ELEMENTARY STATISTICS EXAM 1
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW SHEET
VERIFIED QUESTION BANK
●● In inferential statistics the object is usually to generalize from a
_________ to a ___________
Answer: Sample; Population
●● Descriptive Statistics are helpful in ___________ and ___________
raw data
Answer: Summarizing; Characterizing
●● The goal of descriptive statistics is solely to summarize, and organize
data
Answer: False
●● In order to estimate the average (mean) weight of all professional
football players, an investigator determines the weight of the "Dallas
Cowboy" players. The average (mean) weight of the Dallas Cowboys is
called a ____________
Answer: Statistic
,●● In order to estimate the average (mean) weight of all professional
football players, an investigator determines the weight of the "Dallas
Cowboy" players. All professional football players constitute a
_________
Answer: Population
●● In order to estimate the average (mean) weight of all professional
football players, an investigator determines the weight of the "Dallas
Cowboy" players. The Dallas Cowboys are a ___________
Answer: Sample
●● Inferential statistics would allow us to predict how many hurricanes
we will have next year
Answer: True
●● When you have data from the entire population, descriptive statistics
are very useful
Answer: True
●● Let's assume you are conducting an experiment to determine the
effect of a new drug on the incidence of epileptic seizures. You select 20
epileptic from 150 epileptics being treated at a nearby hospital and
administer the drug to them. You record the number of seizures in each
of the 20 subjects for one month. The average (mean) number of
seizures for the 20 subjects is called ___________
,Answer: Statistic
●● Number of questions on a test is an example of nominal data
Answer: False
●● Gender is an example of a continuous variable
Answer: False
●● At the annual sailing regatta, prizes are awarded for 1st, 2nd, 3rd,
4th, and 5th place. These "places" comprise a(n) __________
Answer: Ordinal scale
●● Nominal and ordinal data are sometimes called categorial data
Answer: True
●● Continuous data can be whole numbers
Answer: False
●● Most standardized tests yield data at the interval level
Answer: True
●● IQ is an example of interval.
, Answer: True
●● The average number of children in a classroom is an example of a
discrete variable.
Answer: False
●● Olympic medals (gold, silver, bronze) is an example of ordinal data.
Answer: True
●● Limits or boundaries are often found for continuous data.
Answer: True
●● If the scale upon which points A, B, C, and D are shown in an
ordinal scale, we can meaningfully say ___________
Answer: C>B
●● A nutritionist uses a scale that measures weight to the nearest 0.01
grams. A slice of cheese weighs 0.35 grams on the scale. The true weight
of the cheese ____________
Answer: May be anywhere in the range 0.345-0.355 grams
●● Nominal and ordinal data are sometimes called categorial data.
Answer: True
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW SHEET
VERIFIED QUESTION BANK
●● In inferential statistics the object is usually to generalize from a
_________ to a ___________
Answer: Sample; Population
●● Descriptive Statistics are helpful in ___________ and ___________
raw data
Answer: Summarizing; Characterizing
●● The goal of descriptive statistics is solely to summarize, and organize
data
Answer: False
●● In order to estimate the average (mean) weight of all professional
football players, an investigator determines the weight of the "Dallas
Cowboy" players. The average (mean) weight of the Dallas Cowboys is
called a ____________
Answer: Statistic
,●● In order to estimate the average (mean) weight of all professional
football players, an investigator determines the weight of the "Dallas
Cowboy" players. All professional football players constitute a
_________
Answer: Population
●● In order to estimate the average (mean) weight of all professional
football players, an investigator determines the weight of the "Dallas
Cowboy" players. The Dallas Cowboys are a ___________
Answer: Sample
●● Inferential statistics would allow us to predict how many hurricanes
we will have next year
Answer: True
●● When you have data from the entire population, descriptive statistics
are very useful
Answer: True
●● Let's assume you are conducting an experiment to determine the
effect of a new drug on the incidence of epileptic seizures. You select 20
epileptic from 150 epileptics being treated at a nearby hospital and
administer the drug to them. You record the number of seizures in each
of the 20 subjects for one month. The average (mean) number of
seizures for the 20 subjects is called ___________
,Answer: Statistic
●● Number of questions on a test is an example of nominal data
Answer: False
●● Gender is an example of a continuous variable
Answer: False
●● At the annual sailing regatta, prizes are awarded for 1st, 2nd, 3rd,
4th, and 5th place. These "places" comprise a(n) __________
Answer: Ordinal scale
●● Nominal and ordinal data are sometimes called categorial data
Answer: True
●● Continuous data can be whole numbers
Answer: False
●● Most standardized tests yield data at the interval level
Answer: True
●● IQ is an example of interval.
, Answer: True
●● The average number of children in a classroom is an example of a
discrete variable.
Answer: False
●● Olympic medals (gold, silver, bronze) is an example of ordinal data.
Answer: True
●● Limits or boundaries are often found for continuous data.
Answer: True
●● If the scale upon which points A, B, C, and D are shown in an
ordinal scale, we can meaningfully say ___________
Answer: C>B
●● A nutritionist uses a scale that measures weight to the nearest 0.01
grams. A slice of cheese weighs 0.35 grams on the scale. The true weight
of the cheese ____________
Answer: May be anywhere in the range 0.345-0.355 grams
●● Nominal and ordinal data are sometimes called categorial data.
Answer: True
