WorksheetsDescriptive Stats (Part 1)
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3mins
Two general types of statistics are:
summary and descriptive
descriptive and inferential
interpretive and analytical
simple and complex
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?
descriptive
interpretive
inferential
analytical
What type of statistics can be used to draw conclusions for a population?
descriptive
parameter
inferential
analytical
A researcher selects a ________ and uses inferential statistics to draw conclusions about the larger ________.
sample; statistic
parameter; population
population; sample
sample; population
A researcher selects a ________ and uses inferential statistics to draw conclusions about the larger ________.
sample; statistic
parameter; population
population; sample
sample; population
A characteristic in a population is called a ________, whereas a characteristic in a sample is called a ________.
population parameter; sample statistic
sample statistic; population parameter
sample parameter; population statistic
population statistic; sample parameter
Most students selected at random to a sample are women. The characteristic that most of the sample consists of women is an example of
population parameter
statistical anomaly
inferential statistic
sample statistic
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.
dependent; independent
quantitative; dependent
independent; dependent
quantitative; independent
A qualitative variable varies by ________; a quantitative variable varies by ________.
class; amount
amount; class
counting; measuring
measuring; counting
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.
quantitative; qualitative
qualitative; quantitative
qualitative; qualitative
quantitative; quantitative
