Data and Statistics

• 6

• 8

• 9

• none of these

This fractile divides the set into 4 equal parts.

• Median

• Quartile

• Quantile

• Decile

• Percentile

What is the median height (in cm) of the following:
140, 148, 150, 152, 155, 157, 159, 160, 161, 164, 165, 166

• 157 cm

• 158 cm

• 159 cm 

• none of these

In an 80-item test, the passing mark is the 3rd quartile. What does it imply?

• The students should answer at least 60 items correctly.

• The students should answer at least 40 items correctly.

• The students should answer at most 60 items correctly.

• The students should answer at most 40 items correctly.

What is the branch of science and mathematics that deals with the collection, organization, or presentation, interpretation, and analysis of data regardless of discipline?

What is Statistical Data?

The science of collecting, organizing, representing, and interpreting __________. Sometimes the word Statistics and used instead of the word __________.

What is the word in statistics for any characteristic or attribute of a person, place, or thing?

• variable

• descriptive statistic

• inferential statistic

• parameter

The median score is also the

• 75th percentile

• 5th decile

• 3rd decile

• 1st quartile

When a distribution is divided into hundred equal parts, each score point describes the distribution as

• percentile

• median

• quartile

• decile

The lower quartile is equal to

• 50th percetile

• 25th percentile

• 2nd decile

• 3rd quartile