SAEE Analytical Reasoning & Data Interpretation 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A dataset has values 4, 8, 8, 10, 20. What is the median?
- 8 (Correct answer)
- 10
- 12
- 20
Correct answer: 8
The middle value of the ordered set is 8.
Question 2: If sales doubled every year starting at $10k in Year 1, what were sales in Year 4?
- $40k
- $60k
- $80k (Correct answer)
- $100k
Correct answer: $80k
10k→20k→40k→80k by Year 4.
Question 3: All books on a shelf are blue except the red dictionaries. Which must be true?
- No dictionaries are blue (Correct answer)
- All blue books are dictionaries
- Some non-dictionaries could be red
- Every book is red
Correct answer: No dictionaries are blue
Only dictionaries are red, so dictionaries are not among the blue books.
Question 4: A scatter plot shows strong positive correlation between study hours and test scores. What does this suggest?
- More study hours tend to relate to higher scores (Correct answer)
- Study hours have no effect
- Higher scores cause more study
- The variables are unrelated
Correct answer: More study hours tend to relate to higher scores
Positive correlation means the variables tend to rise together.
Question 5: The mean of four numbers is 15. Three numbers are 10, 14, and 20. What is the fourth?
- 16 (Correct answer)
- 14
- 18
- 12
Correct answer: 16
Total must be 60; 60 - 44 = 16.
Question 6: In a logic grid, if Tom is taller than Sam and Sam is taller than Joe, who is shortest?
- Tom
- Sam
- Joe (Correct answer)
- Cannot be determined
Correct answer: Joe
Joe is below Sam, who is below Tom, making Joe shortest.
Question 7: A histogram shows most data clustered at low values with a long tail to the right. This distribution is:
- Symmetric
- Right-skewed (Correct answer)
- Left-skewed
- Uniform
Correct answer: Right-skewed
A long right tail indicates right (positive) skew.
SAEE Analytical Reasoning & Data Interpretation 3
A dataset has values 4, 8, 8, 10, 20.
What is the median?