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.

1. How tall are you, to the nearest inch?
2. What is your shoe size?
3. 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)?
4. How much do you weigh, to the nearest pound?
5. Circle whether your major is UNDECLARED or DECLARED. If declared, specify your major.
6. How many credits are you taking this semester?
7. What year are you in at Pitt? 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Other
8. Do you live on campus?
9. How many MINUTES in an average week do you spend exercising?
10. How many years old are you?___________ How many months since your last birthday?__________
11. How many siblings do you have? (Count step-brothers and -sisters too.)
12. Which of these are you most likely to spend leisure time with? (a) telephone (b) television (c) VCR (d) computer (e) book
13. 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?
14. Do you smoke cigarettes? YES NO If so, how many cigarettes per day?
15. HOW much money did you earn in 2000, to the nearest thousand dollars? (Answer 0 if you earned nothing.)
16. Predict your score on the first exam as a percent, where 0% is the lowest, 100% is the highest.

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