Statistical Descriptive and Inferential

What is the branch of statistics that involves drawing conclusions about a population based on information contained in a sample taken from that population?

• descriptive statistics

• inferential statistics

• sports statistics

• health statistics

What is the branch of statistics that involves organizing, displaying and describing data?

• descriptive statistics

• inferential statistics

• sports statistics

• health statistics

What is the branch of mathematics dealing with the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation and presentation of data?

• Algebra

• Geometry

• Probability

• Statistics

What is a characteristic of a sample?

• parameter

• statistic

• categorical variable

• numerical variable

Two branches of statistics are________________ and ___________.

• engineering and chemistry

• mathematical and inferential

• inferential and descriptive

• hard and easy

A prediction has been made that the chance that a person will be robbed in a certain city is 15%.

• Inferential

• Descriptive

_____________________ statistics consists of generalizing from samples to populations, performing estimations and hypothesis tests, determining relationships among variables, and making predictions.

• mathematical

• descriptive

• inferential

• population

statistics consists of the collection, organization, summarization and presentation of data.

• mathematical

• descriptive

• inferential

• population

Tell if the statement if Descriptive or Inferential

The chances of you getting a new car is about the same as passing your math class.

• Descriptive

• Inferential

Tell if the statement if Descriptive or Inferential The Senior Citizens that live in Florida have better memories than the ones that live in Texas

• Inferential

• Descriptive