The ideas that helped spark both the rise of Humanism and then the Renaissance were largely inspired by supposedly ‘lost’ Greek and Roman texts on art, architecture, and philosophy being reintroduced into Western Europe by eastern scholars fleeing the Ottoman capture of Constantinople in 1453.

The Aztecs were great American empire builders, eventually ruling more than 25 million people, but what reason often fueled their aggressive expansionism and earned them long-lasting enmity from many of the peoples they conquered?

Why were the Portuguese and Spanish compelled to seek new trade routes to Asia in the decades following the final destruction of the Byzantine Empire and the fall of Constantinople in 1453?

What key factor helps explain why populations across the northern hemisphere from Europe to Asia succumbed to the bubonic plague in such large numbers as the disease migrated across the continent’s trade routes beginning in the 1340s?

Provide an appropriate response.Compute the coefficient of correlation, r, letting Row 1 represent the x-values and Row 2 represent the y-values. Then, compute the coefficient of correlation, r, letting Row 2 represent the x-values and Row 1 represent the y-values. What effect does switching the explanatory and response variables have on the linear correlation coefficient? ___________________________________________________________________________________________

The following data represents the number of cars that arrived at McDonald’s drive thru between 11.50 am to 12 noon each Wednesday for the past 50 weeks. 1 7 3 8 2 3 8 2 6 3 6 5 6 4 3 4 3 8 1 2 5 3 6 3 3 4 3 2 1 2 4 4 9 3 5 2 3 5 5 5 2 5 6 1 7 1 5 3 8 4 a) Construct a frequency distribution for the data. b) Construct a relative frequency distribution of the data c) Construct a histogram of the data. Describe the shape of the distribution [1] d) What percentage of weeks did exactly 3 cars arrive between 11.50 and 12 noon? [2] % e) What percentage of weeks did 3  or more cars arrive between 11.50 and 12 noon? [3] %  

Upload a scan of your ORGANIZED work page for the FREE RESPONSE questions of this exam. Upload as a JPG, PNG, PDF or DOCX file.

Calculate each student’s z-score. Show your work and round to two decimal places.

Which company has more consistent delivery times within the middle 50% of its deliveries? Support your answer using both IQRs.

A college surveyed students about their employment status and preferred class format. Percentages are calculated within each row. Contingency Table of Employment Status and Course Preference Employment status Prefer online classes Prefer in-person classes Total Employed 65% 35% 100% Not employed 40% 60% 100% Which statement is best supported by the table?