Inferential Statistics Quiz

Inferential Statistics Quiz

12th Grade

20 Qs

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Inferential Statistics Quiz

Inferential Statistics Quiz

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are inferential statistics used for?

To calculate the average value of a dataset

To determine if the results from your sample of data are likely due to chance or a true representation of the population

To represent data graphically

To measure the central tendency of a dataset

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does a significance level of 0.05 indicate in biology?

A 5% risk of concluding that a result is significant when it is not due to chance

A 95% confidence that the results are due to chance

A 5% probability that the results are not significant

A 95% risk of concluding that a result is not significant when it was actually due to chance

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the term "significant" imply in the context of inferential statistics?

The results are likely to have occurred due to chance

The results are very unlikely to have occurred due to chance

The results are completely random

The results have a p-value greater than 0.05

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the p-value?

The probability of the sample mean being equal to the population mean

The probability of obtaining the sampling results due to chance

The percentage of the data that falls within one standard deviation

The risk of rejecting a true null hypothesis

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does a smaller p-value indicate?

Less confidence in the results

Stronger evidence that the results are significant (not due to chance)

Weaker evidence that the results are significant

Higher probability that the results are due to chance

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the difference between correlation and causation?

Correlation implies a cause-and-effect relationship, while causation does not

Causation implies a cause-and-effect relationship, while correlation does not

Correlation and causation both imply a cause-and-effect relationship

Correlation and causation are terms used interchangeably in statistics

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does correlation describe?

The probability of obtaining the sampling results due to chance

The strength and direction of a linear relationship between two variables

The likelihood that one event causes another

The percentage of variance explained by a model

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