An industrial psychologist observed 8 drill-press operators

Question 1

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An industrial psychologist observed 8 drill-press operators for one working day. She recorded the

number of times each operator pressed the “faster” button instead of the “stop” button to

determine whether the design of the control panel was contributing to the high rate of accidents in

the plant. The resulting scores were as follows:

5, 2, 8, 2, 3, 2, 4, 12

The range for this distribution is _________.

Question 2

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If a constant of 5 is subtracted from all of the scores, the standard deviation _________.

Question 3

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Given the following set of scores

X: 10, 12, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 13, 5, 0, 1

What is the value of ?

Question 4

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is called _________.

Question 5

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If the distribution is symmetrical, which is the best measure of central tendency?

Question 6

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Consider a distribution with N = 100, = 50, and = 9875. If 10 new scores of 50 were added to the distribution, what would happen to the sum of squares?

Question 7

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In calculating the standard deviation of a sample, we use _________ in the denominator.

Question 8

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Given the following set of scores

X: 10, 12, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 13, 5, 0, 1

What is the variance?

Question 9

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What is the appropriate symbol for the population standard deviation?

Question 10

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equals _______ .

Question 11

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The most commonly encountered measure of central tendency is the _________.

Question 12

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A distribution has a mean of 78 and a median of 92. This distribution is _________.

Question 13

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Assume one has a set of 35 scores with = 100 and s = 9. If 5 scores, each equal to 100 were added to the distribution, what effect would this have on ?

Question 14

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The mean weight for team A with 15 members is 140 lbs., the mean weight for team B with 7 members is 135 lbs., and the mean weight for team C with 20 members is 160 lbs. The overall mean weight for all three teams is _________.

Question 15

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A history professor gives a quiz to his class and records the following scores:

13, 11, 11, 9, 12, 13, 16, 14, 11, 10, 8, 13, 20.

The mean for this distribution is _________.

Question 16

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In a bell-shaped distribution, _________.

Question 17

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An industrial psychologist observed 8 drill-press operators for one working day. She recorded the number of times each operator pressed the “faster” button instead of the “stop” button to determine whether the design of the control panel was contributing to the high rate of accidents in the plant. The resulting scores were as follows:

5, 2, 8, 2, 3, 2, 4, 12

The variance for this distribution is _________. Assume sample data.

Question 18

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A history professor gives a quiz to his class and records the following scores:

13, 11, 11, 9, 12, 13, 16, 14, 11, 10, 8, 13, 20.

The standard deviation for this distribution is _________. Assume sample scores.

Question 19

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Given the following set of scores

X: 10, 12, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 13, 5, 0, 1

What is the mode?

Question 20

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The mean is _______ sensitive to extreme scores than the median.