Crash Course Statistics #1 Quiz

What are the two main types of statistics?

• Analytical and Descriptive

• Inferential and Predictive

• Descriptive and Inferential

• Descriptive and Predictive

What do descriptive statistics usually include?

• Measures of Central Tendency

• Regression Analysis

• Probability Distributions

• Hypothesis Testing

What is the purpose of inferential statistics?

• To visualize data

• To collect data

• To make inferences beyond the data

• To describe data

What is a 'proxy' in the context of statistics?

• A direct measure of what we want to know

• A measure of central tendency

• An unrelated measure

• A related measure to what we want to know

What is the main challenge with using statistics to answer why people eat fast food?

• Fast food consumption is rare

• People may not answer honestly

• Surveys are too expensive

• Statistics cannot measure food quality

What is the 'batcall' of statistics?

• Precision

• Accuracy

• Uncertainty

• Certainty