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Basic Statistics

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Statistic help us to...

a)

obtain data and then organize and analyse

b)

obtain data and then organize, summarize, present, analyze, interpret and reach conclusions

c)

obtain data and then organize, summarize, present and analyze

d)

plan studies and experiments

2.

Is the following question statistical or non statistical?

How many siblings does each Longview student have?

a)

Statistical

b)

Non Statistical

3.
Is the following question statistical or non statistical?
How many ceiling tiles are in our classroom?
a)
Statistical
b)
Non Statistical
4.

Population is

a)

It is a subset of selected members of a population

b)

It is the complete set of all the elements that will be studied

c)

It is the variable that describes some characteristics

d)

It is a numerical characteristic

5.
Identify the Population:
Wicomico County Public Schools randomly selected 230 teachers to find out which technology resource it's teachers feel is the most effective.
a)
230 Teachers
b)
All Wicomico County Teachers
c)
Students
d)
Wicomico County Public Schools
6.

The number of children of a family

a)

Discrete Data

b)

Continuous Data

7.

Which of the following data is continuous?

a)

The weight of a person

b)

Books sold every month on Amazon

c)

Employees working in a store

8.

If the data are labels or categories that are used to define an attribute of an element, the scale we use is...

a)

Ordinal

b)

Nominal

c)

Interval

d)

Reason

9.

It is characterized when the data can be accommodated in some order

a)

Nominal Scale

b)

Interval Scale

c)

Ordinal Scale

d)

Reason Scale

10.

Marital status, beauty and quality are examples of a...

a)

Qualitative Data

b)

Quantitative Data

c)

Continuous Data

d)

Discrete Data

11.

Why is it important to present the information in a picture form?

a)

To be attractive in the eye of the audience.

b)

To analyze and interpret figure or large number at a glance.

c)

To show how artistic the presentor is.

d)

To easily discuss the information.

12.

The title of the graph is "Monthly Budget of Santos Family". What would be the best way to represent data?

a)

Bar graph

b)

Circle graph

c)

Line graph

d)

Pictograph

13.

_______ is used to represent changes in data over period of time.

a)
b)
c)
d)
14.

What would be the best way to represent the gasoline price from year 2001-2005.

a)

Bar Graph

b)

Circle Graph

c)

Line Graph

d)

Pictograph

15.

What do the mean, median, and mode measure?

a)

Central Angle

b)

Central Position

c)

Central Tendency

16.
a)

sample standard deviation

b)

population standard deviation

c)

sample mean

d)

population mean

17.
a)

sample standard deviation

b)

population standard deviation

c)

sample mean

d)

population mean

18.

The number that occurs most often in data set is called ____.

a)

Mean

b)

Median

c)

Mode

d)

Redundant

19.

The measure of average which include all the observations in a data.

a)

Median

b)

Mode

c)

Mean

20.
What is the range in gas mileage for cars?
a)
2
b)
3
c)
4
d)
6
21.

Inferential vs descriptive statistics:


Uses the data to provide descriptions of the population, either through numerical calculations or graphs or tables.

a)

Descriptive

b)

Inferential

22.

Inferential vs descriptive statistics:


Draws educated conclusions about a population that is likely too large to sample completely

a)

Descriptive

b)

Inferential

23.
What type of relationship does this graph have?
a)
Positive
b)
Negative
c)
No Relationship
d)
Constant 
24.
The police department tracked the number of ticket writers and number of tickets issued for the past 8 weeks.  The scatter plot shows the results.  Which statement is true?
a)
More ticket writers results in fewer tickets issued.
b)
There were 50 tickets issued every week.
c)
When there are 10 ticket writers, there will be 800 tickets issued.
d)
More ticket writers results in more tickets issued.
25.
Make a prediction for a resting heart rate after 6 hours of exercise a week.
a)
6
b)
50
c)
55
d)
59