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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the term for a single individual within a population?
unit
sample
parameter
statistic
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is the word in statistics for any characteristic or attribute of a person, place, or thing?
variable
descriptive statistic
inferential statistic
parameter
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is a quantitative variable that could have an infinite number of values?
categorical variable
qualitative variable
discrete variable
continuous variable
- 4. Multiple Choice
What is the branch of statistics that involves drawing conclusions about a population based on information contained in a sample taken from that population?
descriptive statistics
inferential statistics
sports statistics
health statistics
- 5. Multiple Choice
What is a smaller, representative group drawn from a population?
unit
sample
parameter
statistic
- 6. Multiple Choice
What are characteristics that are defined by a number, such as age or weight?
descriptive statistics
inferential statistics
categorical variables
numerical variables
- 7. Multiple Choice
This occurs when a sample is collected in such a way that some members of the intended population are less likely to be included than others.
sampling error
sampling bias
random sampling
clustered sampling
- 8. Multiple Choice
What is a quantitative variable that can take on a certain number of values?
categorical variable
qualitative variable
discrete variable
numerical variable
- 9. Multiple Choice
What is a characteristic of a population?
unit
sample
parameter
statistic
- 10. Multiple Choice
What are characteristics that cannot be defined by a number, such as shape or color?
descriptive statistics
inferential statistics
categorical variables
numerical variables
- 11. Multiple Choice
What is the term in statistics for the entire collection or group of individuals being studied?
population
sample
parameter
statistic
- 12. Multiple Choice
What is a characteristic of a sample?
parameter
statistic
categorical variable
numerical variable
- 13. Multiple Choice
What is the difference between a statistic and the parameter it represents?
sampling error
sampling bias
random sampling
clustered sampling
- 14. Multiple Choice
What is the branch of statistics that involves organizing, displaying and describing data?
descriptive statistics
inferential statistics
sports statistics
health statistics
- 15. Multiple Choice
What is the branch of mathematics dealing with the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation and presentation of data?
Algebra
Geometry
Probability
Statistics
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