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Introduction to Statistics

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

By 2040 at least 3.5 billion people will run short of water (World Future Society).

a)

Inferential

b)

Descriptive

2.

Nine out of ten on-the-job fatalities are men (USA TODAY Weekend).

a)

Inferential

b)

Descriptive

3.

Expenditures for the cable industry were $ 5.66 billion in 1996 (USA TODAY).

a)

Inferential

b)

Descriptive

4.

The median household income for people aged 25-34 is $ 35,888 (USA TODAY).

a)

Inferential

b)

Descriptive

5.

Allergy therapy makes bees go away (Prevention).

a)

Inferential

b)

Descriptive

6.

Drinking decaffeinated coffee can raise cholesterol levels by 7% (American Heart Association).

a)

Inferential

b)

Descriptive

7.

The national average annual medicine expenditure per person is $1052 (The Greensburg Tribune Review).

a)

Inferential

b)

Descriptive

8.

Experts say that mortgage rates may soon hit bottom (USA TODAY).

a)

Inferential

b)

Descriptive

9.

Marital status of nurses in a hospital.

a)

Qualitative

b)

Quantitative

10.

Time it takes to run a marathon.

a)

Qualitative

b)

Quantitative

11.

Weights of lobsters in a tank in a restaurant.

a)

Qualitative

b)

Quantitative

12.

Colors of automobiles in a shopping center parking lot.

a)

Qualitative

b)

Quantitative

13.

Ounces of ice cream in a large milkshake.

a)

Qualitative

b)

Quantitative

14.

Capacity of the NFL football stadiums.

a)

Qualitative

b)

Quantitative

15.

Ages of people living in a personal care home.

a)

Qualitative

b)

Quantitative

16.

Number of pizzas sold by Pizza Express each day.

a)

Discrete

b)

Continuous

17.

Relative humidity levels in operating rooms at local hospitals.

a)

Discrete

b)

Continuous

18.

Number of bananas in a bunch at several local supermarkets.

a)

Discrete

b)

Continuous

19.

Lifetimes (in hours) of 15 iPod batteries.

a)

Discrete

b)

Continuous

20.

Weights of the backpacks of first graders on a school bus.

a)

Discrete

b)

Continuous

21.

Number of students each day who make appointments with a math tutor at a local college.

a)

Discrete

b)

Continuous

22.

Blood pressure of runners in a marathon.

a)

Discrete

b)

Continuous

23.

In a large school district, all teachers from two buildings are interviewed to determine whether they believe the students have less homework to do now than in previous years.

a)

Random

b)

Systematic

c)

Stratified

d)

Cluster

24.

Every seventh customer entering a shopping mall is asked to select her or his favorite store.

a)

Random

b)

Systematic

c)

Stratified

d)

Cluster

25.

Nursing supervisors are selected using random numbers to determine annual salaries.

a)

Random

b)

Systematic

c)

Stratified

d)

Cluster

26.

Every 1000th hamburger manufactured is checked to determine its fat content.

a)

Random

b)

Systematic

c)

Stratified

d)

Cluster

27.

Mail carriers of a large city are divided into four groups according to gender (male or female) and according to whether they walk or ride on their routes. Then 10 are selected from each group and interviewed to determine whether they have been bitten by a dog in the last year.

a)

Random

b)

Systematic

c)

Stratified

d)

Cluster

28.

Pages in the 25 best-selling mystery novels.

a)

nominal-level measurement

b)

ordinal-level measurement

c)

interval-level measurement

d)

ratio-level measurement

29.

Rankings of golfers in a tournament.

a)

nominal-level measurement

b)

ordinal-level measurement

c)

interval-level measurement

d)

ratio-level measurement

30.

Temperatures inside 10 pizza ovens.

a)

nominal-level measurement

b)

ordinal-level measurement

c)

interval-level measurement

d)

ratio-level measurement

31.

Weights of selected cell phones.

a)

nominal-level measurement

b)

ordinal-level measurement

c)

interval-level measurement

d)

ratio-level measurement

32.

Salaries of the coaches in the NFL.

a)

nominal-level measurement

b)

ordinal-level measurement

c)

interval-level measurement

d)

ratio-level measurement

33.

Times required to complete a chess game.

a)

nominal-level measurement

b)

ordinal-level measurement

c)

interval-level measurement

d)

ratio-level measurement

34.

Ratings of textbooks (poor, fair, good, excellent).

a)

nominal-level measurement

b)

ordinal-level measurement

c)

interval-level measurement

d)

ratio-level measurement

35.

Number of amps delivered by battery chargers.

a)

nominal-level measurement

b)

ordinal-level measurement

c)

interval-level measurement

d)

ratio-level measurement

36.

Ages of children in a day care center.

a)

nominal-level measurement

b)

ordinal-level measurement

c)

interval-level measurement

d)

ratio-level measurement

37.

Categories of magazines in a physician’s office (sports, women’s, health, men’s, news).

a)

nominal-level measurement

b)

ordinal-level measurement

c)

interval-level measurement

d)

ratio-level measurement