Statistics Portage CNSL 503 Exam 2
Questions and Answers Graded A+
frequency distribution - Correct answer-presents the frequency of every value in a
dataset
frequency tables - Correct answer-displays the number of times (ex: frequency) a
certain value appears within the dataset in a table format
What does each column represent in frequency tables? - Correct answer-one
column represents the category, the other column represents the frequency
absolute frequency - Correct answer-raw count
What type of frequency do you use when answering " how many student out of the
total number of students scored a letter grade?"? - Correct answer-relative
frequency
relative frequency - Correct answer-the ratio between the absolute frequency of a
category and the total frequency
formula for relative frequency - Correct answer-frequency in category/total
frequency
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, What type of frequency do you use when answering the question "how many
students scored a B or better?"? - Correct answer-cumulative frequency
cumulative frequency - Correct answer-the sum of frequencies of all preceding
categories
Frequency tables can be used for what type of variables? - Correct answer-
qualitative or quantitative variables
When using frequency tables for quantitative variables, group the quantitative
scores into groups called what? - Correct answer-bins
frequency graphs - Correct answer-pie charts, bar charts, histograms, frequency
polygons, stem and leaf plots
What type of frequency graphs are used for qualitative variables? - Correct answer-
pie charts and bar charts
What type of frequency graphs are used for quantitative variables? - Correct
answer-histograms, frequency polygons and stem and leaf plots
pie charts - Correct answer-displays relative frequencies (and not necessarily
absolute frequencies) of each category for qualitative variables in a pie
Each portion of a pie represents... - Correct answer-a different category
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Questions and Answers Graded A+
frequency distribution - Correct answer-presents the frequency of every value in a
dataset
frequency tables - Correct answer-displays the number of times (ex: frequency) a
certain value appears within the dataset in a table format
What does each column represent in frequency tables? - Correct answer-one
column represents the category, the other column represents the frequency
absolute frequency - Correct answer-raw count
What type of frequency do you use when answering " how many student out of the
total number of students scored a letter grade?"? - Correct answer-relative
frequency
relative frequency - Correct answer-the ratio between the absolute frequency of a
category and the total frequency
formula for relative frequency - Correct answer-frequency in category/total
frequency
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, What type of frequency do you use when answering the question "how many
students scored a B or better?"? - Correct answer-cumulative frequency
cumulative frequency - Correct answer-the sum of frequencies of all preceding
categories
Frequency tables can be used for what type of variables? - Correct answer-
qualitative or quantitative variables
When using frequency tables for quantitative variables, group the quantitative
scores into groups called what? - Correct answer-bins
frequency graphs - Correct answer-pie charts, bar charts, histograms, frequency
polygons, stem and leaf plots
What type of frequency graphs are used for qualitative variables? - Correct answer-
pie charts and bar charts
What type of frequency graphs are used for quantitative variables? - Correct
answer-histograms, frequency polygons and stem and leaf plots
pie charts - Correct answer-displays relative frequencies (and not necessarily
absolute frequencies) of each category for qualitative variables in a pie
Each portion of a pie represents... - Correct answer-a different category
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