IHP 525 Quiz One

Answer the following questions covering materials from previous chapters in your textbook. Each question is worth 2.5 points.

1.       Prospective studies on nutrition often require subjects to keep detailed daily dietary logs. In contrast, retrospective studies often rely on recall. Which method (dietary logs or retrospective recall) do you believe is more likely to achieve accurate results? Explain your response.

2.       We often have a choice of whether to record a given variable on either a quantitative or a categorical scale. How does one measure age quantitatively? Provide an example by which age can be measured categorically.

3.       Telephone surveys may use a telephone directory to identify individuals for study. Speculate on the type of household that would be undercovered by using this sampling frame.

4.       Could the number “0000” appear in a table of random digits? If so, how likely is this?

5.       Body weights of 18 diabetics expressed as a percentage of ideal (defined as body weight divided by ideal body weight x 100) are listed: {107, 119, 99, 114, 120, 104, 88, 114, 124, 116, 101, 121, 152, 100, 125, 114, 95, 117}. Construct a stem-and-leaf plot of these data and interpret your findings.

6.       Name three measures of central location.

7.       To assess the air quality in a surgical suite, the presence of colony-forming spores per cubic meter of air is measured on three successive days. The results are as follows: {12, 24, 30}. Calculate the mean and standard deviation for these data.

8.       In a lottery game, a person must select 5 numbers from a total of 40. Tracy has chosen 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. Jaime has chosen 39, 17, 37, 5, 28. Who has a greater chance of winning?

9.       In a box, there are 8 orange, 7 blue, and 6 red balls. One ball is selected randomly. What is the probability that it is neither orange nor red?

10.   A __________ is a numerical quantity that takes on different values depending on chance. There are two types of random variables. __________ form a countable set of possible values. __________ form an unbroken continuum of possible values.

2220 Quiz #2

I. Match the time periods with the Jazz styles and artists. Each letter has one best match.

            A. Hard Bop, the Jazz Messengers         B. Charlie Parker, Bebop          C. Cool Jazz, MJQ                    D. Free Jazz, John Coltrane

1. Starting around 1945

2. Starting around 1950

3. Starting around 1955

4. Starting around 1960

II. Match the names with these instruments. Each letter is used once.

    A. Piano players   B. Saxophone players   C. Trumpet players   D. Drummers

 5. Max Roach, Art Blakey, Elvin Jones

6. McCoy Tyner, Thelonius Monk, Horace Silver, Dave Brubeck

7. Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Clifford Brown

8. Charlie Parker, Paul Desmond, Sonny Rollins, Gerry Mulligan

III. Match the names with these descriptions. Each letter is used once.

            A.  Charlie Parker         B. Dizzy Gillespie          C. Thelonius Monk        D. John Coltrane

 9. This trumpet player was a leader in both Bebop and Cubop jazz styles.

10. This alto saxophone player influenced the course of modern jazz with his extraordinary bebop performances.

11. This Bebop composer/pianist is known for his rhythmic irregularities and syncopations, and his melodic and harmonic dissonances, including the use of the “whole-tone” scale.

12. The Free Jazz movement was led by this intense tenor and soprano saxophonist. After working with Miles & Monk, he formed his own classic quartet.

IV. Match the lettered names with the name and/or groups they are most closely associated. Each letter is used once.

              A. Dizzy Gillespie        B. Art Blakey and Horace Silver        C. John Lewis and Milt Jackson   

            D. Gil Evans, Bill Evans              E. McCoy Tyner and Elvin Jones

 13. The Modern Jazz Quartet

14. Charlie Parker

15. Miles Davis

16. The Jazz Messengers

17. John Coltrane

V. Name the one letter that does not belong with the others in the given category.

18. Characteristics of Bebop: A. features mostly improvisation   B. combos rather than big bands             C. emphasis on dancing   D. faster tempos and complex harmonies and melodies

19. Characteristics of Cool Jazz: A. Restraint      B. Extreme volume and dynamics

            C. May include some 3rd Stream influences         D. a reaction to bebop

20. The album “Birth of the Cool”: A. Copied Art Tatum solos     B. included Gil Evans and

            Gerry Mulligan arrangements     C. included some 3rd stream styles   D. Miles Davis solos

21. Terms used to describe the playing of a modern jazz rhythm section: A. Piano “comping”                     B. Bass “walking”            C. guitar “goofing off”              D. Drummer “keeping time”

VI. Questions about chronological order:

22. Which jazz style is out of order in time?

            A. Swing          B. Bebop          C. Cool             D. Hot Jazz

23. Which jazz artist is out of chronological order?

            A. Louis Armstrong       B. Miles Davis     C. Duke Ellington       D. Charlie Parker

24. Which jazz style is out of chronological order?

            A. Hard Bop     B. Bebop         C. Cool Jazz      D. Free Jazz

VII. Questions from on-line assignments. Each letter is used only once.

            A. Power and Virtuosity              B. Dizzy Gillespie        C. Koko            D. String Bass              

25. What is the title of the featured song in the Charlie Parker assignment?

26. Who stepped in to help Charlie Parker’s recording by playing both piano and trumpet?

27. What are some of the reasons we still revere Coltrane’s music?

28. In the beginning and ending of “So What”, what instrument plays the melody?