Fayetteville State University - BADM 530 - Fall 25 - Chapter 1 Quiz
1. A characteristic of interest for the elements is called a(n) (10/10pts)
a. Data Set
b. Sample
c. VARIABLE
d. None of the above
2. Data (10/10pts)
a. Are always nonnumeric
b. Are always be numeric
c. ARE THE RAW MATERIAL OF STATISTICS
d. None of these alternatives is correct
3. Ordinary arithmetic operations are meaningful (10/10pts)
a. ONLY WITH QUANTITATIVE DATA
b. Only with qualitative data
c. None of these alternatives is correct
d. Either with quantitative or qualitative data
4. In a questionnaire, respondents are asked to mark their gender as
male or female. Gender is an example of a (10/10pts)
a. None of the above
b. QUALITATIVE VARIABLE
c. Quantitative variable
d. Qualitative or quantitative variable, depending on how the
respondents answered the question
5. Five hundred residents of a city are polled to obtain information on voting
intentions in an upcoming city election. The five hundred residents in this study is
an example of (10/10pts)
a. Census
b. Observation
c. SAMPLE
d. Population
6. A population is the set of all elements about which we wish to draw
conclusions. (10/10pts)
a. TRUE
b. False
7. In a sample of 1600 registered voters, 912 (or 57%) approve of the way the
President is doing his job. A political pollster states: "Fifty-seven percent of all
voters approve of the President." This statement is an example of (0/10pts)
a. Statistical inference
b. A population
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1. A characteristic of interest for the elements is called a(n) (10/10pts)
a. Data Set
b. Sample
c. VARIABLE
d. None of the above
2. Data (10/10pts)
a. Are always nonnumeric
b. Are always be numeric
c. ARE THE RAW MATERIAL OF STATISTICS
d. None of these alternatives is correct
3. Ordinary arithmetic operations are meaningful (10/10pts)
a. ONLY WITH QUANTITATIVE DATA
b. Only with qualitative data
c. None of these alternatives is correct
d. Either with quantitative or qualitative data
4. In a questionnaire, respondents are asked to mark their gender as
male or female. Gender is an example of a (10/10pts)
a. None of the above
b. QUALITATIVE VARIABLE
c. Quantitative variable
d. Qualitative or quantitative variable, depending on how the
respondents answered the question
5. Five hundred residents of a city are polled to obtain information on voting
intentions in an upcoming city election. The five hundred residents in this study is
an example of (10/10pts)
a. Census
b. Observation
c. SAMPLE
d. Population
6. A population is the set of all elements about which we wish to draw
conclusions. (10/10pts)
a. TRUE
b. False
7. In a sample of 1600 registered voters, 912 (or 57%) approve of the way the
President is doing his job. A political pollster states: "Fifty-seven percent of all
voters approve of the President." This statement is an example of (0/10pts)
a. Statistical inference
b. A population
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