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Descriptive Stats (Part 1)

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Two general types of statistics are:

a)

summary and descriptive

b)

descriptive and inferential

c)

interpretive and analytical

d)

simple and complex

2.

A researcher summarizes a set of data by describing the score that occurred most often. What type of statistics did the researcher use to summarize these data?

a)

descriptive

b)

interpretive

c)

inferential

d)

analytical

3.

What type of statistics can be used to draw conclusions for a population?

a)

descriptive

b)

parameter

c)

inferential

d)

analytical

4.

A researcher selects a ________ and uses inferential statistics to draw conclusions about the larger ________.

a)

sample; statistic

b)

parameter; population

c)

population; sample

d)

sample; population

5.

A researcher selects a ________ and uses inferential statistics to draw conclusions about the larger ________.

a)

sample; statistic

b)

parameter; population

c)

population; sample

d)

sample; population

6.

A characteristic in a population is called a ________, whereas a characteristic in a sample is called a ________.

a)

population parameter; sample statistic

b)

sample statistic; population parameter

c)

sample parameter; population statistic

d)

population statistic; sample parameter

7.

Most students selected at random to a sample are women. The characteristic that most of the sample consists of women is an example of

a)

population parameter

b)

statistical anomaly

c)

inferential statistic

d)

sample statistic

8.

A researcher measures the number of hours spent studying among students living on-campus and off-campus at UiTM. The location (on-campus, off-campus) is the ________ variable and hours spent studying is the ________ variable.

a)

dependent; independent

b)

quantitative; dependent

c)

independent; dependent

d)

quantitative; independent

9.

A qualitative variable varies by ________; a quantitative variable varies by ________.

a)

class; amount

b)

amount; class

c)

counting; measuring

d)

measuring; counting

10.

A researcher measure social behavior from the number of participants talk and the time (in seconds) they spent talking. The number of participants is a ________ variable; the time they spent talking is a ________ variable.

a)

quantitative; qualitative

b)

qualitative; quantitative

c)

qualitative; qualitative

d)

quantitative; quantitative