STATISTICS FOR PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY
HATE STATISTICS SALKIND FREY COMPLETE
COURSE REVIEW GUIDE
◉ How are statistics important in our everyday lives, and why do we
need to understand them.
Answer: To analyze the results of surveys to understand the terms
and concept so that one can understand exactly what is being
represented or misrepresented
◉ A ................. is a characteristic or attribute of a subject that can
assume different values.
Answer: Variable
◉ Variables with values that are determined by chance are called.
Answer: Random variables
◉ Each value in a data set may be referred to as either a data value
or a.
Answer: Datum
, ◉ If a weather center monitors and calculates the average number of
tornadoes that pass through Topeka Kansas each year what type of
variable would they be investigating.
Answer: Random variable
◉ Inferential statistics is based on probability.
Answer: True
◉ Which of the following correctly describes the relationship
between a sample in a population.
Answer: A sample is a group of subjects selected from a population
to be studied
◉ A.................. consists of all subjects that are being studied.
Answer: Population
◉ .................... is a decision-making process for evaluating claims
about a population based on information obtained from samples.
Answer: Hypothesis testing
◉ Which branch of statistics would employ probability to predict
how many miles one should be able to drive a 2000 Toyota celica
during its lifetime.
Answer: Inferential statistics
HATE STATISTICS SALKIND FREY COMPLETE
COURSE REVIEW GUIDE
◉ How are statistics important in our everyday lives, and why do we
need to understand them.
Answer: To analyze the results of surveys to understand the terms
and concept so that one can understand exactly what is being
represented or misrepresented
◉ A ................. is a characteristic or attribute of a subject that can
assume different values.
Answer: Variable
◉ Variables with values that are determined by chance are called.
Answer: Random variables
◉ Each value in a data set may be referred to as either a data value
or a.
Answer: Datum
, ◉ If a weather center monitors and calculates the average number of
tornadoes that pass through Topeka Kansas each year what type of
variable would they be investigating.
Answer: Random variable
◉ Inferential statistics is based on probability.
Answer: True
◉ Which of the following correctly describes the relationship
between a sample in a population.
Answer: A sample is a group of subjects selected from a population
to be studied
◉ A.................. consists of all subjects that are being studied.
Answer: Population
◉ .................... is a decision-making process for evaluating claims
about a population based on information obtained from samples.
Answer: Hypothesis testing
◉ Which branch of statistics would employ probability to predict
how many miles one should be able to drive a 2000 Toyota celica
during its lifetime.
Answer: Inferential statistics
