Basic Applied Statistics 200
Survey Questions
Do not write your name on this survey; your answers are to be
anonymous. Answer all questions as completely and honestly as possible.
Results from all surveys taken together will be made available on my
website to be used for Extra Credit assignments.
- How tall are you, to the nearest inch?
- What is your shoe size?
- Circle whether you are MALE or FEMALE. What is the height of your
same-gender parent (i.e. father's height if male, mother's height if
female)?
- How much do you weigh, to the nearest pound?
- Circle whether your major is UNDECLARED or DECLARED. If declared,
specify your major.
- How many credits are you taking this semester?
- What year are you in at Pitt? 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Other
- Do you live on campus?
- How many MINUTES in an average week do you spend exercising?
- How many years old are you?___________ How many months since your
last birthday?__________
- How many siblings do you have? (Count step-brothers and -sisters too.)
- Which of these are you most likely to spend leisure time with?
(a) telephone (b) television (c) VCR (d) computer (e) book
- Suppose 1 in 1,000 people have a certain disease. The chance of
correctly testing positive when a person actually has the disease is
90%. The chance of incorrectly testing positive when a person does not
have the disease is 10%. If someone tests positive for the disease, the
chance of actually having it is about what percent?
- Do you smoke cigarettes? YES NO If so, how many cigarettes per day?
- HOW much money did you earn in 2000, to the nearest thousand dollars?
(Answer 0 if you earned nothing.)
- Predict your score on the first exam as a percent, where 0% is the
lowest, 100% is the highest.
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