AP STATISTICS UNIT 5 PROGRESS CHECK MCQ PART UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ z score. Answer: a measure of how many standard deviations you
are away from the norm (average or mean)
-Number of standard deviations a score is above or below the mean
(positive above, negative below
◉ standard deviation. Answer: A statistical measure of how far away
each value is, on average, from the mean.
A measure of spread. Specifically, the typical distance the data points
are from the mean.
◉ population. Answer: (statistics) the entire aggregation of items
from which samples can be drawn
,What the sample in an experiment or study usually reperesents
◉ categorical data. Answer: Data that can be placed into categories .
For example "gender" is a categorical data and the categories are
"male" and "female".
Labels or names used to identify categories of like items
If you asked people in which month they were born or what their
favorite class is, they would answer with names, which would be
categorical data. However, if you asked them how many siblings they
have, they would answer with numbers, not categories
Labels or names used to identify categories of like items
◉ quantitative data. Answer: Data associated with mathematical
models and statistical techniques used to analyze spatial location
and association.
numerical information describing how much, how little, how big,
how tall, how fast, etc.
age is quantitative
, ◉ bar graph. Answer: a type of graph in which the lengths of bars
are used to represent and compare data in categories
A graph that uses horizontal or vertical bars to represent data.
◉ parameter. Answer: (n) a determining or characteristic element; a
factor that shapes the total outcome; a limit, boundary
a characteristic or constant factor
something that determines the limits of certain data values
◉ sample. Answer: A relatively small proportion of people who are
chosen in a survey so as to be representative of the whole.
a small part of a population that represents the whole
A survey in star city representing the entire state of arkansas
◉ random. Answer: Assigning participants to experimental and
control conditions by chance, thus minimizing preexisting
differences between those assigned to the different groups.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ z score. Answer: a measure of how many standard deviations you
are away from the norm (average or mean)
-Number of standard deviations a score is above or below the mean
(positive above, negative below
◉ standard deviation. Answer: A statistical measure of how far away
each value is, on average, from the mean.
A measure of spread. Specifically, the typical distance the data points
are from the mean.
◉ population. Answer: (statistics) the entire aggregation of items
from which samples can be drawn
,What the sample in an experiment or study usually reperesents
◉ categorical data. Answer: Data that can be placed into categories .
For example "gender" is a categorical data and the categories are
"male" and "female".
Labels or names used to identify categories of like items
If you asked people in which month they were born or what their
favorite class is, they would answer with names, which would be
categorical data. However, if you asked them how many siblings they
have, they would answer with numbers, not categories
Labels or names used to identify categories of like items
◉ quantitative data. Answer: Data associated with mathematical
models and statistical techniques used to analyze spatial location
and association.
numerical information describing how much, how little, how big,
how tall, how fast, etc.
age is quantitative
, ◉ bar graph. Answer: a type of graph in which the lengths of bars
are used to represent and compare data in categories
A graph that uses horizontal or vertical bars to represent data.
◉ parameter. Answer: (n) a determining or characteristic element; a
factor that shapes the total outcome; a limit, boundary
a characteristic or constant factor
something that determines the limits of certain data values
◉ sample. Answer: A relatively small proportion of people who are
chosen in a survey so as to be representative of the whole.
a small part of a population that represents the whole
A survey in star city representing the entire state of arkansas
◉ random. Answer: Assigning participants to experimental and
control conditions by chance, thus minimizing preexisting
differences between those assigned to the different groups.
