If your data isn’t normally distributed, you can’t run the Kruskal-Wallis test.

, but you can run

Select one:
True
False
Use this test instead of the sign test when you have two independent samples.

Select one:
a. Mood's Median test
b. Mann-Whitney test
c. Spearman Rank Correlation
d. Kruskal-Wallis test
It arise out of the fact that sampling naturally incurs sampling error and thus a sample is not
expected to perfectly represent the population

Select one:
a. Parametric Statistics
b. Descriptive Statistics
c. Inferential Statistics
d. Non-Parametric Statistics
Uses parametric scale

Select one:
a. Interval
b. Ordinal
c. Nominal
d. Proportion
Descriptive statistics are very important because if we simply presented our raw data it
would be hard to visualize what the data was showing, especially if there was a lot of it.

Select one:
True
False
1: Use this test to estimate the median of a population and compare it to a reference value
or target value

Select one:
a. 1-sample sign test
b. 1-sample Wilcoxon signed rank test
c. Friedman test
d. Goodman Kruska’s Gamma
A skewed distribution is one reason to run a parametric test.

Select one:
True
False
Measures of spread are ways of summarizing a group of data by describing how spread out
the scores are

Select one:
True
False
Parametric type of test.

Select one:
a. ANOVA Test
b. Mann-Whitney Test
c. Fisher's exact test
d. Chi-Square
Uses non parametric scale

Select one:
a. Interval
b. Ordinal
c. Proportion
d. Ratio
Measures of central tendency are ways of describing the central position of a frequency
distribution for a group of data.

Select one:
True
False
In this level of measurement, the observations, in addition to having equal intervals, can
have a value of zero as well.

Select one:
a. Ordinal
b. Nominal
c. Ratio
d. Interval
Which is not classified as Nominal?

Select one:
a. Age
b. True or False
c. School
d. Gender
This test is used to test for differences between groups with ordinal dependent variables

Select one:
a. Goodman Kruska’s Gamma
b. 1-sample Wilcoxon signed rank test
c. 1-sample sign test
d. Friedman test
Descriptive statistics therefore enables us to present the data in a more meaningful way,
which allows simpler interpretation of the data

Select one:
True
False
Say youre interested in how rising sea temperatures impact algae life, so you design an
experiment that measures the number of algae in a sample of water taken from a specific
ocean site under varying temperatures. What is the independent variable?

Select one:
a. The temperature of the ocean
b. The number of algae in the sample
c. The depth of the ocean
d. The color of the water
Non parametric tests are used when your data is normal

Select one:
True
False
Non Parametric tests can provide trustworthy results when the groups have different
amounts of variability

Select one:
True
False
Which is not a level of measurement?

Select one:
a. Nominal
b. Ordinal
c. Proportion
d. Interval
These are measurements for which there is no natural numerical scale, but which consist of
attributes, labels, or other non numerical characteristics.

Select one:
a. Qualitative Data
b. Continuous Data
c. Quantitative Data
d. Discrete Data
With this test, you also estimate the population median and compare it to a
reference/target value.

Select one:
a. 1-sample Wilcoxon signed rank test
b. Goodman Kruska’s Gamma
c. 1-sample sign test
d. Friedman test
Parametric tests have no statistical power

Select one:
 True
False
In ratio scale, variables can be systematically added, subtracted, multiplied and divided.

Select one:
True
False
By default, all variables fall in one of the four scales.

Select one:
True
False
In this level of measurement, the observations, in addition to having equal intervals, can
have a value of zero as well.

Select one:
a. Interval
b. Ratio
c. Nominal
d. Ordinal
Nominal comes from the Latin root ‘name’ meaning nomen.

Select one:
True
False
Those that make assumptions about the parameters of the population distribution from
which the sample is drawn

Select one:
a. Inferential Statistics
b. Descriptive Statistics
c. Non Parametric Test
d. Parametric Test
Compute the frequency of all nominal variables using what formula?

Select one:
a. =COUNTIF()
b. =FREQ()
c. =COUNT()
d. =NOM.COUNT()
It has an absolute zero.

Select one:
a. Interval
b. Nominal
c. Ordinal
d. Ratio
Use this test instead of a one-way ANOVA to find out if two or more medians are different.

Select one:
a. Mood's Median test
b. Kruskal- Wallis test
c. Mann-Whitney test
d. Spearman Rank Correlation
Use this test to compare differences between two independent groups when dependent
variables are either ordinal or continuous.

Select one:
a. Kruskal-Wallis test
b. Mann-Whitney test
c. Spearman Rank Correlation
d. Mood's Median test
It is also a logical grouping of attributes.

Select one:
a. Classification
b. Attribute
c. Criterion
d. Variable
With descriptive statistics you are simply ________________ what is or what the data shows

Select one:
a. Generalizing
b. Describing
c. Tabulating
d. Computing
It is the measurement of average distance between each quantity and mean

Select one:
a. Variance
b. Range
c. Percentile
d. Standard Deviation
A low standard deviation indicates that the data points tend to be close to the mean of the
data set.

Select one:
True
False
Every time you try to describe a large set of observations with a single indicator you run the
risk of distorting the original data or losing important detail.

Select one:
True
False
What is the median of the scores of the subject Language?

Select one:
a. 5
b. 1
c. 2.5
d. 2
It is defined as the middle of a distribution in a ranked data

Select one:
a. Range
b. Mean
c. Mode
d. Median
It is the difference between lowest and highest value.

Select one:
a. Percentile
b. Standard Deviation
c. Variance
d. Range
Display networks of relationships among variables, enabling researchers to identify the
nature of relationships that would otherwise be too complex to conceptualize

Select one:
a. Sociograms
b. Histograms
c. GIS
d. Scatter Plots
Measures of central location include the range, quartiles and the interquartile range,
variance and standard deviation

Select one:
True
False
What other solution can you do to compute for the average of the scores?

Select one:
a. =SUM()
b. =SUM()/COUNT()
c. = first number + last number / 30
d. =SUM()/30
Distributions cannot be displayed using percentages

Select one:
True
False
It is the most frequently occurring variable in a distribution.

Select one:
a. Mean
b. Mode
c. Median
d. Range
It gives an indication of how close an individual observation clusters about the mean value

Select one:
a. Standard Deviation
b. Range
c. Variance
d. Percentile
It provides a visual representation of the data.

Select one:
a. Drawing
b. Visual Aids
c. Computations
d. Graphical Method
The formula of sample mean is

Select one:
True
False
Negative IQR is fine, if your data is in descending order

Select one:
True
False
It is used to describe the basic features of the data in a study

Select one:
a. Inferential Statistics
b. Parametric Statistics
c. Descriptive Statistics
d. Non Parametric Statistics
What is the null hypothesis in chi-square test?

Select one:
a. The rows and columns are not associated
b. The rows and columns are the same
c. The rows and columns are not the same
d. The rows and columns are associated
Statisticians now believe that if the expected value (E) falls below 5-10 our chi-square test is
not valid.

Select one:
True
False
A chi square distribution with n degrees of freedom is equal to a gamma distribution with a
= n / 2 and b = 0.5 (or β = 2).

Select one:
True
False
The Chi Square statistic compares the tallies or counts of categorical responses between two
(or more) independent groups.

Select one:
True
False
Statisticians now believe that if the expected value (E) falls below 5-10 our chi-square test is
not valid.

Select one:
True
False
If any of the expected cell frequencies are less than 5, categories can be combined so that
all expected frequencies are at least 5.

Select one:
True
False
In a chi-square test, the "expected" counts are the values we expect if there is an association
between the variables.

Select one:
True
False
Calculating the Chi-Square statistic and comparing it against a critical value from the Chi-
Square distribution allows the researcher to assess whether the observed cell counts are
significantly different from the expected cell counts.

Select one:
True
False
Contingency tables and degrees of freedom are key elements of the chi-square test

Select one:
True
False
What is commonly used for testing relationships between categorical variables?

Select one:
a. T-Test
b. Goodness of Independence
c. Goodness of Fit
d. Chi-Square
It presents the distributions of two categorical variables simultaneously, with the
intersections of the categories of the variables appearing in the cells of the table.

Select one:
a. Variate Table
b. Bivariate Table
c. Tabulation
d. Observation
It assesses whether an association exists between the two variables by comparing the
observed pattern of responses in the cells to the pattern that would be expected if the
variables were truly independent of each other

Select one:
a. Test of Dependence
b. Test of Independence
c. Test of Fit
d. Test of Goodness
When performing a chi-square goodness-of-fit test, a large value of the chi-square statistic
provides evidence that the null hypothesis should be rejected.

Select one:
True
False
What type of data do you need for a chi-square test?

Select one:
a. Ordinal
b. Ratio
c. Nominal
d. Interval
One use of chi-square distribution is Confidence interval estimation for a population
standard deviation of a normal distribution from a sample standard deviation.

Select one:
True
False
The degrees of freedom for a chi-square goodness-of-fit test are calculated as N-1.

Select one:
True
False
The Jerome Light Bulb Company recently conducted a statistical test to determine whether
the number of hours that light bulbs last is normally distributed with a mean of 500 and a
standard deviation of 20. A sample of 300 light bulbs was divided into 8 groups to form a
grouped data frequency distribution. The degrees of freedom for the test will be 299.

Select one:
True
False
The null hypothesis for a chi-square goodness-of-fit test states that the population data
does not follow the hypothesized distribution.

Select one:
True
False
The null hypothesis for the chi-square goodness-of-fit test states that the distribution of

Select one:
a. sample means is equal to expectation based on fe.
b. the sample means is equal to the expected distribution based on theory/knowledge of
the population.
c. cases for each group is equal to the expected distribution based on theory/knowledge of
the population.
d. sample means for each group is equal.
The null hypothesis for all chi-square tests asks whether the observed number of cases in a
sample what we expect from knowledge of the population.

Select one:
True
False
What is the purpose of a goodness-of-fit test?

Select one:
a. To extract factors from the data
b. To find relationships in the data
c. To assesses whether the central tendency, variability and distribution of sample is
different from that of the population
d. To assess whether there is a significant difference between a collection of categorical
data
In contingency analysis, we expect the actual frequencies in each cell to approximately
match the corresponding expected cell frequencies when the characteristics are
independent.

Select one:
True
False
Knowing the level of measurement helps you decide what statistical analysis is appropriate
on the values that were assigned

Select one:
True
False
Classify the level of measurement it belongs: Gender

Select one:
a. Ratio
b. Nominal
c. Interval
d. Ordinal
The central tendency of the ordinal scale is _______________________________.

Select one:
a. Median
b. Mean
c. Range
d. Mode
Sex or Gender is classified under what level of measurement?

Select one:
a. Ordinal
b. Ratio
c. Interval
d. Nominal
Interval scales are exactly like ratio scales, except that they have a true zero point

Select one:
True
False
Nominal comes from the Latin root ‘name’ meaning nomen.

Select one:
True
False
The only permissible aspect related to numbers in a nominal scale is “counting.”

Select one:
True
False
In ratio scale, variables can be systematically added, subtracted, multiplied and divided.

Select one:
True
False
Classify the level of measurement it belongs: Gender

Select one:
a. Ratio
b. Nominal
c. Interval
d. Ordinal
The central tendency of the ordinal scale is _______________________________.

Select one:
a. Median
b. Mean
c. Range
d. Mode
Sex or Gender is classified under what level of measurement?

Select one:
a. Ordinal
b. Ratio
c. Interval
d. Nominal
It gives the ability to quantify and differentiate between options.

Select one:
a. Ratio
b. Proportion
c. Ordinal
d. Interval
Which of the following definition defines interval scale?

Select one:
a. Have no order and thus only gives names or labels to various categories.
b. Have no order and thus only gives names or labels to various categories
c. Have the highest level of measurement
d. Have meaningful intervals between measurements, but there is no true starting point
(zero).
The interval scale gives the ability to quantify and differentiate between options.

Select one:
True
False
It depends on physically measuring things.

Select one:
a. Purpose
b. Experimental Method
c. Analytical Method
d. Observation
How many levels of measurements were discussed?

Select one:
a. Three
b. Five
c. Six
d. Four
Nominal scale is _______________________ in nature, which means numbers are used here only
to categorize or identify objects.

Select one:
a. Quantitative
b. Qualitative
c. None
d. Both
Achievement is classified under what level of measurement?

Select one:
a. Ordinal
b. Interval
c. Nominal
d. Ratio
What is a number or attribute computed for each member of a population or a sample?

Select one:
a. Variable
b. Data
c. Parameter
d. Measurement
The population is not confined to people only, but it may also include animals, events,
objects, buildings, etc.

Select one:
True
False
Comparison is one of the main functions of economics as the absolute figures convey a very
less meaning.

Select one:
True
False
When the number of elements of the population is fixed and thus making it possible to
enumerate it in totality.

Select one:
a. Existent
b. Finite
c. Hypothetical
d. Infinite
Qualitative data are variables that cannot be ordered in a logical or natural way.

Select one:
 True
False
It is used to make predictions or comparisons about a larger group (a population) using
information gathered about a small part of that population.

Select one:
a. Inferential Statistics
b. Scientific Method
c. Descriptive Statistics
d. Differential Statistics
The randomly selected 100 students for a survey is called a population

Select one:
True
False
It is the study of how to collect, organize, analyze, and interpret numerical information from
data.

Select one:
a. All of the Choices
b. Statistics
c. Economics
d. Probability
The statistics are presented in a indefinite form so they also help in condensing the data
into important figures.

Select one:
True
False
It is important to study statistics in order to formulate well-advance predictions.

Select one:
True
False
It involves the application of specific statistical techniques to disciplines in biology such as
population genetics, epidemiology and public health.
Select one:
a. Biostatistics
b. Geostatistics
c. Statistics
d. Statistical Science
It involves the application of specific statistical techniques to disciplines in biology such as
population genetics, epidemiology and public health.

Select one:
a. Biostatistics
b. Geostatistics
c. Statistics
d. Statistical Science
It is a variable that goes on the y-axis, or vertical axis.

Select one:
a. Dependent Variable
b. Continuous Variable
c. Independent Variable
d. Erroneous Variable
It a characteristic or feature that varies, or changes within a study

Select one:
a. Attribute
b. Variable
c. Classification
d. Criterion
These are the two main branches of statistics

Select one:
a. Qualitative and Quantitative
b. Population and Sample
c. Differential and Statistical
d. Descriptive and Inferential
We use statistics when the number of cases that can occur are really small.
Select one:
True
False
The value of statistics is strong because they can serve as predictions as well as probabilities
in certain trends.

Select one:
True
False
Variables can be defined in terms of measurable factors through a process of
_______________________________.

Select one:
a. Operationalization
b. Explanation
c. Definition
d. Experimentation
Variable that always goes on the x-axis, or the horizontal axis

Select one:
a. Independent Variable
b. Continuous Variable
c. Dependent Variable
d. Erroneous Variable
Statistical variables do not contain numerical values but rather something
__________________________.

Select one:
a. Logical
b. Descriptive
c. Categorical
d. Experimental
It aims to describe various aspects of the data obtained in the study.

Select one:
a. Differential Statistics
b. Inferential Statistics
c. Descriptive Statistics
d. Scientific Method
Knowing the level of measurement helps you decide what statistical analysis is appropriate
on the values that were assigned

Select one:
True
False
Classify the level of measurement it belongs: Gender

Select one:
a. Ratio
b. Nominal
c. Interval
d. Ordinal
The central tendency of the ordinal scale is _______________________________.

Select one:
a. Median
b. Mean
c. Range
d. Mode
Sex or Gender is classified under what level of measurement?

Select one:
a. Ordinal
b. Ratio
c. Interval
d. Nominal
Interval scales are exactly like ratio scales, except that they have a true zero point

Select one:
True
False
Nominal comes from the Latin root ‘name’ meaning nomen.

Select one:
True
False
The only permissible aspect related to numbers in a nominal scale is “counting.”

Select one:
True
False
In ratio scale, variables can be systematically added, subtracted, multiplied and divided.

Select one:
True
False
Classify the level of measurement it belongs: Gender

Select one:
a. Ratio
b. Nominal
c. Interval
d. Ordinal
The central tendency of the ordinal scale is _______________________________.

Select one:
a. Median
b. Mean
c. Range
d. Mode
Sex or Gender is classified under what level of measurement?

Select one:
a. Ordinal
b. Ratio
c. Interval
d. Nominal
It gives the ability to quantify and differentiate between options.

Select one:
a. Ratio
b. Proportion
c. Ordinal
d. Interval
Which of the following definition defines interval scale?

Select one:
a. Have no order and thus only gives names or labels to various categories.
b. Have no order and thus only gives names or labels to various categories
c. Have the highest level of measurement
d. Have meaningful intervals between measurements, but there is no true starting point
(zero).
The interval scale gives the ability to quantify and differentiate between options.

Select one:
True
False
It depends on physically measuring things.

Select one:
a. Purpose
b. Experimental Method
c. Analytical Method
d. Observation
How many levels of measurements were discussed?

Select one:
a. Three
b. Five
c. Six
d. Four
Nominal scale is _______________________ in nature, which means numbers are used here only
to categorize or identify objects.

Select one:
a. Quantitative
b. Qualitative
c. None
d. Both
Achievement is classified under what level of measurement?

Select one:
a. Ordinal
b. Interval
c. Nominal
d. Ratio

Which is not classified as Nominal?

Select one:
a. School
b. True or False
c. Gender
d. Age
The interval scale gives the ability to quantify and differentiate between options.

Select one:
True
False
In ratio scale, variables can be systematically added, subtracted, multiplied and divided.

Select one:
True
False
Although in an interval scale, since there is an absence of the absolute 0 and it works on the
principal of an arbitrary 0, the division of variables is not possible.

Select one:
True
False
It refers to the relationship among the values that are assigned to the attributes for a
variable.

Select one:
a. Attributes
b. Levels of Measurement
c. Relationship
d. Measurement
Interval scales are exactly like ratio scales, except that they have a true zero point

Select one:
True
False
It depends on physically measuring things.

Select one:
a. Experimental Method
b. Purpose
c. Observation
d. Analytical Method
There is a subtype in ordinal scale with only two categories like one of the nominal scale
and is known as dichotomous ordinal scale.

Select one:
True
False
It has have no order and thus only gives names or labels to various categories.

Select one:
a. Ordinal
b. Ratio
c. Nominal
d. nterval
Nominal scale is _______________________ in nature, which means numbers are used here only
to categorize or identify objects.

Select one:
a. Both
b. Quantitative
c. Qualitative
d. None
By default, all variables fall in one of the four scales.
Select one:
True
False
Ratio scale is the 2nd level of measurement that reports the ranking and ordering of the
data without actually establishing the degree of variation between them.

Select one:
True
False
The concept of measurement has been developed in conjunction with the concepts of
numbers and units of measurement.

Select one:
True
False
Nominal provides the least amount of detail, and ratio provide the most amount of detail.

Select one:
True
False
It is when numbers don’t define the characteristics related to the object.

Select one:
a. Interval
b. Ordinal
c. Ratio
d. Nominal
It is used as a comparison parameter to understand whether the variables are greater or
lesser than one another using sorting.

Select one:
a. Interval
b. Ordinal
c. Proportion
d. Ratio
Use when you want to find a correlation between two sets of data.
Select one:
a. Spearman Rank Correlation
b. Mood's Median test
c. Mann-Whitney test
d. Kruskal-Wallis test
Non parametric assume that the data is normally distributed

Select one:
True
False
Parametric test is mainly based on differences in medians

Select one:
True
False
If you are using interval or ratio scales you use _________________________________.

Select one:
a. Non Parametric Test
b. Inferential Statistics
c. Parametric Test
d. Descriptive Statistics
Use this test to compare differences between two independent groups when dependent
variables are either ordinal or continuous.

Select one:
a. Mood's Median test
b. Kruskal-Wallis test
c. Mann-Whitney test
d. Spearman Rank Correlation
A population can be small or large, as long as it includes all the data you are interested in.

Select one:
True
False
If you have parametric data, you can run a Wilcoxon rank-sum test to compare means
Select one:
True
False
It is the test of association for ranked variables.

Select one:
a. 1-sample Wilcoxon signed rank test
b. 1-sample sign test
c. Goodman Kruska’s Gamma
d. Friedman test
Valid for both non-Normally distributed data and Normally distributed data

Select one:
a. Descriptive Statistics
b. Non Parametric Test
c. Parametric Test
d. Inferential Statistics
It is a branch of science that deals with the collection, organization, analysis of data and
drawing of inferences from the samples to the whole population.

Select one:
a. Quantum Physics
b. Statistics
c. Probability
d. General Relativity
Nominal is hardly measurement. It refers to quantity more than quality.

Select one:
True
False
It is the branch of statistics that involves drawing conclusions about a population based on
the information contained in a sample taken from that population.

Select one:
a. Inferential Statistics
b. Descriptive Statistics
c. Statistical Science
d. Biostatistics
Parametric tests can provide trustworthy results with distributions that are skewed and
nonnormal

Select one:
True
False
The independent variables are called as predicated variable because independent variables
predict or forecast the values of the dependent variable in the model.

Select one:
True
False
In this level of measurement, the numbers in the variable are used only to classify the data.

Select one:
a. Ratio
b. Interval
c. Ordinal
d. Nominal
A population can be small or large, as long as it includes all the data you are interested in.

Select one:
True
False
Which is not an importance of levels of measurements?

Select one:
a. Each of the levels of measurement provides a different level of detail
b. Helps in solving complex mathematical problems
c. Helps you decide what statistical analysis is appropriate on the values that were assigned
d. Helps you decide how to interpret the data from that variable.
There is a subtype in ordinal scale with only two categories like one of the nominal scale
and is known as dichotomous ordinal scale.

Select one:
 True
False
It has the highest level of measurements.

Select one:
a. Interval
b. Proportion
c. Ordinal
d. Ratio
The statistics are presented in a indefinite form so they also help in condensing the data
into important figures.

Select one:
True
False
Non-parametric tests are "distribution-free" and, as such, can be used for non-Normal
variables

Select one:
True
False
It is the term given to the analysis of data that helps describe, show or summarize data in a
meaningful way such that, for example, patterns might emerge from the data.

Select one:
a. Inferential Statistics
b. Parametric Statistics
c. Non-Parametric Statistics
d. Descriptive Statistics
It is commonly used for analyzing experiment results, testing their significance and
displaying the results accordingly.

Select one:
a. Laboratory
b. Statistical Method
c. Experiment
d. Presentations
Nominal scale is _______________________ in nature, which means numbers are used here only
to categorize or identify objects.

Select one:
a. Qualitative
b. Both
c. None
d. Quantitative
Measurement at the interval or ratio level is desirable because we can use the more
powerful statistical procedures available for ____________ and _______________________.

Select one:
a. Median and Standard Deviation
b. Mean and Variance
c. Mean and Standard Deviation
d. Median and Variance
If a researcher aims to find the average height of a tribe in Columbia, the variable would
simply be __________________ in the sample.

Select one:
a. The height of the person
b. The total number of population in Columbia
c. The weight of the person
d. The tribes in Columbia
Measures of central tendency are ways of describing the central position of a frequency
distribution for a group of data.

Select one:
True
False
What is the mode of score under Believe?

Select one:
a. 1
b. 0
c. 1,0
d. 2
Parametric tests have no statistical power

Select one:
True
False
The time invested often requires determination of the appropriate methodology to apply in
analysis corresponding to the hypothesis and design of the investigation.

Select one:
True
False
It is the variable whose change isn’t affected by any other variable in the experiment.

Select one:
a. Erroneous Variable
b. Dependent Varaible
c. Constant Variable
d. Independent Variable
The parametric test is the hypothesis test which provides generalizations for making
statements about the ____________________ of the parent population.

Select one:
a. Range
b. Mode
c. Median
d. Mean
Descriptive statistics therefore enables us to present the data in a more meaningful way,
which allows simpler interpretation of the data

Select one:
True
False
Which is classified as Ratio?

Select one:
a. Yes or No
b. 30 degrees celsius
c. Birth order
d. Sibling
Analysis should reflect the design, and so a matched design should be followed by a
matched analysis.

Select one:
True
False
Numbers can be also used to order.

Select one:
True
False
A set is said to be multimodal if it has _________________________.

Select one:
a. No mode
b. Three or more modes
c. Four and more modes
d. Two modes
The parametric test is the hypothesis test which provides generalizations for making
statements about the mean of the parent population

Select one:
True
False
In ordinal measurement the numerical values just "name" the attribute uniquely.

Select one:
True
False
The nominal scale forms the basis for such analyses as the Chi-Square because those
analyses require that some category is compared to at least one other category.

Select one:
True
False
Statistics help predicts the future course of action of the phenomena.

Select one:
a. Comparison
b. To present facts in definite form
c. Formulation and Testing of Hypothesis
d. Forecasting
Qualitative data are variables that cannot be ordered in a logical or natural way.

Select one:
True
False
Descriptive Statistics is the branch of statistics that involves organizing, displaying and
describing data.

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True
False
Statistics is only the science of uncertainty and not the technology of extracting information
from data.

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True
False
What is a number or attribute computed for each member of a population or a sample?

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a. Variable
b. Measurement
c. Data
d. Parameter
It is the average of all the elements of a set

Select one:
a. Mean
b. Range
c. Mode
d. Median
It is the study of how to collect, organize, analyze, and interpret numerical information from
data.

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a. Economics
b. All of the Choices
c. Probability
d. Statistics
Which is considered as qualitative data?

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a. Number of students
b. Height of a building
c. Temperature of a patient in degree
d. The texture of a rock
The measures of central tendency are mean, median and mode.

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True
False
Say you want to figure out which brand of microwave popcorn pops the most kernels so
you can get the most value for your money. You test different brands of popcorn to see
which bag pops the most popcorn kernels. Which among the choices is the independent
variable?

Select one:
a. Taste of popcorn
b. Number of kernels popped
c. Value of money
d. Brand of popcorn bags
It is often based on statements of statistical significance and probability.

Select one:
a. Science
b. Astronomy
c. Physics
d. Modern science
It varies according to changes in other variables.

Select one:
a. Dependent Variable
b. Erroneous Variable
c. Continuous Variable
d. Independent Variable
Scientific research rarely leads to absolute certainty.

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True
False
Variables are central to any analysis and they do not need to be understood well by the
researcher.

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True
False
The value of statistics is strong because they cannot serve as predictions as well as
probabilities in certain trends.

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True
False
It is also a logical grouping of attributes.

Select one:
a. Classification
b. Criterion
c. Attribute
d. Variable
It is often based on statements of statistical significance and probability.

Select one:
a. Physics
b. Astronomy
c. Modern science
d. Science
The significance of statistical figures can be seen best when validating solid arguments or
predictions out of hypotheses or conjectures that may seem overwhelming to a layman.

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True
False
Which is another term for dependent variable?

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a. Explanatory Variable
b. Controlled Variable
c. Predicted Variable
d. Input Variable
The randomly selected 100 students for a survey is called a population

Select one:
False (Answer)
The more variables, the more complex the study and the more complex the statistical
analysis.

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True
False
The independent variables are called as predicator variable because independent variables
predict or forecast the values of the dependent variable in the model.

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True
False
There are two key variables in every experiment: the dependent variable and the
independent variable.

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True
 False
Which among the data is a sample?

Select one:
a. Filipinos
b. All Employees of XYZ Company
c. Makatizen
d. One section out of all IT Students
It is commonly used for analyzing experiment results, testing their significance and
displaying the results accordingly.

Select one:
a. Laboratory
b. Statistical Method
c. Presentations
d. Experiment
Comparison is one of the main functions of economics as the absolute figures convey a very
less meaning.

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True
False
Which among the set is bimodal?

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a. {55, 44, 33, 22, 11}
b. {2, 2, 2, 3, 4,}
c. {12, 22, 43, 22, 12}
d. {122, 221, 122, 223}
These are often used to communicate research findings and to support hypotheses and give
credibility to research methodology and conclusions.

Select one:
a. Statistical Method and Analyses
b. Analysis of data
c. Scientific Methods
d. Experimentation
It means a subgroup of the members of population chosen for participation in the study

Select one:
a. Parameter
b. Sample (answer)
c. Census
Data collection used for a population.

Select one:
a. Sample Survey
b. Sampling
c. Census
d. None of the Choices
It is the science of uncertainty.

Select one:
a. Chemistry
b. Physics
c. Geometry
d. Probability and Statistics
It is used to make predictions or comparisons about a larger group (a population) using
information gathered about a small part of that population.

Select one:
a. Descriptive Statistics
b. Inferential Statistics
c. Scientific Method
d. Differential Statistics
Independent and dependent variables always go on the same places in a graph.

Select one:
True
False
This industry use statistical approaches to estimate the number of depositors and their
claims for a certain day
Select one:
a. Economics
b. Banking
c. Mathematics
d. Medicine
Standard Deviation is a measure of how spread out is the distribution.

Select one:
True
False
It is the scientific study of earthquakes.

Select one:
a. Geostatistics
b. Seismology
c. Astronomy
d. Geology
Appropriate use of statistical methodology in data analysis means the data should be
analyzed in a way that is both scientifically and statistically unreasonable.

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True
False