Lesson 4.1

Question 1

a science that studies data to be able to make a decision. Hence, it is a tool in a decision-making process.

Answer 1

Statistics

Question 2

a science involves the methods of collection, processing, summarizing, and analyzing data in order to provide answers or solutions to an inquiry.

Answer 2

Statistics

Question 3

The collection of respondents from whom one obtain the data is called the

Answer 3

universe of the study

Question 4

the collection or set of units or entities from whom we got the data.

Answer 4

universe

Question 5

the information we asked from the students are referred to as the

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variables of the study

Question 6

a characteristic that is observable or measurable in every unit of the universe.

Answer 6

variable

Question 7

The set of all possible values of a variable is referred to as

Answer 7

population

Question 8

A subgroup of a universe or of a population is a

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sample

Question 9

2 Types of Variables

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1. Quantitative Variable
2. Qualitative Variable

Question 10

2 Types of Quantitative Variable

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1. Discrete
2. Continuous

Question 11

categorical attribute, such as sex (male of female), religion, marital status, region of residence, highest educational attainment

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Qualitative

Question 12

strictly take on numeric values (although we can have numeric code for them

Answer 12

Qualitative

Question 13

(otherwise called numerical) data, whose sizes are meaningful, answer questions such as “How much” or “How many”.

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Quantitative

Question 14

Data are those data that can be counted.

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Discrete

Question 15

Data are those that can be measured.

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Continuous