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1c-Assignment of Statistics and Data

The document provides a series of questions related to the field of statistics, covering topics such as the definitions and purposes of descriptive and inferential statistics, levels of measurement, types of variables, and the importance of ethics in statistical analysis. It includes multiple-choice questions that test knowledge on these subjects. The content is structured as a quiz format aimed at assessing understanding of statistical concepts.

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1c-Assignment of Statistics and Data

The document provides a series of questions related to the field of statistics, covering topics such as the definitions and purposes of descriptive and inferential statistics, levels of measurement, types of variables, and the importance of ethics in statistical analysis. It includes multiple-choice questions that test knowledge on these subjects. The content is structured as a quiz format aimed at assessing understanding of statistical concepts.

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WHAT IS STATISTICS?

1
The general process of gathering, organizing, summarizing, analyzing, and interpreting data
to assist in making effective decisions is called

A)Statistics.

B)Descriptive statistics.

C)Inferential statistics.

D)Levels of measurement.

2
An attribute of a sample is:

A)At least 15 observations.

B)A group of people.

C)Part of a population.

D)A set of frequencies.

3
The main purpose of inferential statistics is to:

A)Summarize data in a useful and informative manner.

B)Estimate a population characteristic based on a sample.

C)Determine if the data adequately represents the population.

D)Gather or collect data.


4
The main purpose of descriptive statistics is to:

A)Summarize data in a useful and informative manner.

B)Estimate a population characteristic based on a sample.

C)Determine if the data adequately represents the population.

D)Gather or collect data.

5
The incomes of a group of 50 loan applicants are obtained. Which level of measurement is
income?

A)Nominal

B)Ordinal

C)Interval

D)Ratio

6
A bank asks customers to evaluate the drive-thru service as good, average, or poor. Which
level of measurement is this classification?

A)Nominal

B)Ordinal

C)Interval

D)Ratio

7
If Gallup, Harris and other pollsters asked people to indicate their political party affiliation -
Democrat, Republican or Independent - political party affiliation would be an example of
which scale of measurement?

A)Nominal

B)Ordinal

C)Interval

D)Ratio

8
What type of variable is the profit earned by a corporation?

A)Qualitative

B)Quantitative

C)Attribute

D)Discrete

9
What type of variable is the number of car accidents reported in your city?

A)Attribute

B)Continuous

C)Discrete

D)Qualitative

10
Which of the following is an example of attribute data?

A)Number of people employed by McDonalds, Inc.


B)Personal income.

C)A person's gender.

D)Miles between oil changes

11
Data measured with an ordinal scale

A)Can be ranked.

B)Have a meaningful value of zero.

C)Have meaningful differences between values.

D)Are quantitative.

12
Personal ethics in the discipline of statistics

A)Are not needed if all the calculations are performed correctly.

B)Should not be a concern because of random sampling.

Are required because the results of statistical analysis need to be reported honestly and
C)objectively.

D)Are respected when calculating the population mean.

3
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15) If i
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