Introduction to Statistics Quiz

Statistics is defined as _____________.

• a range of techniques and procedures for analyzing, interpreting, displaying and making decision based on data

• an information or data from every resource regarding events, things and phenomenon

• method that involves drawing conclusions about population based on sample

• procedures involved collecting, organizing, analyzing, summarizing and drawing conclusion about data to make better decision

Sample can be defined as _________.

• a portion, or a part of the population of interest

• a collection of all possible individuals, object, or measurement of interest

• a method of organizing, summarizing and presenting data in an informative way

• a decision, estimate, prediction or generalization about a population based on a sample

 

Which of the following is a continuous variable?

• Weight of student.

• Number of car sold per month

• Number of people in a class.

• Number of lung cancer patient.

 

Which of the following statements below is related to the Ratio scale?

• Data form of categories

• Data arranged in some order

• Zero point is meaningful

• Zero point is not meaningful

What is the sampling technique?

• The expenses

• The human judgment error

• The process of selecting a sample from a population

• Drawn systematically selected from a population

Which of the following sampling methods is NOT non-probability sampling method?

• Quota sampling

• Judgemental sampling

• Systematic sampling

• Convenient sampling

Classify each variable as discrete or continuous?

1. Weight of cats in a pet shelter.

• Continuous

• Discrete

2. 2. Number of DVDs rented each day by a video store.

• Continuous

• Discrete

State TWO types of statistics.​ ​

• Descriptive
• Nominal
• Qualitative
• Inferential

The type of measurement of "Colours of the car at the show festival" ​

• Ordinal
• Ratio
• Nominal
• Interval