Free Printable Chapter 1 Statistics Definitions

1.

The set of ALL individuals, objects or measurements that are being studied.

a)

Population

b)

Sample

c)

Subset

d)

Parameter

2.

A measure of central tendency that describes the center of the data.

a)

Average

b)

Frequency

c)

Parameter

d)

Proportion

3.

Day of the week would be considered what type of variable?

a)

Continuous variable

b)

Categorical variable

c)

Quantitative variable

d)

Sample variable

4.

Weight of a newborn baby would be considered what type of variable?

a)

Discrete variable

b)

Qualitative variable

c)

Continuous variable

d)

Categorical variable

5.

Number of chips in a bag of Doritos would be considered what type of variable?

a)

Discrete variable

b)

Categorical variable

c)

Qualitative variable

d)

Nominal variable

6.

True or False:

Qualitative variables can be assigned a numerical value while quantitative variables are assigned a label.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Which of the following would NOT be considered a qualitative variable

a)

Color

b)

Size of shirt (XS, S, M, L, XL, XXL)

c)

Breed of dog

d)

Cost of shirt

8.

True or False:

A numerical characteristic of a sample, a statistics, is an estimate of a population parameter.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Duration of a TV show would be considered what type of variable?

a)

quantitative discrete

b)

quantitative continuous

c)

qualitative categorical

d)

qualitative continuous

10.

______________ is a mathematical tool used to study randomness.

a)

statistics

b)

pearson

c)

probability

d)

inferential

11.

Complete the analogy:

population: parameter as sample: ________

a)

statistic

b)

data

c)

mean

d)

proportion

12.

Consider the population of LOA students, which of the following would be a representative sample.

a)

Randomly selecting 20 Freshman

b)

Randomly selecting 50 people in first lunch

c)

Randomly selecting 15 people from each grade

d)

Selecting all students in Mrs. Heberling's ELA class

13.

____________ is a characteristic or measurement that can be determined for each member of a population.

a)

Mean

b)

Parameter

c)

Sample

d)

Variable

14.

True or False:

Data are the actual values of the variable.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Consider the following scenario:

Dr. McCracken wants to know the average GPA of first year college students that graduated from LOA. She randomly selects 5 students from LOA's class of 2024 and asks them what their Freshman year GPA was. The 5 students responded with: 2.75, 4.0, 3.21, 3.14.

What is the population in this scenario ?

a)

5 students from LOA's class of 2024

b)

first year college students that graduated from LOA

c)

College freshman

d)

All LOA students

16.

Consider the following scenario:

Dr. McCracken wants to know the average GPA of first year college students that graduated from LOA. She randomly selects 5 students from LOA's class of 2024 and asks them what their Freshman year GPA was. The 5 students responded with: 2.75, 4.0, 3.21, 3.14.

What is the sample in this scenario?

a)

5 students from LOA's class of 2024

b)

first year college students that graduated from LOA

c)

College freshman

d)

All LOA students

17.

Consider the following scenario:

Dr. McCracken wants to know the average GPA of first year college students that graduated from LOA. She randomly selects 5 students from LOA's class of 2024 and asks them what their Freshman year GPA was. The 5 students responded with: 2.75, 4.0, 3.21, 3.14.

What is the parameter in this scenario?

a)

The mean GPA of the 5 students

b)

The mean GPA of first year college students that attended LOA.

c)

The number of LOA freshman students

d)

GPA

18.

Consider the following scenario:

Dr. McCracken wants to know the average GPA of first year college students that graduated from LOA. She randomly selects 5 students from LOA's class of 2024 and asks them what their Freshman year GPA was. The 5 students responded with: 2.75, 4.0, 3.21, 3.14.

What is the statistic in this scenario?

a)

The mean GPA of the 5 students

b)

The mean GPA of first year college students that attended LOA.

c)

The number of LOA freshman students

d)

GPA

19.

Consider the following scenario.

A survey of athletes in a university was conducted to study the heights of athletes (in meters).

Which best describes the population.

a)

All students at the university

b)

All student athletes surveyed

c)

All student athletes at the University

d)

The height of the athletes

20.

Consider the following scenario.

A survey of athletes in a university was conducted to study the heights of athletes (in meters).

Which best describes the statistics.

a)

The average height of all University athletes

b)

The average height of the surveyed athletes.

c)

The height of one athlete

d)

The height of all athletes

Chapter 1 Statistics Definitions

Total questions: 20

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