LECTURE 1: INTRODUCTION

Which of the following statements is true about descriptive statistics?

• It is used to make inferences about a population based on a sample.

• It is used to summarize and describe data in a meaningful way.

• It is used to test hypotheses about the population parameters.

• It is used to estimate population parameters.

Which of the following statements is true about inferential statistics?

• It is used to make inferences about a population based on a sample.

• It is used to summarize and describe data in a meaningful way.

• It is used to test hypotheses about the population parameters.

• It is used to estimate population parameters.

Which of the following is an example of a qualitative variable?

• Age

• Height

• Income

• Gender

Which of the following is an example of a continuous variable?

• Employed workers

• Subjects enrolled per semester

• Kids' heights

• Cars owned

MATCH the level of measurement with the appropriate example:

• Income level

• Interval

• Race or Ethnicity

• Ordinal

• Converting from one currency to another

• Ratio

• The temperature in Celcius

• Nominal

The level of measurement for a likert scale is ...................................................​

Match the following levels of measurement with the examples:

• blood type

• nominal

• GPA/CGPA

• ratio

• number of siblings

• interval

Drag each variable type to the correct category:

NOMINAL VARIABLE

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c

d

e

Height

Religion

Weight

Race

Gender

Drag each variable type to the correct ORDINAL CATEGORY

b

c

d

Rank in a competition

Hair colour

Levels of education

Types of fruits

Likert scale

Drag each variable type to the

INTERVAL CATEGORY

b

c

d

numbers of devices owned

Time of day

levels of education

IQ scores

Temperature in Celcius