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Studies in Statistics

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
hair color of women on high school tennis team
a)
Nominal
b)
Ordinal
c)
Interval
d)
Ratio
2.
ages of students in a statistics class
a)
Nominal
b)
Ordinal
c)
Interval
d)
Ratio
3.
temperatures of 22 selected refrigerators
a)
Nominal
b)
Ordinal
c)
Interval
d)
Ratio
4.
number of pages in your statistic book
a)
Nominal
b)
Ordinal
c)
Interval
d)
Ratio
5.
marriage status of the faculty at the local community college
a)
Nominal
b)
Ordinal
c)
Interval
d)
Ratio
6.
list of 1247 social security numbers
a)
Nominal
b)
Ordinal
c)
Interval
d)
Ratio
7.
the ratings of a movie ranging from "poor" to "good" to "excellent"
a)
Nominal
b)
Ordinal
c)
Interval
d)
Ratio
8.
list of zip codes for Chicago
a)
Nominal
b)
Ordinal
c)
Interval
d)
Ratio
9.
the amount of fat (in grams) in 44 cookies
a)
Nominal
b)
Ordinal
c)
Interval
d)
Ratio
10.
What is the 4th step in the 4 step problem solving process?
a)
Ask a question
b)
Analyze the data
c)
Organize the data
d)
Interpret the data
11.

Parameter is use for

a)

statistics

b)

sample

c)

population

d)

measurement

12.

The purpose of descriptive statistics is to

a)

make decision

b)

describe data

c)

make estimation

d)

make hypothesis testing

13.

Statistical method is divided into three

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Ordinal is a level measurement for

a)

categories with some order

b)

differences but no natural starting point

c)

differences and a natural starting point

d)

categories only

15.

Qualitative data is a

a)

measurement that cannot be measured on a natural numerical scale

b)

recorded on natural occurring numerical scale

c)

for population only

d)

for sample only

16.

Example of quantitative data is

a)

number of defective items

b)

gender of students in uthm

c)

methods of payments

d)

level of satisfaction

17.

A sampling frame is a collection of sampling units drawn from a sampling

a)

False

b)

True

18.

A sample random sampling is a sampling that each possible sample is equally in number of size

a)

True

b)

False

19.

A group of sampling that close to each other is called systematic sampling

a)

False

b)

True

20.

A science of collection, presentation of data.

a)

Population

b)

Statistics

c)

Analysis of Data

d)

None of the above

21.

Refers to the collection of facts where the researcher gets information.

a)

Collection of Data

b)

Organization of Data

c)

Analysis of Data

d)

None of the above

22.

Refers to the organization of data into tables, graphs and charts.

a)

Collection of Data

b)

Collation of Data

c)

Presentation of Data

d)

None of the above

23.

Statistics which is concerned with summarizing values to describe group characteristics of the data.

a)

Descriptive

b)

Inferential

c)

Parametric

d)

Non Parametric

24.

Refers to drawing of conclusions or generalizations from the analysed data.

a)

Analysis of Data

b)

Collection of Data

c)

Interpretation of Data

d)

Non Parametric

25.

Statistics which is concerned with a higher order of critical thinking and judgment.

a)

Descriptive

b)

Inferential

c)

Parametric

d)

Non Parametric

26.

Process of extracting relevant information from a set of data.

a)

Analysis of Data

b)

Collection of Data

c)

Interpretation of Data

d)

Non Parametric

27.

Inferential technique which make weaker assumptions using nominal and ordinal scales.

a)

Descriptive

b)

Inferential

c)

Parametric

d)

Non Parametric

28.

A researcher is classifying data object watch for its color and size. What type of classification is this?

a)

Ranking the object

b)

one-way classification

c)

two-way classification

d)

none of these

29.

In this measurement, zero is just another point in the scale.

a)

Nominal

b)

Ordinal

c)

Interval

d)

Ratio

30.

Level of measurement where there is logical ordering or categories.

a)

Nominal

b)

Ordinal

c)

Interval

d)

Ratio

31.

When the temperature is 0 degree celcius, which of the following is not true?

a)

zero is just another point in the scale

b)

there is no temperature

c)

an example of interval scale

d)

freezing point of water

32.

Which is an example of ratio scale?

a)

time

b)

gender

c)

grades

d)

all of these

33.

If a research uses parametric statistics, then the data must be?

a)

Must be nominal of ordinal

b)

either interval or ratio

c)

either nominal or interval

d)

either ordinal or ratio

34.

Ranking system is part of which classification?

a)

Nominal

b)

Ordinal

c)

Interval

d)

Ratio

35.
Mrs. Trahan samples her class by selecting 5 girls and 7 boys.  This type of sampling is called?
a)
Stratified
b)
Systematic
c)
Simple
d)
Cluster
36.
Mrs. Trahan samples her class by selecting every third person on her class list.  Which type of sampling method is this?
a)
Simple
b)
Systematic
c)
Stratified
d)
Cluster
37.
Mrs. Trahan samples her class by selecting all students sitting at group 1 and group 5 in her classroom.  This sampling technique is called?
a)
Simple
b)
Stratified
c)
Systematic
d)
Cluster
38.
Mrs. Trahan samples her class by picking 10 numbers from her hat and each number is assigned to a student. This is ______________ random sampling.
a)
Systematic
b)
Simple
c)
Stratified
d)
Cluster
39.
Farmer Joe separates his apple tree farm into 10 regions.  He counts the number of apples produced in just one of the regions and uses that estimate to predict the number of apples produced on the whole farm.  This is _______ sampling.
a)
Simple
b)
Cluster
c)
Stratified
d)
Systematic
40.
Farmer Joe randomly picks 100 trees using a random number generator to estimate the number of apples produced by his apple trees.  This is ______________ sampling.
a)
Simple
b)
Stratified
c)
Cluster
d)
Systematic
41.
In order to use samples to estimate something from the population, the sample should be _________________ the population.
a)
exactly the same as
b)
nothing like
c)
representative of
d)
larger than
42.
When one examines the entire population instead of a subgroup of the population, this is called a ____________.
a)
Sampling
b)
Census
c)
Bias
43.
Farmer Joe separates his farm into 10 regions.  He then randomly selected 5 trees from each region to estimate the number of apples produced on his apple tree farm.  This is _____________ sampling.  
a)
Cluster
b)
Systematic
c)
Stratified
d)
Simple
44.

A part of the entire population size taken by a researcher.

a)

Sample

b)

Portion

c)

Part

d)

Group

45.

The process of selecting that specific part of the population size.

a)

RCBD

b)

CRD

c)

Sampling

d)

Grouping

46.

This sampling technique makes use of taking a unit at random from the first k unit and every kth subsequent unit.

a)

Stratified

b)

Systematic

c)

Simple

d)

Multi-stage

47.

This type of sampling subdivides the population into subpopulations.

a)

Stratified

b)

Systematic

c)

Simple

d)

Cluster

48.

This type of sampling makes use of blocks or districts as a sampling frame in order to cut down a huge population size.

a)

Systematic

b)

Stratified

c)

Simple

d)

Cluster

49.

This is a reason for sampling which emphasizes on saving time, resources and effort.

a)

Practicality

b)

Economy

c)

Necessity

d)

Ethicality

50.

A reason for sampling which gives importance to the fact that testing might be destructive to a population. Therefore, only a portion of that population will be affected.

a)

Practicality

b)

Economy

c)

Necessity

d)

Comprehensiveness