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An effect is ____ _____ if it is too great to be caused by chance.
Quite significant
Systematically wrong
Very significant
Systematically significant
2
The word "and" in a probability question signifies
Multiplication
Addition
Subtraction
Division
3
Any point that doesn't fit with the rest is called an
Gap
Outlier
Genius
Influential
4
What is a residual?
A plot
A plot that shiws a curve or no curve
The difference b/t the observed y value+predicted y value
A number indicating how many SD you are from the mean
5
An example of a systematic sample would be asking
Everyone in one group
Everyone in your school system
Everyone you like
Every 10th person
6
Type of sample. Randomly select a department and survey all the people in it.
Stratified
Cluster
Systematic
SRS
7
We use venn diagrams for
Probability
Finding z scores
Comparing AP classes
Statistics
8
Weight
Quantitative
Categorical
9
A parameter is
A number calculated from a sample.
A unit of stats
The distance around a shape.
A number calculated from a population.
10
When data is skewed, the mean is pulled
In the direction of the title
And is increased
In the direction of the skew
Towards the graph
11
A and B have an r of 0.56. If A was less than the mean by 1.3 SDs, then B was _____ the mean
.0987 SD above the mean
0.386 SDs above the mean
0.728 SDs below the mean
0.728 z scores below the mean
12
The two types of data we studied are
Quantitative and qualitative
Research and analytical
Statistical and categorical
Categorical and quantitative
13
Quadratic data has an r of
0.8
0
-1
1
14
A tree diagram is used for
Calculating probabilities
Finding z scores
Designing experiments
Simulations
15
If a ___ ____ is done correctly, it can determine cause and effect.
Stats study
Experimental design
Response bias
Stats simulation
16
The first bulls eye is on the 3rd arrow
Binomial model
Stats model
Normal model
Geomertic model
17
Which of the following is not a form of design?
Matched pairs
Completely Randomized
Blocking
Double blind
18
All of the following are ways you can express data in a linear transformation except
Log y
1/y
x^1/2
Log X, log y
19
This reduces variation and splits the subjects into homogenous groups.
Blocking
Matching
Randomizing
Blinding
20
How do you "describe a distribution"?
Mean, Median, Mode
Range, IQR, Standard Deviation
Skewed, Symmetric, Normal
Center, shape, spread
21
If a segmented bar chart shows notable differences of data, then it is
Unique
Even
Not independent
Independent
22
Describe the shape of this distribution.
Unimodal and symmetric
Uniform
Bimodal and skewed.
Skewed left
23
All of the following are w questions associated with data except
Who
Which
Why
What
24
True or false. Categorical data does not make sense to calculate a mean.
False
True
25
The association in this picture has a r of
1
0
0.3
-1
26
If a point is far left or far right from the mean, then it has
weight
leverage
height
skewness
27
An attempt to try to get everyone in the population is called a
Experiment
Approval
Representative sample
Census
28
Describe the shape of this distribution.
unifrom
Unimodal and Symmetric
Bimodal
Skewed Right
29
Making a prediction outside of the data given means you are
Inferring
Hypothesizing
Extrapolating
Exploring
30
if I multiply each X by 100, add 12 to each y, and switch X and y, r
decreases
increases
changes
stays the same
31
When running a simulation, you should _____ it several times.
Try
Create
Repeat
Invent
32
If x and y are swapped,
R doesn't change
R may change
R changes
R flips
33
The closer our proportion gets to the hypothetical probability
Law of large numbers
Law of statistics
Theorem of stats
Law of small numbers
34
Phone numbers
Quantitative
Categorical
35
Which of the following is not a good way to sample a population?
Systematic
Convience
Cluster
Stratified
36
Experimental design, principles,treatment, blinding, +response variable r needed 4 experiments
True
False
37
___blinding is when the subject does not know what group they belong to or what the study is on
Double
Triple
Single
Some
38
What results from samples that do not represent the population?
Inaccurate numbers
People are upset they were left out
Under coverage
Bias
39
The Normal Model is also known as the
Best model
The 25-50-75-100 Rule
The 68-95-99.7 Rule
Fundamental Theroem of Stats
40
What is the term for the most common number?
Standard Deviation
Midrange
Mode
Median
41
Things that cannot happen at the same time are
Variance
Mutually inclusive
Mutually exclusive
Independence
42
If you calculate a positive residual, the actual value was
More than the predicted value
Less than the predicted value
43
If you calculate a negative residual, that means that the actual value was
More than the predicted value
Less than the predicted value
44
What is the interquartile range?
Q2-Q4
Q4-Q3
Q2-Q1
Q3-Q1
45
How do you mathematically figure out if a point is an outlier or not?
Determine if it changes the slope of the data
See if it looks unusual
Figure out the lower and upper fences
If it looks weird it must be an outlier
46
You ask people if they are right handed until you get a left handed. This is a
binomial model
Algebraic model
Geometric model
Normal model
47
A type of study where no treatments are imposed and cannot show cause and effect are called
Perspective Studies
Retrospective Studies
experimental study
Observational studies
48
What is a random variable?
The mean number of surveys ran in a simulation
A number generated in a simulation
The randomness of an experiment
Value based on the outcome of a random event
49
All of the following are types of quantitative data except
Distance
Zip codes
Weight
Height
50
The proportion of times the outcome would occur for a large number of repetitions is called
Probability
An event
Independence
A simulation
51
Are a snow day and the number of car crashes that day positively or negatively associated?
Negative
Positive
52
A z-score is
How far you are from A
Your IQ score
How far you are from the mean
How many standard deviations from the mean a value is
53
Being an _____ point means that it affects the slope
Influential
Noninfluential
Unique
Unusual
54
Data are not curved if a residual plot
Shows form/pattern
Shows a curve
Shows a circle
Shows no form/pattern
55
In the LinReg equation, y=a+bx, A stands for
Slope
Strength
R^2
Y-int
56
According to the model, ____ increases/decreases approx ____ by ____. This is
Slope in context
R in context
X in context
Y in context
57
The word "or" in a probability question signifies
Division
Multiplication
Subtraction
Addition
58
Describe the association.
Positive, gap, very weak
No association whatsoever
Negative, curved, weak
Trumpet
59
When questions ask if there is a relationship in the association, remember that
Correlation does not mean causation
It is always true
Correlation is independent
Correlation means causation
60
A simple random sample is
Everyone in a space that has the same chance of selection
when you pick one person from each homogenous group
Really easy
Really simple
61
Age groups
Categorical
Quantitative
62
Which is correct for conditional probabilities?
Given/Both
Both-Given/Both
Both+Given
Both/Given
63
You can display categorical data on all of the following charts except
Bar graph
Histogram
Contingency Table
Pie chart
64
SAT scores
Categorical
Quantitative
65
The group where no treatment is applied is called the
Homogenous group
Good group
Control group
Uncontrolled group
66
What is the equation for LinReg?
Y=X
y=a+bx
Ax+By=C
Y=mx+b
67
In the LinReg equation, y=a+bx, what does b stand for?
slope
Strength
y int
X int
68
The median is the
The center number when data is sorted
The monkey in the middle
Middle number
The average
69
Another way to express y=a+bx is
Bo+Bix
Y=mx+b
y=my+b
y=bo+b1x
70
When describing the data distribution of quantitative data, we use the acronym
DUFuS
FBI
NASA
CUSS
71
All of the following are types of graphs used to display quantitative data except
Pictogram
Stem and Leaf
Timeplot
Histogram
72
Describe the association.
Negative, Linear, Strong
No association whatsoever
Positive, Linear, Strong
Positive, curved, moderate
73
Lying is a type of
Response bias
No response bias
Cluster sample
Mean act
74
Formula for finding a range.
Max/Min
Min-Max
Max+Min
Max-Min
75
A type of bias that only people that feel strong respond is called a
Under coverage
Voluntary response bias
No response bias
Response bias
76
A placebo is
A type of experiment
A blind group
Something that was on greys anatomy
A fake treatment
77
A 5 number summary is used for a
Box plot
Pie chart
Bar Graph
Histogram
78
The 5 number summary is used for this type of graph.
Box plot
Bar graph
Histogram
Pie chart
79
Describe the association.
Positive, curved, moderate
Negative, curved, moderate
Positive, curved, strong
Negative, curved, weak
80
____% of the variation in y can be explained by X. This is
Y in context
R^2 in context
R in context
X in context
81
true or false. You must control variables, randomize, and replicate an experiment to be valid.
False
True
82
When re-expressing data, you must run the ____ to check for a curve.
Stats buttom
Model
LinReg
Simulation
83
This association has a r of
-1
0
0.3
1
84
A sampling scheme that combines several sampling methods
Multi processed
Simulation
A process
Multistage
85
Describe the association.
Positive, Quadratic, Strong
Negative, gap, quadratic moderate
Negative, outlier, linear, moderate
Positive, trumpet, weak
86
The binomial model tells you
The two models
Percents
Number of people
Probabilities
87
The experimental condition being imposed on the group is called the
Subjects
Control group
Treatment
Level
88
If this point was removed from this association, would it increase or decrease?
Decrease
Increase