MATH9C

Question 1

is a way of getting information from
data.

Answer 1

Statistics

Question 2

Facts,
especially numerical
facts, collected
together for
reference or
information

Answer 2

Data

Question 3

Knowledge
communicated
concerning some
particular fact.

Answer 3

Information

Question 4

is a tool for creating new understanding from data

Answer 4

Statistics

Question 5

Two Ways to Do Statistics

Answer 5

Inferential statistics and Descriptive statistics

Question 6

methods of organizing, summarizing,
and presenting data in a convenient and informative way. These
methods include graphical summaries and numerical
techniques.

Answer 6

Descriptive statistics

Question 7

methods used to make conclusions or
inferences concerning some unknown aspect of a population
based on data from a sample. Statistical inference is the process
of making an estimate, prediction, or decision about a population
based on a sample.

Answer 7

Inferential statistics

Question 8

collection of all
possible individuals,
objects, or
measurements of
interest;

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population

Question 9

is a
numerical
measurement
describing some
characteristic of a
population.

Answer 9

parameter

Question 10

a portion, or part, of the population
of interest

Answer 10

sample

Question 11

a numerical
measurement describing some characteristic
of a sample.

Answer 11

Statistic

Question 12

Two branches of statistics

Answer 12

Descriptive statistics and Inferential statistics

Question 13

Survey

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Collect data

Question 14

Tables and graphs

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Present data

Question 15

Sample mean

Answer 15

Summarize data

Question 16

Estimate the population
mean weight using the sample
mean weight

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Estimation

Question 17

Test the claim that the
population mean weight is 120
pounds

Answer 17

Hypothesis testing

Question 18

the process of drawing conclusions or
making decisions about a population based on
sample results

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Inference

Question 19

the collection of all items of interest or
under investigation

Answer 19

population

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an observed subset of the population

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sample

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a specific characteristic of a population

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parameter

Question 22

a specific characteristic of a sample

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statistic

Question 23

Values calculated using
population data are called

Answer 23

parameters

Question 24

Values computed from
sample data are called

Answer 24

statistics

Question 25

a procedure in which
◼ each member of the population is chosen strictly by
chance,
◼ each member of the population is equally likely to be
chosen,
and
◼ every possible sample of n objects is equally likely to
be chosen

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Simple random sampling

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The resulting sample is called

Answer 26

random sample

Question 27

Greek letter sigma, indicates a sum
and is referred as a summation operation

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∑

Question 28

is referred to as the index of
summation or summation variable

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i

Question 29

the i
th term of the sum

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xi

Question 30

lower and upper limits of the
summation, respectively

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1, n

Question 31

a table that shows classes or
intervals of data with a count of the number in each class.
The frequency f of a class is the number of data points in
the class

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frequency distribution

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the distance between lower (or upper)
limits of consecutive classes.

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class width

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the difference between the maximum and
minimum data entries

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range

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a class is the sum of the lower and upper
limits of the class divided by two. The midpoint is
sometimes called the class mark

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midpoint

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a class is the portion or
percentage of the data that falls in that class. To find the
relative frequency of a class, divide the frequency f by the
sample size n

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relative frequency

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a class is the sum of the
frequency for that class and all the previous classes.

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cumulative frequency

Question 37

a bar graph that represents
the frequency distribution of a data set.

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frequency histogram

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the numbers that separate the
classes without forming gaps between them

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Class boundaries

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a line graph that emphasizes the
continuous change in frequencies.

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frequency polygon

Question 40

the same shape and
the same horizontal scale as the corresponding frequency
histogram.

Answer 40

relative frequency histogram

Question 41

Measure of central tendency provides a very convenient
way of describing a set of scores with a single number that
describes the_______of the group

Answer 41

PERFORMANCE

Question 42

It is also defined as a single value that is used to
describe the______of the data

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center

Question 43

There are three commonly used measures of central
tendency

Answer 43

MEAN
▪ MEDIAN
▪ MODE

Question 44

MEAN
It is the most commonly used measure of the center of
data
▪ It is also referred as the____

Answer 44

arithmetic average

Question 45

the data or scores that are arranged in a
frequency distribution

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Grouped data

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the arrangement of scores
according to category of classes including thefrequency

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Frequency distribution

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the number of observations falling in a category

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Frequency

Question 48

One formula in solving the mean for grouped data is called

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midpoint method.

Question 49

Median is what divides the scores in the
distribution into two equal parts.
• Fifty percent (50%) lies below the median
value and 50% lies above the median
value.
• It is also known as the______or the
50th percentile.

Answer 49

middle score

Question 50

When the _____ value is desired.

Answer 50

typical