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INTRO TO STATS

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which refers to the entire collection of observation such as people or objects being considered?

a)

data

b)

individual

c)

parameter

d)

population

2.

What is Statistics?

a)

A branch of mathematics that deals with data.

b)

A branch of science that concerns with the scientific method.

c)

A branch of science dealing with collecting, organizing, summarizing, analyzing and making decisions from data.

d)

A branch of mathematics dealing with collecting, organizing, summarizing, analyzing and making decisions from data.

3.

It is a set of individuals or objects collected or selected from a statistical population by a defined procedure.

a)

Sample

b)

Parameter

c)

Statistics

d)

Population

4.

Status is latin word which means?

a)

Statistics

b)

Political State

c)

State

d)

Scientific State

5.

Determine whether the data set is a population of a sample:

The amount of energy collected from every wind turbine on a wind farm.

a)

Population

b)

Sample

6.
_______ is the entire group of objects or individuals considered for a survey.
a)
Sample
b)
Population
c)
Random Sample
d)
Quartile
7.

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.

a)

Parameter

b)

Statistic

8.

Determine whether the numerical value is a parameter or statistic:

Sixty-two of the 97 passengers aboard the Hindenburg airship survived its explosion.

a)

Parameter

b)

Statistic

9.

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)  

10.

A statistical method concerned with the analysis of a sample data leading to prediction, inferences, interpretation, or conclusion about the entire population.

(a)  

11.

A prediction has been made that the chance that a person will be robbed in a certain city is 15%.

a)

Inferential

b)

Descriptive

12.

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.

a)

Inferential

b)

Descriptive

13.

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.

a)

Descriptive

b)

Inferential

14.

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.

a)

Inferential

b)

Descriptive

15.

Two branches of statistics are________________ and ___________.

a)

engineering and chemistry

b)

mathematical and inferential

c)

inferential and descriptive

d)

hard and easy

16.
The average annual salary for 35 of a company's 1200 accountants is $68,000.
a)
parameter
b)
statistic
17.
In a survey of a sample of high school students, 43% said that their mother has taught them the most about managing money.
a)
parameter
b)
statistic
18.
In a recent year, the interest category for 12% of all new magazines was sports.
a)
parameter
b)
statistic
19.
In  a recent year, the average math scores for all graduates on the ACT was 21.1.
a)
parameter
b)
statistic
20.

A statistic is a summary measure that describes a characteristic from a sample of the population.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE