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Quiz 1For Use with Clicker System or ResponsWare
Introductory Statistics:Exploring the World through Data, 1e
by Gould and Ryan
Sections 1.1 and 1.2
Data are….
A. Numbers
B. Variables
C. Numbers in context
D. Categories
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In statistics variables are . . .
A. Characteristics of people or things
B. Unknowns
C. Letter or, symbols that represent numbers
D. Values that vary from each other
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A population is
A. a set that contains all the information about everyone or everything
B. data that is just one part of the entire set
C. what advertisers give to consumers to get them to try a product
D. a collection of variables
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Numerical variables describe
A. how the data were collected
B. quantities of the objects of interest
C. qualities of the objects of interest
D. the units of measurement
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Categorical variables describe
A. where the data were collected
B. quantities of the objects of interest
C. qualities of the objects of interest
D. why the data were collected
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Gender is an example of a
A. Categorical variable
B. Numerical variable
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Shoe size is an example of a
A. Categorical variable
B. Numerical variable
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Height is an example of a
A. Categorical variable
B. Numerical variable
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Eye color is an example of a
A. Categorical variable
B. Numerical variable
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True or False: The advantage of the unstacked data format is that it can store as many variables as needed.
A. True
B. False
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