STATISTICS LATEST ACTUAL EXAM WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+
100% GUARANTEED TO PASS CONCEPTS
◉Higher rates of ice cream consumption and drowning for a city
correspond. This leads people to believe that eating ice cream can
somehow put you at risk of drowning. Can you think of another
interpretation? . Answer: Yes,There is a third variable involved here--the
summer. More people eat ice cream in the summer and more people
swim in the summer.
◉Importance of Statists . Answer:
◉You hear in a commercial that 80% of children prefer to eat a certain
kind of cereal for breakfast. What do you conclude? This cereal is
superior to all others...at least according to kids. You need to know more
about where these data came from before making any conclusions. 20%
of kids prefer to eat Trix. . Answer: To be an intelligent consumer of
statistics, your first reflex must be to question the statistics that you
encounter.
, ◉What should you take into consideration when evaluating statistical
claims? Check all that apply.
The statistics presented
The sources of the statistical findings
The procedures used to generate the claims . Answer: As opposed to just
accepting numbers or findings, you should think about all of these things
when evaluating a statistical claim. The statistics presented
The sources of the statistical findings
The procedures used to generate the claims
◉Two basic divisions of statistics are
inferential and descriptive.population and sample.
sampling and scaling.
mean and median . Answer: the two divisions of statistics are inferential
and descriptive.
◉Descriptive statistics . Answer: Descriptive statistics summarize and
describe data. Inferential statistics use data from a sample to answer
questions about a population. Inferential statistics involves generalizing
beyond the data at hand.
◉Which of the following are descriptive statistics? . Answer: The mean
age of people in Detroit. The number of people who watched the
superbowl in the year 2002. The median price of new homes sold in
Miami. The height of the tallest woman in the world.
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+
100% GUARANTEED TO PASS CONCEPTS
◉Higher rates of ice cream consumption and drowning for a city
correspond. This leads people to believe that eating ice cream can
somehow put you at risk of drowning. Can you think of another
interpretation? . Answer: Yes,There is a third variable involved here--the
summer. More people eat ice cream in the summer and more people
swim in the summer.
◉Importance of Statists . Answer:
◉You hear in a commercial that 80% of children prefer to eat a certain
kind of cereal for breakfast. What do you conclude? This cereal is
superior to all others...at least according to kids. You need to know more
about where these data came from before making any conclusions. 20%
of kids prefer to eat Trix. . Answer: To be an intelligent consumer of
statistics, your first reflex must be to question the statistics that you
encounter.
, ◉What should you take into consideration when evaluating statistical
claims? Check all that apply.
The statistics presented
The sources of the statistical findings
The procedures used to generate the claims . Answer: As opposed to just
accepting numbers or findings, you should think about all of these things
when evaluating a statistical claim. The statistics presented
The sources of the statistical findings
The procedures used to generate the claims
◉Two basic divisions of statistics are
inferential and descriptive.population and sample.
sampling and scaling.
mean and median . Answer: the two divisions of statistics are inferential
and descriptive.
◉Descriptive statistics . Answer: Descriptive statistics summarize and
describe data. Inferential statistics use data from a sample to answer
questions about a population. Inferential statistics involves generalizing
beyond the data at hand.
◉Which of the following are descriptive statistics? . Answer: The mean
age of people in Detroit. The number of people who watched the
superbowl in the year 2002. The median price of new homes sold in
Miami. The height of the tallest woman in the world.
