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Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Statistics helps us to...

a)

obtain data and then organize and analyse

b)

obtain data and then organize, summarize, present, analyze, interpret and reach conclusions

c)

obtain data and then organize, summarize, present and analyze

d)

plan studies and experiments

2.

If the data are labels or categories that are used to define an attribute of an element, the scale we use is...

a)

Ordinal

b)

Nominal

c)

Interval

d)

Reason

3.

It is characterized when the data can be accommodated in some order

a)

Nominal Scale

b)

Interval Scale

c)

Ordinal Scale

d)

Reason Scale

4.

Which of the following data are qualitative.

a)

May Favorite Summer Sports

b)

Number of Tourist Spot

c)

Number of Math Teacher in the School

d)

Blood Type of the Class

e)

The Address of your Teacher

5.

Which of the following data are discrete.

a)

Dimensions of the Whiteboard

b)

Number of Chairs in the Classroom

c)

Speed of the Racing Car

d)

Number of Students who were absent

e)

Number of Students in a Class

6.

Which of the following data are continuous.

a)

Amount Spent during a Sale

b)

Number of Petals of the Gumamela Flower

c)

Height of a Building

d)

Weight of a New Born Baby

e)

Number of Female in the Class

7.

Which is the corresponding level of measurement:

The Senator's marital status is "married".

a)

Nominal

b)

Ordinal

c)

Interval

d)

Ratio

8.

Which is the corresponding level of measurement:

A magazine claims the Senator is ranked 7th in the polls.

a)

Nominal

b)

Ordinal

c)

Ratio

d)

Interval

9.

Descriptive Statistics helps us to...

a)

Organize data and represent data

b)

Make decisions based on data

c)

Make objective decisions

10.

A population is a collection of all individuals, objects, or measurements of interest.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Descriptive statistics are used to find out something about a population based on a sample.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

The principal difference between the interval and ratio scale is that the ratio scale has a meaningful zero point.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

The main purpose of descriptive statistics is to:

a)

Summarize data in a useful and informative manner.

b)

Make inferences about a population.

c)

Determine if the data adequately represents the population.

d)

Gather or collect data.

14.

A portion or part of a population is called a

a)

Random survey

b)

Sample

c)

Tally

d)

Frequency distribution

15.

A survey includes a question regarding marital status that has the following responses: single, married, divorced, separated, or widowed. What is the scale of measurement for this question?

a)

Ratio

b)

Interval

c)

Ordinal

d)

Nominal

16.

The Mean, Median, Mode, and Range are also known as?

a)

Central Tendency Measures

b)

Middle values

c)

Center values

d)

Tendency of the middle

17.

What is the mode?

a)

The middle number in an ordered set of data.

b)

The difference between the greatest and least amount in the data set

c)

The value that occurs the most often in a data set

d)

The sum of all the numbers in a data set divided by the size

18.
What do you do if there are two numbers in "the middle" when you are finding the median?
a)
Pick your favorite number
b)
Add the two numbers in the middle & then divide by two.
c)
They are both the median
d)
None of the above
19.
What measure of central tendency (mean, median or mode) would be best for the following set of data?
0, 89, 92, 97, 99, 100
a)
Mode, because it is the one that shows up the most.
b)
Median, because there is an outlier.  The outlier could be incorrect and would influence the mean too much.
c)
Mean, because there is not an outlier.  You should always use the mean.
d)
There is not a best measure of central tendency for this data.
20.
What is an outlier?
a)
A value that is much less or much greater than the other values in a data set.
b)
The difference between the upper and lower quartiles of a data set.
c)
The mean of the distances from each data value in a set to the mean of a set.
d)
The difference between the greatest and least numbers in a data set.