Chapter 1 Summary Foundation and Higher

Question 1

FH - Quantitative

Answer 1

FH - Data is numerical observations or measurements (can be discrete or continuous)

Question 2

FH - Qualitative

Answer 2

FH - Data is non-numerical observations

Question 3

FH - Continuous Data

Answer 3

FH - can take any value on a continuous numerical scale

Question 4

FH - Discrete Data

Answer 4

FH - Can only take particular values on a continuous numerical scale

Question 5

FH - Categorical Data

Answer 5

FH - Can be sorted into non-overlapping categories

Question 6

FH - Ordinal Data

Answer 6

FH - Can be written in order or can be given a numerical rating scale

Question 7

FH - Bivariate Data

Answer 7

FH - Involves pairs of data

Question 8

H - Multivariate Data

Answer 8

H - Involves sets of three or more related data values

Question 9

FH - Primary Data

Answer 9

FH - Is collected by, or for, the person who is going to use it

Question 10

FH - Secondary Data

Answer 10

FH - Has been collected by someone else

Question 11

FH - Population

Answer 11

FH - Everying or everybody that could possibly be involved in an investigation

Question 12

FH - Census

Answer 12

FH - A survey or investigation of a whole population

Question 13

FH - Sampling units

Answer 13

FH - People or items that are to be sampled

Question 14

FH - Sampling frame

Answer 14

FH - A list of the people or items that are to be sampled

Question 15

H - Petersen capture- recapture

Answer 15

Formula N = Mn/m or m/n = M/N

Question 16

FH - Random Sample

Answer 16

FH - Every member of the population has an equal chance of being included

Question 17

FH - Stratified Sample

Answer 17

FH - Selects a random sample from each stratum of the population in proportion to the size of the stratum

Question 18

FH - Questionnaire

Answer 18

FH - A set of questions designed to obtain data

Question 19

FH - Open question

Answer 19

FH - has no suggested answers

Question 20

FH - Closed question

Answer 20

FH - Has a set of given answers to choose from

Question 21

FH - Pilot survey

Answer 21

FH - Conducted on a small sample to test the design and methods of that survey

Question 22

H - Random response method

Answer 22

H - uses a random event to decide how to answer the question

Question 23

FH - Outlier or anomalous value

Answer 23

FH - A value that does not fit the pattern of the data

Question 24

H - Control group

Answer 24

H - Selected randomly from the population and is not subject to any factors under investigation

Question 25

FH - Hypothesis

Answer 25

FH - A statement made as a starting point for an investigation