WorksheetsUnivariate Quiz 1
Total questions: 119
Worksheet time: 2hrs 27mins
What type of data display is this?
Stem and Leaf Plot
Dot Plot
Histogram
What is the mode for this data set?
(a)
The middle score when data is arranged in order is called:
The medium
The median
The most common score in a set of data is called:
The mode
The median
The mean
You can find the mean for categorical data.
True
False
The range of a set of scores is
a measure of spread
a measure of centre
Which of the following shows how to calculate the mean?
Which of the following symbols represents the sample mean?
What is the range for this set of scores?
(a)
What is the median for this set of scores?
(a)
A _ _ _ _ _ _ involves gathering data from the entire population
(a)
A _ _ _ _ _ _ is part of a population.
(a)
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is often used so that each member of the population will have an equal chance of being selected.
(a)
Gender is what kind of variable.
Categorical Ordinal
Categorical Nominal
Numerical Discrete
Numerical Continuous
Shoe size is what kind of variable.
Categorical Ordinal
Categorical Nominal
Numerical Discrete
Numerical Continuous
score on a maths test is what kind of variable.
Categorical Ordinal
Categorical Nominal
Numerical Discrete
Numerical Continuous
Scott recorded the low temperature in Richmond each day for 10 days. This list shows the temperatures in degrees Celsius. 8°, 12°, 11°, 9°, 9°, 12°, 10°, 14°, 13°, 12°
Identify the histogram for this set of data.
How many students have less than 2000 songs on their MP3 player?
9
11
18
4
What range had the fewest?
0-19
20-39
60-79
80-99
What range occurs most frequently?
5-9
10-14
15-19
20-24
How many cities have less than 40 billboards?
(a) cities
What size interval of words is used?
(a)
What range of scores had the most students
5-9 points
20-24 points
30-34 points
35-39 points
A car salesman records information about the cars he is selling.
The number of doors is _____ data
Categorical
Continuous
Discrete
A car salesman records information about the cars he is selling.
The age of each car is _____ data
Categorical
Continuous
Discrete
A car salesman records information about the cars he is selling.
The colour of each car is _____ data
Categorical
Continuous
Discrete
A shop owner records information about his customers.
The distance they traveled to get to the shop is _____ data
Categorical
Numerical
A shop owner records information about his customers.
The method of transport is _____ data
Categorical
Numerical
A shop owner records information about his customers.
The average amount of money spent is _____ data
Categorical
Numerical
There are 40 sheep on a farm.
The colour of the sheep is _____ data
Categorical
Discrete
Continuous
There are 40 sheep on a farm.
The weight of the sheep is _____ data
Categorical
Discrete
Continuous
The length of a football pitch is _____ data
Discrete
Continuous
The number of seats in a car is _____ data
Discrete
Continuous
Students are asked to name their favorite type of video game.
Categorical
Change over time
Numerical
Students record how long they can keep their eyes open without blinking in seconds.
Change over time
Numerical
Categorical
Students roll a Matchbox car down a ramp and record how far it travels.
Change over time
Numerical
Categorical
Students respond to a survey where they identify whether they prefer to write with mechanical pencils, wooden pencils, pens, markers, or type.
Categorical
Change over time
Numerical
Students measure their heart rate every 10 seconds as the change from sitting to a slow walk to a fast walk or run.
Numerical
Change over time
Categorical
Students measure the length of their shoes and record the data.
Change over time
Numerical
Categorical
Students tell how many years they have attended school.
Change over time
Numerical
Categorical
Students collect data on which place they would like to visit for a vacation.
Categorical
Numerical
Change over time
Students in 5th grade identify the number of pets that live at their house.
Categorical
Change over time
Numerical
Weight - Is it classified as numerical or categorical?
Categorical
Numerical
Favorite animal - Is it classified as numerical or categorical?
Categorical
Numerical
Nationality - Is it classified as numerical or categorical?
Categorical
Numerical
Time on the Internet per week - Is it classified as numerical or categorical?
Categorical
Numerical
Hair color - Is it classified as numerical or categorical?
Categorical
Numerical
Number of pages in a book - Is it classified as numerical or categorical?
Categorical
Numerical
How much people like dogs - Is it classified as numerical or categorical?
Categorical
Numerical
Head size - Is it classified as numerical or categorical?
Categorical
Numerical
Favorite Ice Cream- Is it classified as numerical or categorical?
Categorical
Numerical
Zip Code- Is it classified as numerical or categorical?
Categorical
Numerical
Dress size
Categorical: nominal
Categorical: ordinal
Quantitative: discrete
Quantitative: continuous
Volume of air in a balloon
Categorical: nominal
Categorical: ordinal
Quantitative: discrete
Quantitative: continuous
Level of first aid training
Categorical: nominal
Categorical: ordinal
Quantitative: discrete
Quantitative: continuous
Intensity of a light
Categorical: nominal
Categorical: ordinal
Quantitative: discrete
Quantitative: continuous
Traffic crossing a bridge in an hour
Categorical: nominal
Categorical: ordinal
Quantitative: discrete
Quantitative: continuous
Make of car
Categorical: nominal
Categorical: ordinal
Quantitative: discrete
Quantitative: continuous
Goals scored by a hockey team
Categorical: nominal
Categorical: ordinal
Quantitative: discrete
Quantitative: continuous
Method of travel to work
Categorical: nominal
Categorical: ordinal
Quantitative: discrete
Quantitative: continuous
Film classification rating
Categorical: nominal
Categorical: ordinal
Quantitative: discrete
Quantitative: continuous
Crowd size at a football match
Categorical: nominal
Categorical: ordinal
Quantitative: discrete
Quantitative: continuous
Type of dwelling
Categorical: nominal
Categorical: ordinal
Quantitative: discrete
Quantitative: continuous
Running time of an athlete
Categorical: nominal
Categorical: ordinal
Quantitative: discrete
Quantitative: continuous
Height of a tree
Categorical: nominal
Categorical: ordinal
Quantitative: discrete
Quantitative: continuous
Brand of toothpaste
Categorical: nominal
Categorical: ordinal
Quantitative: discrete
Quantitative: continuous
Outcome of a coin toss
Categorical: nominal
Categorical: ordinal
Quantitative: discrete
Quantitative: continuous
Exam mark as a whole percentage
Categorical: nominal
Categorical: ordinal
Quantitative: discrete
Quantitative: continuous
Number of times a person used the Internet last week
Categorical: nominal
Categorical: ordinal
Quantitative: discrete
Quantitative: continuous
Colour of eyes
Categorical: nominal
Categorical: ordinal
Quantitative: discrete
Quantitative: continuous
Amount of chlorine in a pool
Categorical: nominal
Categorical: ordinal
Quantitative: discrete
Quantitative: continuous
Year of birth
Categorical: nominal
Categorical: ordinal
Quantitative: discrete
Quantitative: continuous
Speed of a car
Categorical: nominal
Categorical: ordinal
Quantitative: discrete
Quantitative: continuous
Price of an ice cream
Categorical: nominal
Categorical: ordinal
Quantitative: discrete
Quantitative: continuous
House number
Categorical: nominal
Categorical: ordinal
Quantitative: discrete
Quantitative: continuous
Exam grade (for example, B+)
Categorical: nominal
Categorical: ordinal
Quantitative: discrete
Quantitative: continuous
Favourite sport
Categorical: nominal
Categorical: ordinal
Quantitative: discrete
Quantitative: continuous
______ can only take certain values.
continuous data
discrete data
_______ can take any value (within a range), is measured.
continuous data
discrete data
What kind of data is this question based on? "How do you usually get to school?"
Categorical Data
Numerical Data
Which variable is considered continuous data?
Number of students in a classroom
Number of fish in a tank
Time spent by a doctor examining a person
Which variable is considered discrete data?
Total pounds of fish caught on a fishing trip
Number of votes in an election
Time left on a parking meter
Numerical data is...
information that is divided into groups and is not measured.
information that is divided into groups.
information that is only letters.
information that is something that is measurable.
Bobby asked everyone on his track team his/her best mileage time. Susie asked everyone on the track team what were his/her favorite pair of running shoes. Who collected numerical data?
Bobby
Susie
Both
Anna asked everyone which technology they use the most. Sam asked everyone how many phones do they have at home. Who collected categorical data?
Anna
Sam
Both
Tucker gave his class a survey asking each student what type of cookies they like and how often they eat cookies. Which of this information is categorical data?
How often the students eat cookies
What type of cookies the students eat
Both what type of cookies and how often the students eat them.
None of the information is categorical.
John collects three different models of cars, each car can go different speeds. What part of this information can be considered categorical data?
The model of cars
The speeds of the cars
Both the models of cars and their speeds
None of this information is categorical data
A ___ is a large group that includes everything being studied.
Sample
Stratified Sampling Method
Population
Census
A ___ is a small portion of the population used to gather data from.
Group
Sample
Population
Bias
An ordinal scale is used to rank order people, objects, or characteristics.
True
False
What inference can be made about the populations based on Paisley's data?
young teachers drive trucks
SUVs are driven by teachers with families
most teachers drive sedans
fewer teachers drive sedans than SUVs
Which of the following measures CANNOT be made from a box plot?
Interquartile Range
Mean
Median
Range
Here are the amounts of money (cents) in coins carried by 10 students in a statistics class: 50, 35, 0, 46, 86, 0, 5, 47, 23, 65. To make a stemplot of these data, you would use stems
0, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
0, 3, 5, 6, 7
00, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90
None of these
7, 1, 1, 7, 1, 4, 1
90, 100, 95, 85, 60, 80
33, 25, 42, 25, 31, 37, 46, 29, 38
What is the interquartile range of the data?
8
9
13
21
The five number summary for the lengths of the Tasman rivers is closest to:
32, 48, 64, 76, 108
32, 48, 64, 76, 180
32, 48, 64, 76, 322
48, 64, 97, 169, 180
48, 64, 97, 169, 322
The median of this distribution is
1
2
3
4
5
