Statistics

How do you find the median of a data set that has two middle numbers?

• You pick the higher middle number

• You pick the lower middle number

• Add the two middle numbers and divide it by 2

• Subtract the two middle numbers and divide by 2

What is the first step when creating a box and whisker plot?

• Find the median

• Find the lowest and highest values

• Order the data set

• Find the median of the top and bottom halves

Which class has the higher median?

• 1st period

• 2nd period

• They have the same median

According to this article, what is STATISTICS?

• Statistics is the universal language of the sciences that involves information, numbers, visual graphics to summarize information and its interpretation. In other words, the science of collecting, describing, and interpreting data.

• Statistics is a method of analyzing and collecting data that is not easily visible and must be described by using mathematics and other sciences.

• Statistics is using data, concluding data and making inferential theories from the information that has a positive normal distribution.

• Statistics involves using information, numbers, and descriptive conclusions to help businesses make corrective business decisions based on the descriptive techniques that create perfect graphs.

Ervin bowled 7 games last weekend. His scores are: 155, 165, 138, 172, 127, 193, 142. What is the range of Ervin's scores?

• 193
• 127
• 60
• 66

Which one of the following is discrete data?

• Sam is 160 cm tall
• Sam weighs 60 kg
• Sam ran 100 meters in 10.2 seconds
• Sam has two brothers and one sister

The time it takes for a car battery to die. Is this data discrete or continuous?

• Discrete

• Continuous

How many students were surveyed?

• 4

• 5

• 8

• 13

Statistics in singular sense includes

• Collection of data

• Organisation of data

• Analysis of data

• All of these

Which of the following is an example of qualitative data

• number of vegetarian students

• number of illiterate people in India

• everyday temperature

• appreciation of art