Beginning of Statistics

Data (The Nature of Data

By Roberto Jr

The Nature of Data

Quantitative and Qualitative

• Quantitative data consist of numbers representing counts o measurement.

• ​Qualitative data can be separated into different categories that are distinguished by some nonnumeric characteristics

Reference: E - Math Grade 7

Multiple Choice

Classify the following as either Quantitative or Qualitative

Opinion on a political issue

• Quantitative

• Qualitative

Opinion on a political issue

Opinion is not a form of measurement but rather a classification, such as for or against; therefore, it is qualitative

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Multiple Choice

Classify the following as either Quantitative or Qualitative

Number of hospitald that has nuclear center

• Quantitative

• Qualitative

The number of hospitals that has nuclear center

The number of hospitals that has nuclear center is a count variable and thus, quantitative

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Multiple Choice

Classify the following as either Quantitative or Qualitative

Ages of Congressmen

• Quantitative

• Qualitative

Ages of Congressmen

The ages of Congressmen are a measure variable and thus quantitative.

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Multiple Choice

Classify the following as either Quantitative or Qualitative

Number of students in the auditorium

• Quantitative

• Qualitative

Number of students in the auditorium

Quantitative

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Basic Statistics (Nature of Data)​

Statistics

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Biased & Unbiased

• Population - an entire group

• Sample - a part of the population

• Random Sample - members of the population are chosen at random

• Convenience Sample - members of the population that are readily available

• BIASED SAMPLE - does not fairly represent the population.

Lets look at

Biased and Unbiased samples

Multiple Choice

Ana wants to know the average student’s opinion of the tardy policy at her school. Which group of students should she survey in order to achieve the most accurate results?

• thirty students who are often tardy
• thirty students who are rarely tardy
• thirty of her friends
• thirty randomly selected students from her school

Multiple Choice

At an assembly 7 out of 10 students who entered the gym were carrying a backpack. Based on this information, if 700 students were at the assembly, how many students could be expected to be carrying a backpack?

• 49

• 490

• 210

• 421

Multiple Choice

To determine the most popular children’s programs, a television station asks parents to call in and complete a phone survey.

• Biased Sample

• Unbiased Sample

Multiple Choice

To evaluate the defect rate of its memory chips, an integrated circuit manufacturer tests every 100th chip off the production line.

• Biased Sample

• Unbiased Sample

Multiple Choice

Define bias.

• tolerance
• two sided
• in favor of one side
• hate

Multiple Choice

The quality of being believable or trustworthy is called? 

• Credibility
• Evidence
• Support
• Cite

Multiple Choice

A solid and reasonable argument that opposes or disagrees with your claim

• claim
• counterclaim
• support
• rebuttal

Multiple Choice

What is an unbiased resource?

• source not cited
• unfair
• cited source
• neutral or fair; 

Making inferences with collected data.

Making predictions based on data

• Random sampling

Multiple Choice

• A

• B

• C

• D

Fill in the Blanks

Multiple Choice

Zoie completes a report by asking 70 students across campus. She found that 48% of CIAA students do not wash their hands after using the bathroom. What is the sample size?

• 48

• 100

• 70

• CIAA students

Match

Tie concepts together with examples.

• Older adults in the state of Florida

• Older adults from a municipality in the state of Florida

• 120 mg/dl

• Glucose level

• Glucose measurement

Population

Sample

Data

Variable

Data collecting

• Population

• Sample

• Data

• Variable

• Data collecting