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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 - Statistics, Trade-Offs, and Society, Close.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the probability of people being directly linked?
(a) 99%.
(b) 10%.
(c) 25%.
(d) 1%.

2. What restaurant is referenced?
(a) McDonalds.
(b) Four Seasons.
(c) Taco Bell.
(d) Savoy.

3. How much might the company's profits have increased?
(a) 30%.
(b) 12%.
(c) 23%.
(d) 10%.

4. According to Paulos, math has many ________.
(a) Variables.
(b) Inconsistencies.
(c) Certainties.
(d) Mysteries.

5. Paulos jokes about how many hamburgers?
(a) 9.
(b) 800.
(c) 300.
(d) 120.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the method Paulos illustrates in the wildlife study?

2. The author mentions sagas from which country?

3. In what did the doctor not believe?

4. How does the business man travel?

5. Polling can also help to gauge what?

(see the answer key)

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