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When are descriptive measures most often used?

To describe how often something occurs

To determine if a sample is representative of a population

To predict an outcome

To determine the effect of an intervention

Answer

Correct Answer: To describe how often something occurs

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All the possible subjects or cases of interest is called

Sample

Data

Population

Individual

Answer

Correct Answer: Population

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Inferential statistics that are used to infer characteristics of a population based on data from a sample of that population.

True

False

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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Sample is subset of a _____

Individual

Population

Data

Value

Answer

Correct Answer: Population

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A record of an observation or an event such as a test score, a grade in math class, or response time is called

Value

Data

Set

Observation

Answer

Correct Answer: Data

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Data set is set of data ____

Numbers

Points

Values

Scores

Answer

Correct Answer: Points

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Values that organize and describe the characteristics of a collection of data is called ____

Data point

Data set

Data value

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Data set

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A set of tools and techniques used to describe, organize, and interpret information or data is called

Statistics

Physics

Variation

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: Statistics

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The study of statistics will require you to ______.

Develop new formulas for statistical procedure

Learn how to compute and interpret statistical procedures correctly

Memorize many complicated and unfamiliar formulas

Learn a relatively unimportant step in research

Answer

Correct Answer: Learn how to compute and interpret statistical procedures correctly

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In statistics, a population is ______

The entire group

A subset of the group

All the people in the world

An infinite number that cannot be counted

Answer

Correct Answer: The entire group

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______ statistics involve collecting, organizing, and summarizing data.

Experimental

Descriptive

Inferential

Organizational

Answer

Correct Answer: Descriptive

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Who popularized the use of the correlation coefficient?

Charles Darwin

Neil Salkind

Francis Galton

R. A. Fisher

Answer

Correct Answer: Francis Galton

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In statistics, a sample is ______.

The entire group to a which a law of nature applies

A subset of a group to which a law of nature applies

All of the subjects in which we are interested

At least half of the subjects in the population

Answer

Correct Answer: A subset of a group to which a law of nature applies

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What is a collection of information also called?

Data set

Sample statistic

Descriptive statistic

Population subset

Answer

Correct Answer: Data set

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Inferential statistics involve ______ the data.

Organizing

Balancing

Editing

Interpreting

Answer

Correct Answer: Interpreting

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The type of descriptive statistic that tells you the most frequently occurring value is the ______.

Mean

Average

Mode

Sum total

Answer

Correct Answer: Mode

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Statistics is a shortened version of ______.

Statistical data

Statistical procedure

Statistical math

Statistical proof

Answer

Correct Answer: Statistical procedure

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Which of the following would be used to describe the type of statistical methods used to organize and describe the characteristics of a collection of data?

Inferential statistics

Descriptive statistics

Sampling methods

Population methods

Answer

Correct Answer: Descriptive statistics

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According to the textbook, learning statistics is most closely compared to ______.

Learning a new language

Learning how to use the computer

Learning how to compute mathematical equations

Learning how to paint a picture

Answer

Correct Answer: Learning a new language

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Statistics describes a set of ______ that is used for describing, organizing, and interpreting information.

Statements

Rules and exceptions

Tools and techniques

Numbers and letters

Answer

Correct Answer: Tools and techniques

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Researchers want the sample they use for inferential statistics to be ______ of the population.

Representative

An exact replication

Descriptive

A unique subset

Answer

Correct Answer: Representative

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Although called different things, the same statistics are used in disciplines such as ______.

Agriculture

Politics

Astronomy

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

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