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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. The first stranger's wife went to what kind of camp?
(a) Girl Scout.
(b) Church.
(c) Concentration.
(d) Tennis.

2. Who cannot teach simple math to students?
(a) Parents.
(b) Elementary school teacher.
(c) Peers.
(d) Calculus professor.

3. What about coincidence makes it the most noticeable among events?
(a) Fear.
(b) Focus.
(c) Research.
(d) Superstition.

4. Correlation is not necessarily tied to:
(a) Causation.
(b) Correct answers.
(c) Algorithims.
(d) Relativity.

5. According to this chapter, which of the following is most likely to be misused?
(a) Estimation.
(b) Scientific notation.
(c) Probability.
(d) Correlation.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many seats are there in the stadium?

2. What item helps mathematical illiterates understand the above theory?

3. What famous doctor does Paulos consider to be an innumerate?

4. Where do the two people meet?

5. Innumerates are more likely to believe in what?

(see the answer key)

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