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, Chaptero1:oIntroductionotooStatistics

1. Determineowhetherotheogivenovalueoisoaostatisticooroaoparameter:oTheoaverageo(mean)oweightoofoallo
newbornsoinoaohospitalooveroaomonthoiso7.5opounds.

• A.oStatistic

• B.oParameter

Answer:oB
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Rationale:oSinceoitorefersotootheoentireopopulationoofonewbornsoinotheohospital,oitoisoaoparameter.



2. Determineowhetherotheogivenovalueoisoaostatisticooroaoparameter:oAosurveyoofo100opatientsofoundothato
60%owereosatisfiedowithotheirohealthcare.

• A.oStatistic

• B.oParameter

Answer:oA
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Rationale:oTheovalueoisobasedoonoaosample,omakingoitoaostatistic.



3. Whichoofotheofollowingorepresentsoaopopulation?

• A.oAosampleoofo200opatientsofromoaohospital

• B.oAllopatientsoadmittedotooaohospitaloino2023

• C.oAogroupoofopatientsoselectedoforoaostudy

• D.o50odiabeticopatientsofromoaoclinico

Answer:oB

Rationale:oAopopulationoincludesoallomembersoofoaogroup,owhileoaosampleoisoaosubsetoofotheopopulation.



4. Aonurseorecordsotheonumberoofotimesoeachopatientovisitsotheoclinicoinoaomonth.oWhatotypeoofodataoisothis?

• A.oDiscrete

• B.oContinuous

• C.oNominal


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,• D.oOrdinal

Answer:oA
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Rationale:oTheonumberoofovisitsoisodiscreteodataobecauseoitorepresentsocountableowholeonumbers.



5. Aoresearcheromeasuresotheoheightoofopatientsoinoaoclinic.oWhatoleveloofomeasurementoisoheight?

• A.oNominal

• B.oOrdinal

• C.oInterval

• D.oRatio

Answer:oD
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Rationale:oHeightoisomeasuredoonoaoratiooscaleobecauseoitohasoaotrueozerooandomeaningfulodifferencesobetwe
enovalues.



6. WhichotypeoofodataoisotemperatureoinoCelsius?

• A.oNominal

• B.oOrdinal

• C.oInterval

• D.oRatio

Answer:oC
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Rationale:oTemperatureoinoCelsiusoisointervalodataobecauseoitohasonootrueozero,obutotheodifferencesobetweenovalue
soareomeaningful.



7. Determineowhetherotheodataoisodiscreteoorocontinuous:oTheonumberoofobabiesobornoinoaohospitaloeacho
day.

• A.oDiscrete

• B.oContinuous

Answer:oA
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Rationale:oTheonumberoofobabiesobornoisodiscreteobecauseoitorepresentsocountableowholeonumbers.

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, 8. Determineowhetherotheodataoisodiscreteoorocontinuous:oTheoweightoofoeachonewbornoinoaohospital.

• A.oDiscrete

• B.oContinuous

Answer:oB
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Rationale:oWeightoisocontinuousodataobecauseoitocanotakeoanyovalueowithinoaorange.



9. Aonurseocollectsodataoonotheonumberoofodaysopatientsospendoinotheohospital.oWhatoleveloofomeasurementoi
sothis?

• A.oNominal

• B.oOrdinal

• C.oInterval

• D.oRatio

Answer:oD
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Rationale:oTheonumberoofodaysoisoratioodataobecauseoitohasoaotrueozerooandomeaningfulodifferencesobetweenovalue
s.



10. Aoresearcherocategorizesopatientsobyobloodotype.oWhatoleveloofomeasurementoisothis?

• A.oNominal

• B.oOrdinal

• C.oInterval

• D.oRatio

Answer:oA
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Rationale:oBloodotypeoisonominalodataobecauseoitorepresentsocategoriesowithoutoaomeaningfuloorder.



11. Inoaostudy,otheoagesoofoparticipantsoareorecorded.oWhatotypeoofovariableoisoage?

• A.oNominal

• B.oOrdinal


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