STATISTICS FOR PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY HATE STATISTICS SALKIND FREY ESSENTIAL STUDY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

STATISTICS FOR PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY
HATE STATISTICS SALKIND FREY ESSENTIAL
STUDY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

◉ Based on her electric bills from last year miss Smith expects she
will be paying $75 a month this year this is an example of descriptive
statistics true or false.
Answer: False


◉ A ........... variable assumes values that can be counted.
Answer: Discrete


◉ Quantitative data can be further classified as continuous or
nonsequential true or false.
Answer: False


◉ What level of measurement would be applied when doing a
survey on the average American's shoe size.
Answer: Interval level of measurement


◉ What level of measurement classifies data into mutually exclusive
categories in which no order or ranking can be imposed on the data.

, Answer: Nominal


◉ What level of measurement allows for the ranking of data,a
precise difference between units of measure ,and also includes a
true zero?.
Answer: Ratio


◉ Classifying the fruit and I basket as apple orange or banana is an
example of the ....... level of measurement.
Answer: Nominal


◉ Rating a restaurant by a number of stars is an example of an
ordinal level of measurement true or false.
Answer: True


◉ The .................. level of measurement classifies data into categories
that can be ranked; however precise differences between the ranks
do not exist.
Answer: Ordinal


◉ Determining the number of people from the state of Alaska who
voted for a Republican in the last election is an example
of..............measurement.
Answer: Ratio