3 cashiers for the last 10 amounts. Be sure to include the express lane, if it is open.

  12. How many people are asked for grocery receipt amounts?

    • 50 people
    • 30 people
    • 10 people
    • 20 people
    Reveal answer

    Answer: 30 people

    Source evidence

    PDF page 619: Collect the Data Go to your local supermarket. Ask 30 people as they leave for the total amount on their grocery receipts. Or, ask 3 cashiers for the last 10 amounts. Be sure to include the express lane, if it is open.

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