General Maths Week 8 Statistics Quiz

My full name and student number is

I read Chap 7.01 about the statistical investigation process on Mathspace before coming to class.

• Yes

• No

A type of survey that involves collecting data from the entire population of interest is a

• sample

• census

• poll

• statistic

The first step in the statistical investigation process is

• Collect data

• Analyse data

• Interpret and communicate the results

• Identify a problem

A statistical question must

• have a variety of possible answers

• state a population

• require some statistical methods to answer the question

• All of these

Which of the following is NOT a statistical question?

• How much do puppies weigh?

• Have you been to Bali?

• What is the average wage in Qld?

• How old are students in the TPP?

I am using translation software to help me do this quiz.

• Yes

• No

The process of collecting data is called a

• survey

• poll

• census

• sample

When it would take too much time to survey the entire population, I would survey just a

• group

• section

• sample

• subset

What type of sample is this: the population is divided into subgroups with a common characteristic, and the number from each group in the sample is made to be in proportion to the size of the subgroup?

• Random sample

• Systematic sample

• Stratified sample

• Subgroup sample