Math 2 Enhanced B Name: __________________
Unit 10 – Statistics Period: _________
Unit [Link] - Homework
Learning Target 1: I can differentiate among the different types of statistical studies
Scientists are researching asthma in a town near a coal power plant.
What is a possible survey the scientists could do? What is a possible observational study the scientists
could do?
What is a possible sample survey the scientists What is a possible experiment the scientists
could do? could do?
Mary is going to survey people about their favorite hobby.
What advice would you give Mary to make her survey as accurate as possible?
What are some possible BAD methods of surveying that Mary should make sure not to do?
Learning Target 2: I can describe data sets using multiple measures of center and spread
Draw a distribution that is Draw a symmetric distribution that Draw a normal distribution
skewed left is not normal
5, 9, 10, 2, 7, 2, 3, 9, 10, 4, 6, 1, 9, 5
Construct a histogram: Calculate the following:
Mean: Median: Mode:
IQR: Range:
Math 2 Enhanced B Name: __________________
Unit 10 – Statistics Period: _________
Unit [Link] - Homework
Learning Target 3: I understand what situations follow the normal distribution and how to find the percentage
of the population which meets a certain requirement for standard normal distribution.
The weights of adult lions are normally distributed with mean 410 pounds and standard deviation 10 pounds.
What percent of adult lions weigh more than 425 If an adult lion is randomly selected, what is the
pounds? probability it weighs less than 402 pounds?
What percent of adult lions weigh more than 401 If an adult lion is randomly selected, what is the
pounds? probability it weighs less than 434 pounds?
What percent of adult lions weigh between 413 and How much do the lightest 25% of adult lions weigh?
421 pounds?
How many pounds would a lion have to be in order The weights of adult elephants are normally
to be in the 70th percentile for weight? distributed with mean 12000 pounds and standard
deviation 1000 pounds. If there is a 425 pound lion
and a 13400 pound elephant, which one is heavier
relative to other members of its species?
Math 2 Enhanced B Name: __________________
Unit 10 – Statistics Period: _________
Unit [Link] - Homework
Learning Target 4: I am able to use confidence intervals to determine the reliability of a claim.
You work for a consumer advocate agency and want Out of 550 people leaving a shopping mall, 300
to find the mean repair cost of a washing machine. In claimed to have spent over $25. Determine a 95%
the past, the standard deviation of the cost of repairs confidence interval for the proportion of shopping
for washing machines has been $17.50. As part of mall customers who spend over $25.
your study, you randomly select 40 repair costs and
find the mean to be $100.00. Calculate a 95%
confidence interval for the population mean.
A new lottery scratch-off game states that on average A polling company states that after surveying 400
each ticket will give $3.24 in prizes with a standard voters, they have 95% confidence that 45% of voters
deviation of $0.20. Hank buys 30 tickets and gets a support a certain proposed law. Find the margin of
total of $90 in prizes. Do you believe the lottery error for the poll.
game’s claim is accurate?
A random sample of 45 professional football players The DMV claims that customers have to wait an
indicated the mean height to be 6.18 feet with a average of 60 minutes before being served with a
standard deviation of 0.37 feet. Find a 95% standard deviation of 8 minutes. Marty asks 50
confidence interval for the mean height of customers leaving the DMV what their wait time was
professional football players. and calculates their mean was 64 minutes. Does the
DMV’s claim seem reasonable?
Math 2 Enhanced B Name: __________________
Unit 10 – Statistics Period: _________
Unit [Link] - Homework
Learning Target 5: I can create simulations to model a situation in order to accurately estimate various
outcomes.
Bob heard that 25% of adults are going to vote in the election. For his Government class he’s supposed to go
out and survey 80 people, but he decides to just simulate the results instead.
a) How could he do this with a die?
b) How could he do this with a coin?
c) How could he do this with a deck of cards?
d) What is the expected number of surveyed adults who will vote?
Peter is playing World of Warcraft and the type of monster he is defeating has a 40% chance of dropping an
item. He wants to know how many items he will get after defeating 70 of these monsters.
a) Come up with at least two methods of simulating the results.
b) What is the expected number of items he will receive?
HQ Trivia asks a series of multiple choice questions with three possible answers for each.
a) If you guess randomly on a typical 12 question game, how many questions do you expect to get
correct?
b) Come up with at least two methods of simulating the results.