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Rich Summative Quiz on Descriptive Statistics

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

(a)   is a branch of mathematics dealing with the collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of masses of numerical data.

2.

(a)   is a collection of facts, such as numbers, words, and measurements.

3.

What is primary data?

a)

data from published data collected by other parties

b)

researcher collect data directly from a samples

c)

an study before the actual fieldwork is carried out

4.

example of qualitative data

a)

the number of siblings

b)

height of 5 students

c)

the number of houses

d)

the shoes brand

5.

Face to face interview also called:

a)

cause and effect relationship

b)

experiment method

c)

using telephone

d)

personal interview

6.
At a middle school, the 7th graders will conduct a survey for where to go on a field trip. Which method will result in the least biased decision?
a)
to randomly ask 8th grade students who went on a field trip last year
b)
to randomly choose some 7th grade students to select a location
c)
to ask all 7th grade teachers and administrators for a location
d)
to ask the student council to choose a location
7.
Ana wants to know the average student’s opinion of the tardy policy at her school. Which group of students should she survey in order to achieve the most accurate results?
a)
thirty students who are often tardy
b)
thirty students who are rarely tardy
c)
thirty of her friends
d)
thirty randomly selected students from her school
8.
list of 1247 social security numbers
a)
Nominal
b)
Ordinal
c)
Interval
d)
Ratio
9.
temperatures of 22 selected refrigerators
a)
Nominal
b)
Ordinal
c)
Interval
d)
Ratio
10.
the ratings of a movie ranging from "poor" to "good" to "excellent"
a)
Nominal
b)
Ordinal
c)
Interval
d)
Ratio
11.
the amount of fat (in grams) in 44 cookies
a)
Nominal
b)
Ordinal
c)
Interval
d)
Ratio
12.
Which of the following is an example of quantitative data? 
a)
The color of your car
b)
A person's state of residence
c)
A person's Zip Code
d)
A Person's Height
13.
The manager of a bookstore surveys people who buy mystery novels to see if the store should expand its hours.  What is the population?
a)
People who visit the bookstore.
b)
People who buy mystery novels.
c)
Residents of the town
d)
People who like to read.
14.
Which one of the following is discrete data?
a)
Sam is 160 cm tall
b)
Sam weighs 60 kg
c)
Sam ran 100 meters in 10.2 seconds
d)
Sam has two brothers and one sister
15.
Mrs. Trahan samples her class by picking 10 numbers from her hat and each number is assigned to a student. This is ______________ random sampling.
a)
Systematic
b)
Simple
c)
Stratified
d)
Cluster
16.
Farmer Joe's apple tree farm is set up in 100 rows.  He counts the number of apples produced on every 10th row to estimate the number apples produced on the whole farm.  This is _____________ sampling.  
a)
Simple
b)
Stratified
c)
Cluster
d)
Systematic
17.
Farmer Joe separates his apple tree farm into 10 regions.  He counts the number of apples produced in just one of the regions and uses that estimate to predict the number of apples produced on the whole farm.  This is _______ sampling.
a)
Simple
b)
Cluster
c)
Stratified
d)
Systematic
18.
To study the amount of time students spend doing homework each day, use a random number generator to select 25 freshmen, 25 sophomores, 25 juniors, and 25 seniors to survey.
a)
Convenience Sample
b)
Simple Random Sample
c)
Stratified Random Sample
d)
Interval Sample
19.

Identify the method used to collect data-

Karl fertilized his front yard but not his backyard to see if there was a difference in lawn health.

a)

Survey

b)

Simulation

c)

Experiment

d)

Observational Study

20.

If I wanted to see how often students are on their phones during class when they should not be, but did not want to do anything to impact their behavior, I would use which data collection method?

a)

Observational study

b)

Survey

c)

Experiment

d)

Simulation

21.

The neighborhood elementary school is having a fund raiser. The following table shows the number of packages of gift wrap sold each day. What is the mean number of packages of gift wrap that are sold?

a)

57

b)

72

c)

75

d)

94

22.

What is the range?

a)

The sum of the largest and smallest number

b)

The number in the middle

c)

The difference between the largest and smallest number

d)

The number that appears most often

23.
The mode score on the 6th grade math test was 94! Which of these interpretations must be correct?
a)
99 was the highest score on the test.
b)
More students received a 94 than any other score
c)
No student scored below a 50
d)
A score of 91 was slightly below average.
24.

State 2 types of statistics.

a)

descriptive and inferential

b)

inferential and external

c)

internal and descriptive

d)

population and sample

25.
The manager of a bookstore surveys people who buy mystery novels to see if the store should expand its hours.  What is the population?
a)
People who visit the bookstore.
b)
People who buy mystery novels.
c)
Residents of the town
d)
People who like to read.

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