ELEMENTARY STATISTICS Questions with Correct Solutions
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1. Statistics
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Are numbers that describe a group of people or things.
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2. The field of statistics is the art and science of:
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collecting, analyzing, presenting, and interpreting data
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3. descriptive statistics
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Refers to the methods for summarizing and organizing and information in a data set
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4. An element or subject is...
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A specific entity about which information is collected
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5. A variable is..
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A characteristic of an element that can assume different values for different elements
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6. An observation...
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Is the set of values of the variables for a given element
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7. Variable
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Any characteristic of an element
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8. qualitative variable
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variable that may be classified into categories. These variables are also called "categorical
variables"
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9. quantitative variable
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(Measurements!) A variable that takes in numerical values upon which arithmetic operations
may be meaningfully preformed
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10. Example of qualitative variable
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Eye color, hair color, gender, class standing
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11. Which variable can you do math with?
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Quantitative
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12. Example of quantitative variable
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height, weight, temperature, distance
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13. Discrete variable (Under quantitative variables)
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Can take either a finite or a countable number of values. Each value can be graphed as a
separate point on a number line, with space between each point. Whole numbers.
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14. If you were measuring the number of people in a classroom which variable would you use.
Answer:
Quantitative and discrete
Question:
1. Statistics
Answer:
Are numbers that describe a group of people or things.
Question:
2. The field of statistics is the art and science of:
Answer:
collecting, analyzing, presenting, and interpreting data
Question:
3. descriptive statistics
Answer:
Refers to the methods for summarizing and organizing and information in a data set
Question:
4. An element or subject is...
Answer:
A specific entity about which information is collected
Question:
5. A variable is..
Answer:
A characteristic of an element that can assume different values for different elements
Question:
6. An observation...
Answer:
Is the set of values of the variables for a given element
Question:
7. Variable
Answer:
Any characteristic of an element
, Question:
8. qualitative variable
Answer:
variable that may be classified into categories. These variables are also called "categorical
variables"
Question:
9. quantitative variable
Answer:
(Measurements!) A variable that takes in numerical values upon which arithmetic operations
may be meaningfully preformed
Question:
10. Example of qualitative variable
Answer:
Eye color, hair color, gender, class standing
Question:
11. Which variable can you do math with?
Answer:
Quantitative
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12. Example of quantitative variable
Answer:
height, weight, temperature, distance
Question:
13. Discrete variable (Under quantitative variables)
Answer:
Can take either a finite or a countable number of values. Each value can be graphed as a
separate point on a number line, with space between each point. Whole numbers.
Question:
14. If you were measuring the number of people in a classroom which variable would you use.
Answer:
Quantitative and discrete
