Stats 1-1, 1-2 Review

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What type of data is represented by the hair color of women on a high school tennis team?

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Nominal data is used to categorize data without a specific order.

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What type of data is represented by the numbers on the shirts of a girl's soccer team?

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Nominal data is used to categorize data without a specific order.

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Is 'College Major' categorical or quantitative data?

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College Major is categorical data.

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What type of data is represented by the amount of fat (in grams) in 44 cookies?

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Ratio data, as it has a true zero and allows for comparison of magnitudes.

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What is the interpretation of data values and decision-making about a population called?

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Inferential statistics.

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What is the definition of nominal data?

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Nominal data is a type of categorical data that cannot be ordered or ranked.

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What is the definition of ordinal data?

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Ordinal data is a type of categorical data that can be ordered or ranked.

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What is the definition of interval data?

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Interval data is numerical data where the difference between values is meaningful, but there is no true zero.

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What is the definition of ratio data?

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Ratio data is numerical data with a true zero, allowing for comparison of absolute magnitudes.

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What is descriptive statistics?

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Descriptive statistics summarize and describe the characteristics of a data set.