Understanding Data: Quiz on Statistics

Which of the following is an example of a population?

• The 30 students in Ms. Lee’s math class

• All students in the school

• 10 students chosen from the soccer team

• 5 teachers in the science department

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CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

Which of the following is a sample?

• Every tree in the Amazon rainforest

• All the books in the city library

• 50 randomly selected trees from the Amazon rainforest

• All the students in the country

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CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

Which of the following is a quantitative variable?

• Eye color

• Number of pets owned

• Type of car

• Favorite subject

Which of the following is a qualitative variable?

• Height in centimeters

• Number of siblings

• Type of fruit

• Age in years

What is a parameter?

• A value that describes a sample

• A value that describes a population

• A type of graph

• A type of variable

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5B

What is a statistic?

• A value that describes a population

• A type of variable

• A value that describes a sample

• A type of frequency

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Which of the following best describes frequency?

• The number of times a value occurs

• The percentage of a value in a sample

• The type of data collected

• The average of the data

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CCSS.6.SP.B.5A

Which of the following best describes relative frequency?

• The total number of data points

• The number of times a value occurs divided by the total number of data points times 100.

• The sum of all values

• The highest percent

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CCSS.8.SP.A.4

Which of the following is an example of a qualitative variable?

• Temperature in degrees Celsius

• Number of books read

• Type of music preferred

• Weight in kilograms

Which of the following is an example of a parameter?

• The average height of all 7th graders in the country

• The average height of 30 randomly selected 7th graders

• The number of students in a sample

• The color of cars in a parking lot

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3