MIS 301 EXAM 1 SHAUL QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

MIS 301 EXAM 1 SHAUL QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS


statistics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-collection, analysis, interpretation,
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and presentation of numerical data
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descriptive statistics - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-organizing and
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summarizing data |




population - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-collection of persons, things, or
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objects under study
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sample - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-selecting a portion (subset) of the
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larger population and study that portion to gain info about the
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population


statistic - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a number that represents a property of
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the sample; estimate of the population parameter or mean
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parameter - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-numerical characteristics of the
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whole population that can be estimated by the statistic
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, variable - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-characteristics or measurement noted
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by x,y
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numerical - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-take on values with equal units such
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as weight in pounds and time in hours
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categorical - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-places person or thing in a category
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ex: party affiliation (dem, repub, ind. etc)
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data - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-values of the variable
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datum - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-single value
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qualitative data - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-categorizing/describing
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attributes of the population; categorical data (ex: hair color, blood type,
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ethnic group) |




quantitative data - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-ALWAYS NUMBERS; results of
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counting or measuring attributes of a population
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ex: amount of $, weight, # or people
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