ELEMENTARY STATISTICS USING EXCEL BY
MARIO F TRIOLA FINAL PAPER 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS ANSWERS PREMIUM
STUDY GUIDE
◉ Solve the problem.
Based on previous clients, a marriage counselor concludes that the
majority of marriages that begin with cohabitation before marriage
will result in divorce. Does this statement describe inferential
statistics or descriptive statistics?
Answer: inferential statistics
◉ Solve the problem.
Classify the number of seats in a movie theater as qualitative data or
quantitative data.
Answer: quantitative data
◉ Solve the problem.
,Identify the level of measurement for data that are the temperature
of 90 refrigerators.
Answer: interval
◉ Solve the problem.
Identify the level of measurement for data that are the number of
milligrams of tar in 79 cigarettes.
Answer: ratio
◉ Solve the problem.
Identify the level of measurement for data that are the ratings of a
movie ranging from poor to good to excellent.
Answer: ordinal
◉ Solve the problem.
Identify the level of measurement for data that are the nationalities
listed in a recent survey (for example, Asian, European, or Hispanic).
Answer: nominal
◉ Solve the problem.
,The numbers of touchdowns scored by a major university in five
randomly selected games are given below. Identify the level of
measurement.
15455
Answer: ratio
◉ Solve the problem.
What method of data collection would you use to collect data for a
study where a political pollster wishes to determine if his candidate
is leading in the polls?
Answer: use sampling
◉ Solve the problem.
At a local community college, five statistics classes are randomly
selected and all of the students from each class are interviewed.
What sampling technique is used?
Answer: cluster
◉ Solve the problem.
, A community college student interviews everyone in a statistics
class to determine who owns a car. What sampling technique is
used?
Answer: convenience
◉ Solve the problem.
A lobbyist for a major airspace firm assigns a number to each
legislator and then uses a computer to randomly generate ten
numbers. The lobbyist contacts the legislators corresponding to
these numbers. What sampling technique was used?
Answer: random
◉ Solve the problem.
A market researcher randomly selects 200 drivers under 35 years of
age and 100 drivers over 35 years of age. What sampling technique
was used?
Answer: stratified
◉ Solve the problem.
MARIO F TRIOLA FINAL PAPER 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS ANSWERS PREMIUM
STUDY GUIDE
◉ Solve the problem.
Based on previous clients, a marriage counselor concludes that the
majority of marriages that begin with cohabitation before marriage
will result in divorce. Does this statement describe inferential
statistics or descriptive statistics?
Answer: inferential statistics
◉ Solve the problem.
Classify the number of seats in a movie theater as qualitative data or
quantitative data.
Answer: quantitative data
◉ Solve the problem.
,Identify the level of measurement for data that are the temperature
of 90 refrigerators.
Answer: interval
◉ Solve the problem.
Identify the level of measurement for data that are the number of
milligrams of tar in 79 cigarettes.
Answer: ratio
◉ Solve the problem.
Identify the level of measurement for data that are the ratings of a
movie ranging from poor to good to excellent.
Answer: ordinal
◉ Solve the problem.
Identify the level of measurement for data that are the nationalities
listed in a recent survey (for example, Asian, European, or Hispanic).
Answer: nominal
◉ Solve the problem.
,The numbers of touchdowns scored by a major university in five
randomly selected games are given below. Identify the level of
measurement.
15455
Answer: ratio
◉ Solve the problem.
What method of data collection would you use to collect data for a
study where a political pollster wishes to determine if his candidate
is leading in the polls?
Answer: use sampling
◉ Solve the problem.
At a local community college, five statistics classes are randomly
selected and all of the students from each class are interviewed.
What sampling technique is used?
Answer: cluster
◉ Solve the problem.
, A community college student interviews everyone in a statistics
class to determine who owns a car. What sampling technique is
used?
Answer: convenience
◉ Solve the problem.
A lobbyist for a major airspace firm assigns a number to each
legislator and then uses a computer to randomly generate ten
numbers. The lobbyist contacts the legislators corresponding to
these numbers. What sampling technique was used?
Answer: random
◉ Solve the problem.
A market researcher randomly selects 200 drivers under 35 years of
age and 100 drivers over 35 years of age. What sampling technique
was used?
Answer: stratified
◉ Solve the problem.
