(01.03 MC) The Jones school district gives awards to its schools based on overall student attendance. The data for attendance are shown in the table below, where Min represents the fewest days attended and Max represents the most days attended for a single student: School Min Max Range Mean Median IQR σ High School X 108 180 72 169 150 47.5 29.5 High School Y 112 180 68 160 124 49.5 32.4 High School Z 130 180 50 162 151 39.5 27.5 Part A: If the school district wants to award the school that has the most consistent attendance among its students, which high school should it choose and why? Justify your answer mathematically. (5 points) Part B: If the school district wants to award the school with the highest average attendance, which school should it choose and why? Justify your answer mathematically. (5 points) (10 points)

Which of the following absorption maxima is not in the visible range of the electronic spectrum?

In GC, the two main factors used to control analyte retention are

(02.05 MC)  You want to know the opinions of dog owners across America on the issue of establishing a law requiring individuals who own pit bulls to obtain insurance for their dogs. You obtain a list of all registered dog owners and mail a survey to a random sample of 5,000 owners. Of those, 2,389 responded and 22% say that they favor the law. Which of the following statements is true? (5 points)

(01.06 MC)  The masses, in kg, of some bags on an airplane are shown below: 7, 6.2, 6.1, 6.8, 6.1, 6.2, 6.8, 5.8, 6.2, 6.3 Jack made the following box plot to represent the masses: Which of the following did Jack incorrectly show on his box plot? (5 points)

(01.02 LC)  A survey was taken of students in math classes to find out how many hours per day students spend on social media. The survey results for the first-, second-, and third-period classes are as follows: First period: 2, 4, 3, 1, 0, 2, 1, 3, 1, 4, 9, 2, 4, 3, 0 Second period: 3, 2, 3, 1, 3, 4, 2, 4, 3, 1, 0, 2, 3, 1, 2 Third period: 4, 5, 3, 4, 2, 3, 4, 1, 8, 2, 3, 1, 0, 2, 1, 3 Which is the best measure of center for third period and why? (5 points)

(02.05 MC)  A dentist office gives a survey to all wisdom teeth extraction patients asking them to rate the quality of their dental experience. One month after wisdom teeth extraction, the dentist contacts the patients again to ask if there were any complications from the extraction. Last year, the results of the surveys showed that of the patients who had a poor dental experience, 37% had post-extraction complications. What conclusion can be drawn from this study? (5 points)

(02.01 MC)  The HR manager of a water-bottling company wants to estimate the proportion of employees that are pleased with the cleanliness of the bathrooms. She considers two methods of obtaining a sample of 550 employees from the 3,500 employees at the company. Part A: To make the process easier, the manager considers surveying the first 550 employees who enter a company’s annual conference center. Identify the type of sampling method proposed and discuss why this sampling method might be biased. (5 points)Part B: The second method the HR manager is contemplating involves using a random number generator app to choose a simple random sample of 550 employees from a list of 3,500 employee names. How could she implement this method? (5 points)

(02.05 LC)  A researcher is studying the effects of playing chess on memory improvement. He identifies 50 people who play chess and 50 people who do not. Each of the 100 people is given a questionnaire designed to determine memory level. None of the 100 people who participated in the study knew they were part of a study. Which statement is true? (5 points)

(02.04 LC)  For a certain experiment, the available experimental units are 12 people—six females (f) and six males (m). Use (1f, 2f, 3f, 4f, 5f, 6f) to denote the females and (1m, 2m, 3m, 4m, 5m, 6m) to denote the males. There are to be six treatment groups: A, B, C, D, E, and G. If a randomized block design is used, with the experimental units blocked by gender, which assignment of treatments is not correct? (5 points)