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- 1. Multiple Choice
It is the science of collecting, organising, analysing and interpreting data in order to make decisions.
Data
Statistics
Variable
Population
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is data?
Information coming from observations, counts, measurements or responses.
The science of collecting, organising, analysing, and interpreting data in order to make decisions.
A numerical description of a population characteristic.
A numerical description of a sample characteristic.
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is Quantitative Data?
Consist of attributes, labels, or nonnumerical entries.
Consist of numerical measurements or counts.
Consist of a subset of the population.
- 4. Multiple Choice
What is Qualitative Data?
Consist of attributes, labels, or nonnumerical entries.
Consist of numerical measurements or counts.
Consist of a subset of the population.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Model: qualitative data,
Base Price: quantitative data.
Model: quantitative data,
Base Price: qualitative data.
Both Model and Base Price are qualitative data.
Both Model and Base Price are quantitative data.
- 6. Multiple ChoiceAccording to a random telephone survey of 200 adults, 75% of all working adults in the U.S. are satisfied with their current job. What is the population in this survey?200 adultsadults in the U.S.75% of adults
- 7. Multiple ChoiceZoie completes a report by asking 70 students across campus. She found that 48% of CTMS students do not wash their hands after using the bathroom. What is the sample size?4810070CTMS students
- 8. Multiple ChoiceABCD
- 9. Multiple ChoiceA school randomly chose ten English teachers and asked them which type of juice their students would prefer. Which reason best shows why this sample is not a good sample in this case?The sample didn't include students.The sample is too small.The sample can only be accurate if each teacher is included in the sample
- 10. Multiple ChoiceAna wants to know the average student’s opinion of the tardy policy at her school. Which group of students should she survey in order to achieve the most accurate results?thirty students who are often tardythirty students who are rarely tardythirty of her friendsthirty randomly selected students from her school
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThe entire group studied is called thesamplepopulation
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThe part of the population being studied is called thepopulationsamplerandom
- 13. Multiple ChoiceA U.S. senator from Maine wants to find out the opinion of the voters in his state on issues concerning education. The office of the senator passes out surveys on ten street corners in the five major cities in the state of Maine. Is this random?YesNo
- 14. Multiple ChoiceLeslie surveyed the 9 youngest students in the elementary school. Is this sample of the students in the school likely to be representative of all the students in the school?yesno
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is an example of a statistical question?What color shirt are you wearing?How many dogs do you have?What are the favorite ice cream flavors of CMS 6th graders?Is it a nice day outside?
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat makes a question statistical?PopulationMeasurabilityVariabilityAll of the above
- 17. Multiple ChoiceIdentify the POPULATION in the following question: What are the ages of the students at Clarke Middle School?StudentsAgeClarke Middle School
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