SOPHIA STATISTICS UNIT 3 MILESTONE
PRACTICE STUDY GUIDE 2026 SOLVED
QUESTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Inferential statistics. Answer: Using the information at hand to
make a larger, more general statement about the entire population
of individuals
◉ Statistical analysis. Answer: All the ways of collecting, analyzing,
and interpreting the data
◉ Statistical study. Answer: A way to collect information from
individuals
◉ Statistics. Answer: The study of collecting, analyzing, interpreting,
and presenting information
◉ Available Data. Answer: Data collected by some other entity. Ex: a
government organization or private company.
◉ Bias. Answer: The systematic favoring of certain outcomes in a
study. There are many ways to introduce bias into a study
,◉ Data. Answer: Unorganized, unprocessed, and not summarized;
Typically, this is data that is not already available.
◉ Nominal Data. Answer: Categorical data with qualities that cannot
be ordered or ranked.
◉ Ordinal Data. Answer: Categorical data with qualities that can be
ordered or ranked.
◉ Qualitative (Categorical) Data. Answer: Data that describes. It
can't be measured or used for arithmetic.
◉ Quantitative (Numerical) Data. Answer: Data that is numerical. It
can be measured and it can be used for arithmetic. .
◉ Continuous Data. Answer: Data that can take any value within an
interval.
◉ Discrete Data. Answer: Data that can only take so many different
values.
◉ Census. Answer: Using the entire population to obtain data
, ◉ Population. Answer: The entire set of individuals from which to
sample
◉ Representative Sample. Answer: A sample that accurately reflects
the population
◉ Sample/Sampling. Answer: A subset of the population. There are
many ways to select a sample.
◉ Absolute Change. Answer: The raw increase or decrease in the
value of a variable
◉ Accuracy. Answer: The extent to which the values, when
considered all together, center around the correct value for a
variable.
◉ Binomial Question Type. Answer: A question that will yield
categorical data with just two possible values.
◉ Blinding. Answer: The practice of making sure that certain
individuals do not know which subjects are receiving which
treatment.
◉ Census. Answer: Using the entire population to obtain data
PRACTICE STUDY GUIDE 2026 SOLVED
QUESTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Inferential statistics. Answer: Using the information at hand to
make a larger, more general statement about the entire population
of individuals
◉ Statistical analysis. Answer: All the ways of collecting, analyzing,
and interpreting the data
◉ Statistical study. Answer: A way to collect information from
individuals
◉ Statistics. Answer: The study of collecting, analyzing, interpreting,
and presenting information
◉ Available Data. Answer: Data collected by some other entity. Ex: a
government organization or private company.
◉ Bias. Answer: The systematic favoring of certain outcomes in a
study. There are many ways to introduce bias into a study
,◉ Data. Answer: Unorganized, unprocessed, and not summarized;
Typically, this is data that is not already available.
◉ Nominal Data. Answer: Categorical data with qualities that cannot
be ordered or ranked.
◉ Ordinal Data. Answer: Categorical data with qualities that can be
ordered or ranked.
◉ Qualitative (Categorical) Data. Answer: Data that describes. It
can't be measured or used for arithmetic.
◉ Quantitative (Numerical) Data. Answer: Data that is numerical. It
can be measured and it can be used for arithmetic. .
◉ Continuous Data. Answer: Data that can take any value within an
interval.
◉ Discrete Data. Answer: Data that can only take so many different
values.
◉ Census. Answer: Using the entire population to obtain data
, ◉ Population. Answer: The entire set of individuals from which to
sample
◉ Representative Sample. Answer: A sample that accurately reflects
the population
◉ Sample/Sampling. Answer: A subset of the population. There are
many ways to select a sample.
◉ Absolute Change. Answer: The raw increase or decrease in the
value of a variable
◉ Accuracy. Answer: The extent to which the values, when
considered all together, center around the correct value for a
variable.
◉ Binomial Question Type. Answer: A question that will yield
categorical data with just two possible values.
◉ Blinding. Answer: The practice of making sure that certain
individuals do not know which subjects are receiving which
treatment.
◉ Census. Answer: Using the entire population to obtain data
