Statistics Quiz - 03/05/21

Question 1

Determine whether the following is a statistical question;Does it typically rain more in the United States or in Brazil?

Accepted Answer

Correct

Question 2

What can be considered a Disadvantage of Records and Documents Data Collection Method

Accepted Answer

Information may be out of date

Question 3

The total height of a students is 60.5 inches. This is a example of: _________

Accepted Answer

continuous data

Question 4

A collection, or set, of all individuals or objects or events whose properties are to be analyzed.

Accepted Answer

Statistic

Question 5

Descriptive statistics makes use of a sample while Inferential statistics summarizes information about a population

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

Educated guesses are decisions made by using societal methods

Accepted Answer

False

Question 7

All options are uses of statistics, Except:

Accepted Answer

Quoting statistics based on non-representative samples

Question 8

Statistics can be divided into three areas

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

Interviewing all members of a given population is called:

Accepted Answer

a census

Question 10

Making decisions and drawing conclusion about populations.

Accepted Answer

Descriptive Statistics

Question 11

Determine whether the following is a statistical question: Does Miranda have a college degree?

Accepted Answer

Correct

Question 12

Which one of the following is discrete data?

Accepted Answer

Sam has two brothers and one sister

Question 13

What would be the sample in the example? Surveyors in the mall choose shoppers to ask about products they prefer.

Accepted Answer

the shoppers who were asked their preference

Question 14

What abuse of statistics is the conversation in the diagram representing?

Accepted Answer

Quoting statistics based on non- representative samples

Question 15

_____ refers to the gathering of information different sources to find answers to specific problems and questions

Accepted Answer

Data collection method

Question 16

All options fall under Qualitative Data Collection Method, Except:

Accepted Answer

Census

Question 17

Statistics is the collecting, analyzing, presenting, as well as of making guesses based on such analyses.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 18

Statistical techniques that summarize and organize the data in charts are classified as

Accepted Answer

Description Statistics

Question 19

The time it takes for a car battery to die is an example of ____________

Accepted Answer

Continuous variables

Question 20

Which ONE of the following is the best benefit of using simple random sampling?

Accepted Answer

We can calculate the accuracy of the results

Question 21

Qualitative data can be expressed as a number e.g shoe size, price, length etc

Accepted Answer

False

Question 22

The factors that determine the number of children future couples decide to have. The variable ‘number of children’ is a:

Accepted Answer

Discrete Variable

Question 23

A researcher want to know the IQ of students at a Jamaican Universities. The entire group of students is an example of

Accepted Answer

Population

Question 24

The number of orange Skittles in a bag.

Accepted Answer

Discrete

Statistics Quiz - 03/05/21

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Statistics Quiz - 03/05/21

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