WorksheetsINTRO TO STATS
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which refers to the entire collection of observation such as people or objects being considered?
data
individual
parameter
population
What is Statistics?
A branch of mathematics that deals with data.
A branch of science that concerns with the scientific method.
A branch of science dealing with collecting, organizing, summarizing, analyzing and making decisions from data.
A branch of mathematics dealing with collecting, organizing, summarizing, analyzing and making decisions from data.
It is a set of individuals or objects collected or selected from a statistical population by a defined procedure.
Sample
Parameter
Statistics
Population
Status is latin word which means?
Statistics
Political State
State
Scientific State
Determine whether the data set is a population of a sample:
The amount of energy collected from every wind turbine on a wind farm.
Population
Sample
Determine whether the numerical value is a parameter or statistic:
A survey of 2514 college board members found that 38% think that higher education costs what it should relative to its value.
Parameter
Statistic
Determine whether the numerical value is a parameter or statistic:
Sixty-two of the 97 passengers aboard the Hindenburg airship survived its explosion.
Parameter
Statistic
A statistical method concerned with describing the properties and characteristics of a set of data. It involves data gathering, organizing, describing, and presenting these information.
(a)
A statistical method concerned with the analysis of a sample data leading to prediction, inferences, interpretation, or conclusion about the entire population.
(a)
A prediction has been made that the chance that a person will be robbed in a certain city is 15%.
Inferential
Descriptive
Tell if the statement if Descriptive or Inferential
A recent survey of 2000 adults having an MBA reported that the average salary is more than $65,000 a year.
Inferential
Descriptive
Tell if the statement if Descriptive or Inferential
The chances of you getting a new car is about the same as passing your math class.
Descriptive
Inferential
Tell if the statement if Descriptive or Inferential
From a past study, it was found that 56% of women are the primary investors in their households.
Inferential
Descriptive
Two branches of statistics are________________ and ___________.
engineering and chemistry
mathematical and inferential
inferential and descriptive
hard and easy
A statistic is a summary measure that describes a characteristic from a sample of the population.
TRUE
FALSE
