Duplicate of Introduction to Statistics and Probability

Question 1

What is a subset of the population being studied called?

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Sample

Question 2

"53% of the population is female and 47% are males." This is an example of a:

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Parameter

Question 3

Discrete or Continuous? Number of beats in a song

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Discrete

Question 4

What is a numerical summary of a population?

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Statistics

Question 5

Qualitative or Quantitative? Blood pressure

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Quantitative

Question 6

Qualitative or Quantitative? Age of car driven

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Qualitative, Quantitative

Question 7

What is qualitative data?

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Classification of individuals based on some characteristic

Question 8

What is a population?

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Entire group of individuals being studied

Question 9

Qualitative or Quantitative? Hair color

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Qualitative

Question 10

Discrete or Continuous? The numbers between 0 and 5 (not just whole numbers)

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Continuous

Question 11

Qualitative or Quantitative? Favorite Animal

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Quantitative, Qualitative

Question 12

Discrete or Continuous? Number of goals scored by a soccer player

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Discrete

Question 13

Qualitative or Quantitative? Weight

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Quantitative

Question 14

What is probability?

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The measure of how likely something is to occur

Question 15

Discrete or Continuous? The amount of change in a dollar

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Continuous

Question 16

"All the students at St. Amant High School" This is an example of:

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Population

Question 17

What is statistics?

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Branch of math focused on collecting and analyzing data

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