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descriptive statistics

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Arrangement of data into different classes or groups is called

a)

Statistical distribution

b)

Frequency distribution

c)

Econometric distribution

d)

Classful distribution

2.

Data representing the number of data values in each of several nonoverlapping classes in a method named as

a)

Relative distribution

b)

Bar distribution

c)

Frequency distribution

d)

Cumulative distribution

3.

The variability of a set of continuous scores around the mean is indicated by the means of

a)

Variance

b)

Phi-coefficient

c)

Slope coefficient

d)

Standard deviation

4.

The number of observations that falls in a certain class is known to be its

a)

Range

b)

Limit

c)

Rank

d)

Frequency

5.

The value halfway between the lower and upper class limits is known to be as

a)

Class midpoint

b)

Class boundary point

c)

Class dot point

d)

Class plot point

6.

Dividing frequency of any class by the total number of frequencies, results in

a)

Relative frequency

b)

Relative Percentage distribution

c)

Cumulative frequency

d)

Cumulative percentage distribution

7.

A normal distribution in kurtosis is named to be

a)

Leptokurtic

b)

Platykurtic

c)

Normal kurtosis

d)

mesokurtic

8.

A distribution with a highest peak in kurtosis is said to be

a)

Meso kurtosis

b)

Lefto kurtosis

c)

Plety kurtosis

d)

Edge-kurtosis

9.

A distribution having a flat degree in terms of kurtosis is known to be

a)

Plety kurtosis

b)

Meso kurtosis

c)

Melto kurtosis

d)

Lefto kurtosis

10.

Statistics used to describe or summarize a set of observations is known to be

a)

Descriptive statistics

b)

Comparative statistics

c)

Referential statistics

d)

Inferential statistics

11.

The mean is influenced by:

a)

The order of data

b)

Individual scores.

c)

Outliers

d)

The standard deviation.

12.

Standard deviation tells you:

a)
  1. How spread out the data are.

b)
  1. How many outliers there are.

c)
  1. what the mean, median and mode are.

d)
  1. the square root of the mean.

13.

You are given the following data set: 6, 3, 5, 2, 6, 4, 9.

Which of the following statements is NOT true about the data set?

a)

The mode is 6.

b)

The median is 5.

c)

The mean is 6.

d)

The range is 7.

14.

Which of the following is not a measure of dispersion?

a)
  1. Range

b)
  1. Standard deviation

c)
  1. Variance

d)
  1. Median

15.

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

a)
  1. Measures of central tendency use a single value to describe the center of a data set.

b)
  1. Measures of dispersion describe how spread out data are.

c)
  1. Inferential statistics allow us to draw conclusions from our data set to the general population.

d)
  1. Descriptive statistics describe how we can generalize our study data to the general population

16.

Please describe the following type of data visualization:

a)
  1. This is a histogram and is used to represent linear data.

b)
  1. This is a radial tree and is used for geospatial mapping.

c)
  1. This pie chart is used to represent temporal data.

d)
  1. This is a pie chart and is used to represent proportions.

17.

The bar graph shows the top five grossing movies from 2015. Which movie made approximately $450 million?

a)

The Force Awakens

b)

Jurassic World

c)

Avengers: Age of Ultron

d)

Inside Out

18.

The bar graph shows the top five grossing movies from 2015. About how much money did Inside Out gross?

a)
  1. $350 million

b)
  1. $400 million

c)
  1. $500 million

d)
  1. $300 million

19.

When is median a better choice than mean?

a)
  1. When the data is normally distributed and has no outliers

b)
  1. When the data is skewed

c)
  1. When the standard deviation is very small

d)
  1. When the data is non-numerical

20.

What is the median of the following set of numbers?

5 10 5 8 9 7 8 9 9

a)
  1. 8

b)
  1. 9

c)
  1. 7.8

d)
  1. 10