Introduction to Statistics Quiz

What is the primary goal of statistics?

• Manipulate data

• Store large data sets

• Draw conclusions from data

• Increase profits

Which of the following is NOT part of the statistical process?

• Collecting data

• Organizing data

• Guessing outcomes

• Analyzing data

Which field is NOT typically associated with statistics?

• Medicine

• Agriculture

• Painting

• Economics

Which of the following is an example of descriptive statistics?

• Predicting future unemployment

• Calculating the average score of students in a class

• Estimating population size

• Conducting hypothesis testing

Inferential statistics is mainly used to:

• Summarize data

• Collect data

• Make conclusions about populations based on samples

• Organize data

Which type of data is 'number of children in a family'?

• Continuous

• Nominal

• Discrete

• Ordinal

Which of the following is an example of categorical data?

• Height

• Income

• Type of car brand

• Test scores

Which data type has a true zero and allows for ratio comparisons?

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Nominal

• Ratio

Temperature measured in Celsius is an example of:

• Ratio

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

Which is an example of ordinal data?

• Gender

• Size of T-shirt (S, M, L)

• Temperature

• Age