What Is Statistics

Question 1

T or F

Statistics is the science of collecting, organizing, analyzing, and interpreting information through methods that reduce a lot of information into a manageable form.

Answer 1

T

Question 2

Conclusions stemming from statistics are based in ______ and ______ ______.

Answer 2

fact / data driven

Question 3

The two branches of statistics are _______ and _______.

Answer 3

descriptive / inferential

Question 4

Descriptive Stats uses numerical methods to present meaningful data for the purpose of making _______ decisions from information presented in charts, tables, and graphs.

Answer 4

informed

Question 5

Inferential Stats uses info gathered from sample data to make ______, or predictions, about the value of a _______.

Answer 5

inferences / population

Question 6

A ______ is a collection of objects or individuals with at least one characteristic in common. Further, it provides all ______ that is of interest.

Answer 6

population / data

Question 7

A ______ is the collection of data from every element of a population.

Answer 7

census

Question 8

The representative subset of a population that is collected using unbiased, accurate, and precise methods is known as _________.

Answer 8

sampling

Question 9

Statistical data is either _______ or _______.

Answer 9

Quantitative / Qualitative

Question 10

The type of data that can be measured on a numerically and is subject to mathematical calculation is known as ________.

Answer 10

quantitative.

Question 11

Data that lends itself to categorical organization and may have numbers assigned as codes for sorting, but not subject to mathematical calculation, is considered ________.

Answer 11

qualitative.

Question 12

Quantitative variables can be further divided into discrete variables, which can be _______, and ________ variables, which produce measured data such as weight or time and have infinite value possibilities.

Answer 12

discrete / continuous