Statistics Ch. 1 Getting Started

Qualitative is a numerical measurement and Quantitative is a categorical measurement

True or False

What are the steps to conduct a random sample on a graphing calculator?

The average annual salary for 35 of a company’s 1200 accountants is $68,000.

A statistic is a numerical measure that represents the sample

Parameter is a numerical measure that represents the sample

What is the level of measurement for a course evaluation scale : poor, acceptable, good?

What is the level of measurement for age of a student?

You are conducting a survey on campus and take random samples from the groups freshman, sophmores, juniors, and seniors.

You stand in a parking area and approach people at random, asking if they would participate in a 5 min survey.

In a survey of a sample of computer users, 8% said their computer had a malfunction that needed to be repaired by a tech

A collection of individuals that are going to be studied

Categorize the method of gathering data.

A characteristic of the individual to be measured or observed

People or objects being studied

The study of how to collect, organize, analyze and interpret numerical information from data is called

What is the level of measurement for the temperature in a house?

In a recent year, the average math scores for all graduates on the ACT was 21.1.

Categorize the method of gathering data.

Use this row from the random number table to determine the results of rolling a die 8 times. What is my sample?