Quiz about Introduction to Statistics

Question 1

hair color of women on high school tennis team

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Nominal

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Ordinal

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Interval

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Ratio

Question 2

number of pages in your statistic book

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Interval

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Nominal

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Ordinal

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Ratio

Question 3

marriage status of the faculty at the local community college

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Nominal

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Ordinal

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Interval

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Ratio

Question 4

list of 1247 social security numbers

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Nominal

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Ordinal

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Interval

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Ratio

Question 5

the ratings of a movie ranging from "poor" to "good" to "excellent"

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Ordinal

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Nominal

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Interval

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Ratio

Question 6

the final grades (A, B, C, D, or F) for students in a chemistry class

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Ordinal

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Nominal

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Interval

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Ratio

Question 7

the amount of fat (in grams) in 44 cookies

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Ratio

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Nominal

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Ordinal

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Interval

Question 8

What is the 3rd step in the 4 step problem solving process?

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Analyze the data

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Ask a question

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Organize the data

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Interpret the data

Question 9

Identify the population:

A survey of 500 adults in the U.S. found that 54% drink coffee daily.

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B. Collection of all adults in the U.S.

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A. Collection of the 500 adults surveyed

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C. 54%

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D. 500

Question 10

Identify the sample:

A survey of 500 adults in the U.S. found that 54% drink coffee daily.

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A. Collection of the 500 adults surveyed

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B. Collection of all adults in the U.S.

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C. 54%

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D. 500

Question 11

Statistics in singular sense means

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Statistical procedure

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Statistical data

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statistical laws

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None of these

Question 12

How does statistics help in economic planning

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All of these

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helps to make best use of national resources

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helps compare development of various countries

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None of these

Question 13

Which of the following is an example of qualitative data

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appreciation of art

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number of vegetarian students

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number of illiterate people in India

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everyday temperature

Question 14

"Statistics does not help in comparison of data of different regions"

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False

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True

Question 15

Statistics is of no use to government in policy formulation

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False

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True

Question 16

Statistics which is concerned with summarizing values to describe group characteristics of the data.

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Descriptive

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Inferential

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Parametric

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Non Parametric

Question 17

Process of extracting relevant information from a set of data.

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Analysis of Data

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Collection of Data

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Interpretation of Data

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Non Parametric

Question 18

When the temperature is 0 degree celcius, which of the following is not true?

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there is no temperature

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zero is just another point in the scale

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an example of interval scale

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freezing point of water

Question 19

Statistical method is divided into three

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False

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True

Question 20

What is Statistics?

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b) Involves scientific procedures and methods

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a) Relevant information

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c) decision making process

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d) data are generated

Question 21

Inferential statistics is....

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b) making generalization about population by analyzing the sample.

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a) a techniques to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the organization.

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c) is a techniques to implement a strategic plan.

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d) is a good representation of a population

Question 22

Sample is different from population because...

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a) a set of items selected from the population

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b) a complete set

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c) a measuring variable for every unit in the population

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d) a study done before the actual framework

Question 23

Telephone interviews is a set of questionnaire are prepared on paper and are given to respondent to be answered.

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False

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True

Question 24

By 2040 at least 3.5 billion people will run short of water (World Future Society).

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Inferential

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Descriptive

Question 25

20 people said they liked carrots out of 80 people surveyed. What percent like carrots?

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25%

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20%

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16%

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None of these

Question 26

The graph below shows the number of sunny days and rainy days in a city during four months.

Based on the graph,how many more sunny days than rainy days did this city have during the months of April, May, and June?

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21

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56

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26

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20

Question 27

A prediction has been made that the chance that a person will be robbed in a certain city is 15%.

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Inferential

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Descriptive

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