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Example Questions
Example Question #145 : Data Analysis
is a data set with exactly one mode.
is a data set with exactly one mode.
is a data set with exactly one mode.
Which is the greater quantity?
(a)
(b)
It cannot be determined which of (a) and (b) is greater
(a) and (b) are equal
(b) is the greater quantity
(a) is the greater quantity
(a) and (b) are equal
The mode of a set is the element that occurs in the set most frequently. A set without any repeated element is considered to have no mode.
For there to be a mode in the set , it must hold that ; the value of is the mode of this set. Similarly, ..
If , then, in the set , two of the elements in appear twice, giving the set two modes. If , then the value they are equal to appears three times as opposed to the other values, which appear one time each. That gives the set exactly one mode.
Example Question #146 : Data Analysis
and
are both bimodal sets.
Which is the greater quantity?
(a)
(b)
(b) is the greater quantity
It cannot be determined which of (a) and (b) is greater
(a) is the greater quantity
(a) and (b) are equal
(b) is the greater quantity
The mode of a set is the element that occurs in the set most frequently; a set is bimodal if two elements tie for this.
Consider . If , then 1 and each appear twice, more than any other element; this makes the set bimodal. If , the set has one mode, 1, since it appears three times, more than any other element. If has any other value, then the set has one mode, 1. Therefore, . For similar reasons, . Therefore, .
Example Question #1 : Range
Examine this stem-and-leaf diagram for a set of data:
Which is the greater quantity?
(a) The range of the data?
(b)
(a) and (b) are equal
(b) is greater
It is impossible to tell from the information given
(a) is greater
(a) and (b) are equal
The "stem" of this data set represents the tens digits of the data values; the "leaves" represent the units digits.
The range of a data set is the difference of the high and low values. The highest value represented is 87 (7 is the last "leaf" in the bottom, or, 8, row); the low value is 47 (7 is the first "leaf" in the top, or, 4, row). The difference is , which is the range.
Example Question #2 : Range
Consider the set of numbers:
Quantity A: The sum of the median and mode of the set
Quantity B: The range of the set
Quantity A is greater.
Quantity B is greater.
The two quantities are equal.
The relationship cannot be determined from the information given.
Quantity A is greater.
Quantity A: The median (middle number) is , and the mode (most common number) is , so the sum of the two numbers is .
Quantity B: The range is the smallest number subtracted from the largest number, which is .
Quantity A is larger.
Example Question #3 : Range
In the following set of data compare the median and the range:
It is not possible to compare the mean and the mode based on the information given
The median and the range are equal
The median is greater than the range
The range is greater than the median
The range is greater than the median
The median is the average of the two middle values of a set of data with an even number of values. So we have:
The range is the difference between the lowest and the highest values. So we have:
So the range is greater than the median.
Example Question #4 : Range
In the following set of data compare the mean and the range:
The mean is greater than the range.
The mean and the range are equal.
It is not possible to compare the mean and the mode based on the information given
The range is greater than the mean.
The mean is greater than the range.
The mean of a set of data is given by the sum of the data, divided by the total number of values in the set. So we can write:
The range is the difference between the lowest and the highest values. So we have:
So the mean is greater than the range.
Example Question #5 : Range
In the following set of data compare the mode and the range:
The range is greater than the mode.
The mode is greater than the range.
The range is equal to the mode.
It is not possible to compare the mean and the mode based on the information given.
The range is equal to the mode.
The mode of a set of data is the value which occurs most frequently which is in this problem.
The range is the difference between the lowest and the highest values. So we have:
So the range is equal to the mode.
Example Question #3 : How To Find Range
Consider the following set of data:
Compare and .
: The sum of the median and the mean of the set
: The range of the set
It is not possible to compare the mean and the mode based on the information given.
and are equal
is greater
is greater
is greater
The mean of a set of data is given by the sum of the data, divided by the total number of values in the set. So we can write:
The median is the average of the two middle values of a set of data with an even number of values. So we have:
So we have:
The range is the difference between the lowest and the highest values. So we have:
Therefore is greater than .
Example Question #1 : Sets
A class has 25 students. If 60% of them are boys, how many students are girls?
18
15
10
12
10
If 60% of the students are boys, 40% are girls (100 – 60 = 40). Multiply 25 by 40% (25 * 0.4 = 10); therefore, 10 students are girls.
Example Question #1 : How To Find The Missing Part Of A List
We can divide the natural numbers into four sets:
In which of these sets would 197 be a member?
It cannot be determined from the information given.
The sets are divided according to the remainder obtained when each element is divided by 4. 197 divided by 4 yields a remainder of 1; all of the elements of match this description, so .
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