so on. FINANCE Sub-topics: tuition fees, student loans, interest rates, inflation, home ownership, stock market, mutual funds and so on. 2) For each of the following questions state a hypothesis that could be tested: a) How is performance on standardized tests related to intelligence? b) Should the colour of your car influence your car insurance rates? c) Is income related to level of education? Al The 4) List fields you would include in a database of a) a business's employee records b) the backgrounds of the students in a school ) a school's textbook inventory 5) Describe a quantity that would be difficult to calculate or to measure in real life. Outline a simulation procedure you could use to determine this quantity. 6) A catering service conducted a survey asking respondents to choose from six different hot meals. Meal Choser Number Chicken 16 Steak 20 |Pasta 9 Lamb chops 12 Salmon Stir-Fry Create a circle graph and a pictograph for this data. 7) Identify the population for each of the following questions: a) Who should be the next president of the student's council? b) Who should be the next year's grade 10 representative on the student's council? c) What is your favourite soft drink? d) Which Beatles song was the best? e) How effective is a new headache remedy? 8) What type(s) of sample would be appropriate for the following: ( the choices are: stratified sample, simple random sample, convenience sample, voluntary-response sample) a) a survey of engineers, technicians, and managers employed by a company? b) determining the most popular pizza topping? c) measuring customer satisfaction for a department store? 9) A magazine company is conducting a survey for 5000 customers. The company will only sample 50 customers. What is the sampling interval for this situation? 10) Which of the following is an iterative process? a) the cycle of a washing machine b) a chart of sunrise and sunset times c) substituting a value for the variable in a quadratic equation