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An Internet and cable-television supplier surveyed a random sample of their customers. The results are shown in the table.Which statement about the two-way frequency table is true?

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A
The survey represents quantitative data.
B
There is a greater percentage of Internet customers who are not satisfied than cable television customers who are not satisfied.
C
About half of the customers surveyed are cable-television customers.
D
About one-fourth of the cable-television customers are not satisfied.
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A poll is being taken on Wednesday to predict which movie will be the most popular at the city’s movie theaters the next weekend: an animated movie, an action movie, or a romantic comedy. Which group would best represent a sample population?

A
Every fifth person coming out of the high school.
B
Every fifth person in the mall’s food court at lunchtime.
C
Every fifth person coming out of the downtown grocery store at different times throughout the day.
D
Every fifth person walking down the street in several different locations throughout town at different times of day.
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Valeriya wants to determine the likely voting outcome for the new town council election. Which sample is likely to yield the most biased results?

A
every tenth person working for the largest corporation in town
B
ten people chosen at random from each page of the town’s phone list
C
every tenth person walking down Main Street in town on a variety of days and times of the day
D
ten eligible voters chosen at random from each of the different neighborhoods in town
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Darren kept track of the number of e-mails he received from one of his customers each day for 14 days on the dot plot.Which statement must be true according to the dot plot?

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A
The data is skewed left and shows that on half of the days, Darren received 11 or 12 e-mails from the customer.
B
The data is skewed left and shows that on half of the days, Darren received 7 to 9 e-mails from the customer.
C
The data is skewed right and shows that on half of the days, Darren received 11 or 12 e-mails from the customer.
D
The data is skewed right and shows that on half of the days, Darren received 7 to 9 e-mails from the customer.
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The ages of the people in attendance at the showing of an award-winning foreign film are shown below.

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A
The data is symmetrical, showing that the majority of the attendees were between the ages of 30 and 50.
B
The data is symmetrical, showing that the majority of the attendees were between the ages of 21 and 60.
C
The data is skewed, showing that the majority of the attendees were between the ages of 30 and 50.
D
The data is skewed, showing that the majority of the attendees were between the ages of 21 and 60.
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The amount of rainfall each month over the past four years is shown below.

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A
The data is skewed, showing that the majority of the monthly rainfall amounts was between 2.01 and 4 inches.
B
The data is skewed, showing that the majority of the monthly rainfall amounts was less than 2.01 or greater than 4 inches.
C
The data is symmetrical, showing that the majority of the monthly rainfall amounts was between 2.01 and 4 inches.
D
The data is symmetrical, showing that the majority of the monthly rainfall amounts was less than 2.01 or greater than 4 inches.
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Irina’s basketball team has a 1 in 6 chance of winning the first-place trophy. She rolled a six-sided number cube repeatedly, assigning her team a number from 1 to 6 to demonstrate the probability that her team would win.

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Janie asked all of her classmates about the number of pets they have in their household. Her findings are shown in the table.Which statement about the two-way frequency table is true?

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A
The survey represents quantitative data.
B
There is a greater percentage of girls who do not own a pet than boys who do not own a pet.
C
The total number of girls who own 2 or more pets is 2.
D
More girls do not own a pet than do own a pet.
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Sal recorded the number of crackers in each snack-sized package he opened.Which statement must be true according to the box plot?

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A
The data is symmetric, and the lowest number of crackers in a package was 7.
B
The data is symmetric, and the lowest number of crackers in a package was 8.
C
The data is skewed, and the lowest number of crackers in a package was 7.
D
The data is skewed, and the lowest number of crackers in a package was 8.
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The number of points that Shira scored each basketball game so far this season is shown on the dot plot.

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A
The data is skewed to the right and shows that she never scored fewer than 2 points or more than 12 points in a game.
B
The data is skewed to the right and shows that she scored 11 points in more games than all of the other games combined.
C
The data is skewed to the left and shows that she never scored fewer than 2 points or more than 12 points in a game.
D
The data is skewed to the left and shows that she scored 11 points in more games than all of the other games combined.

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