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Name                          Major                            Age Richard                   Nursing                           19 Sara                         Psychology                     18 Jordan                     Chemistry                       21 Mike                        Nursing                           18 Liz                            Nursing                           21 Nicole                      Psychology                     20 Pam                         Nursing                           21 Andrea                    History                             19 Given the above, the median age of these students is 19.

The following variable will be expected to have a normal distribution. Annual sales of a product that enjoys two peak seasons.

Consider the statement below and determine the appropriateness of type of probability assigned. “Based on housing data, the chance that a new student will move to a new residence across the road from Felbry College during the coming semester is 3 in 5.” This is a subjective probability based on opinion of the speaker.

The following variable will be expected to have a normal distribution. Each of the 9 students who took a very easy test scored 10 out 10.

Question 3.4.1   Scientists have noticed that ice in the Arctic is reducing in size. Name one thing that could affect how a polar bear survives in its environment. (1)

Question 2.6.2   About how much has the average height of men changed in 100 years? [ans1] cm (1)

Question 1.7.2   How do scientists know how long ago it lived? (1)

Question 1.7.1   Here is a picture of an animal called a Trilobite. It became extinct more than 250 million years ago.     Click on the button below to open the picture of the Trilobite.   How do we know it ever existed? (1)

QUESTION 1 Answer the following questions regarding evolution and fossils:

Twenty people, including yourself, are to measure the width of a room to the tenth of millimeter. Assume that everyone uses the same well calibrated measuring device such as a tape measure. All measurements are not likely to be exactly the same; some will be higher than the true value and some lower. These differences represent  random errors. If you want to minimize the effect of random errors in determining the width of the room, the better choice is to report the mean (average) of all measurements.