Chapter 1 Questions And Answers
Data b- bcorrect banswers✔✔consist bof binformation bcoming bfrom bobservations,
bcounts, bmeasurements, bor bresponses
Statistics b- bcorrect banswers✔✔is bthe bscience bof bcollecting, banalyzing, band
binterpreting bdata bin border bto bmake bdecisions
A bpopulatioin b- bcorrect banswers✔✔is bthe bcollection bof ball boutcomes, bresponses,
bmeasurements bor bcounts bthat bare bof binterest
A bsample b- bcorrect banswers✔✔is ba bsubset bof ba bpopulation
A bparameter b- bcorrect banswers✔✔is ba bnumerical bdescription bof ba bpopulation
bcharacteristic
A bstatistic b- bcorrect banswers✔✔is ba bnumerical bdescription bof ba bsample
bcharacteristic
Descriptive bStatistics b- bcorrect banswers✔✔is bthe bbranch bof bstatistics bthat binvolves
bthe borganization, bsummarization, band bdisplay bof bdata
Inferential bstatistics b- bcorrect banswers✔✔using ba bsample bto bdraw bconclusions
babout ba bpopulation.
Qualitative bdata b- bcorrect banswers✔✔is bconsist bof battributes, blabels, bor
bnonnumerical bentries
Quantitative bdata b- bcorrect banswers✔✔is bconsist bof bnumerical bmeasurements bor
bcounts
Nominal blevel bof bmeasurement b- bcorrect banswers✔✔qualitative bonly. busing bnames,
blabels, bor bqualities. bNo bmath binvolved
Ordinal blevel bof bmeasurement b- bcorrect banswers✔✔qualitative bor bquantitative.
barranged bin border, bor branked.