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Introduction to Statistics and Levels of Measurement
Introduction to Statistics and Levels of Measurement
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A #math #quiz about some terms in #statistics and the different levels of measurement
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The collection of all individuals, items, or data under consideration in a statistical study.
Population
Variable
Sample
Constant
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facts, or a set of information or observation under study
data
sample
constant
variable
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making decisions about a body of data by using a smaller portion of that population
Inferential
Descriptive
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ranking the data from smallest to largest but the differences between data are meaningless
ratio
nominal
interval
ordinal
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it makes sense to compare the differences between data values but no true zero point
nominal
ordinal
ratio
interval
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consist of names, labels, or categories only; data cannot be arranged in an ordering or scheme
interval
ratio
nominal
ordinal
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By 2040 at least 3.5 billion people will run short of water (World Future Society)
Descriptive
Inferential
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a general category of data which are numerical in nature
quantitative
qualitative
discrete
continuous
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data obtained from counting
quantitative
continuous
qualitative
discrete
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used to draw inferences about the properties or characteristics by a large group
Descriptive
Inferential
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data obtained from measuring
quantitative
discrete
continuous
qualitative
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Zero means nothingness or absence of either the characteristic or the respondent
ordinal
nominal
ratio
interval
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characteristic, property or attribute that makes members of a group vary
data
sample
constant
variable
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Expenditures for the cable industry were $5.66 billionin 1996
Descriptive
Inferential
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That part of the population from which information is collected.
Sample
Population
Constant
Variable
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general category of data which can assume values that manifest the concept of attributes
qualitative
quantitative
discrete
continuous
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collection, presentation, characterization and summary of a set of data by means of numbers
Inferential
Descriptive
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Deals with the collection, organization, presentation, analysis and interpretation of data
Probability
Statistics
Algebra
Trigonometry
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characteristic, property or attribute that makes members of a group uniform
data
variable
constant
sample
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concerned with describing characteristics and properties of of persons, places, or things
Inferential
Descriptive
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Nine out of ten on-the-job fatalities are men
Inferential
Descriptive
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Which of the following is/are (a) branch(es) of statistics?
Quantitative
Descriptive
Qualitative
Inferential
