AP Statistics
Mini-Quiz #1 (9/8/2000)

Name: ____________________________


Instructions:
Use pencil. Raise hand if you have a question. Do not rise until you have finished.

1.

Give the correct notation (symbol) for each of the following: 

(a)

sample size

(b)

population s. d.

(c)

sample s. d.

(d)

sample mean

2.

Ask the heights of 5 friends plus yourself.

(a)

Record your raw data.

(b)

Compute the 5-number summary, the sample mean, and the s. d.

(c)

Make a stemplot.

(d)

Make a boxplot. If you can’t draw it, describe it in words.

3.

Categorize each of the following as stat., unk. param., or neither.

(a)

The median height of basketball players (at all levels) in the U.S.

(b)

The range of heights in STA varsity upper school basketball players.

4.

Estimate a believable numeric value for #3(b).

5.

Describe each of the following distributions using terms such as "skew right," "bimodal," "symmetric," etc.

(a)

(b)

(c)

(For part (c), the black portions on left and right sides are not part of the distribution.)

(d)