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In descriptive statistics, we study:
a. the description of decision making process
b. the methods for organizing, displaying, and describing data
c. how to describe the probability distribution
d. none of the above
b. the methods for organizing, displaying, and describing data
In inferential statistics, we study:
a. the methods to make decisions about population based on sample results
b. how to make decisions about mean, median, or mode
c. how a sample is obtained from a population
d. none of the above
a. the methods to make decisions about population based on sample results
You asked five of your classmates about their height. On the basis of this information, you stated that the average height of all students in your university or college is 67 inches. This is an example of:
a. descriptive statistics
b. inferential statistics
c. parameter
d. population
b. inferential statistics
In statistics, conducting a census means:
a. making decisions based on sample information
b. checking if a variable is qualitative or quantitative
c. collecting information from all members of the population
d. none of the above
c. collecting information from all members of the population
What presentation is/are appropriate for the distribution of children enrolled in the feeding program according to sex?
a. Tables
b. Pie chart
c. All of the above
d. None of the above
c. All of the above
For distribution of infants according to the number of illness episodes experienced during the calendar year, this presentation is appropriate.
a. Histogram
b. Frequency polygon
c. Vertical bar diagram
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
c. Vertical bar diagram
The definition of variance
a. A measure of how the individual data points behave around the mean.
b. The square of a standard deviation
c. A measure of spread
d. All of the above
d. All of the above
In this distribution, the points above the median will tend to be farther from the median in absolute value than points below the median.
a. Skewed to the right distribution
b. Normal distribution
c. Skewed to the left distribution
d. None of the above
a. Skewed to the right distribution
Each outcome in a sample space
a. Observation
b. sample space
c. element
d. none of the above
c. element
Determines the shape of the normal curve, except:
a. σ
b. α
c. µ
d. None of the above is an exception
b. α
Requires the computation of sampling interval:
a. Systematic sampling
b. Stratified random sampling
c. Cluster sampling
d. Simple random
a. Systematic sampling
In statistics, a representative sample is the sample that:
a. contains the characteristics of the population as closely as possible
b. represents the results of a sample exactly
c. contains all people living in an area
d. none of the above
a. contains the characteristics of the population as closely as possible
The measurement of this descriptive statistic is very sensitive to extreme values.
a) Mean
b) Median
c) Mode
d) None of the above
a) Mean
The rationale of this measure is to ensure an equal number of sample points on both sides of the central location.
a) Mean
b) Median
c) Mode
d) All of the above
d) All of the above
The most frequently occurring value among all the observations in a sample
a) Frequency polygon
b) Mode
c) Standard deviation
d) None of the above
b) Mode
Definition of mean:
a) Summation of all values of sample points divided by the sample size
b) May have exactly the same sample points on both sides of the mean
c) A measure of central location
d) All of the above
e) None of the above
d) All of the above
Large data sets are best describe using this/these:
a) Measure of spread
b) Measure of central tendency
c) Tabular presentation
d) All of the above
e) None of the above
d) All of the above
For which set of data will the mean, the median, and the mode all be equal?
a) 1, 2, 5, 5, 7
b) 1, 1, 1, 2, 5
c) 1, 2, 5, 5, 8, 9
d) 1, 1, 1, 2
e) None of the above
c) 1, 2, 5, 5, 8, 9
Consider this set of data: 5, 5, 6, 7, 7. Which statement is true?
a) mean = mode
b) median = mode
c) mean = median
d) mean < median
e) None of the above
c) mean = median
What measurement of centrality can be used for a qualitative variable?
a) Mean
b) Median
c) Mode
d) None of the above
c) Mode
If the heights of a group of students are 180 cm, 173 cm, 170 cm, 185 cm and 162 cm, what is the mean height for this group?
a) 179 cm
b) 173 cm
c) 174 cm
d) 175 cm
c) 174 cm
The difference between the highest observed value and the lowest observed value:
a) Standard deviation
b) Mean
c) Range
d) Median
e) None of the above
c) Range
This statement is true of horizontal bar diagram
a) This is used for qualitative variables with less than 6 categories
b) The magnitude for comparison is represented as bars whose lengths are proportionate to the values.
c) This is used of discrete quantitative variables
d) None of the above
b) The magnitude for comparison is represented as bars whose lengths are proportionate to the values.
Which of the following is/are true of the principles of tabulation.
a) The tables should be simple. Two or three tables is better than one table with many variables
b) Each row and column should be labeled properly with specific units or measures for the data
c) The title should answer the questions what? How? Where? And when?
d) Totals should be shown
e) All of the above
e) All of the above