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Which of the following is a level of measurement?

A. Discrete
B. Kilogram
C. Continuous
D. Interval

How many modes are there in this set of data: 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 8, 8


A. Seven
B. Two
C. None of these
D. One

Which of the following is a measure of central tendency?


A. Mode, median, mean
B. Correlation coefficient
C. None of these
D. Confidence interval

What are the mean, median and mode best described as?
A. Measures of standard deviation.
B. Measures of central tendency.
C. Measures of standard error.
D. Measures of statistical significance.

What is the median of the following set of numbers: 3,3,3,4,5,6,7,8,8?


A. 5.6
B. 5.5
C. 3
D. 5

Find the mean in the following numbers: 19, 21, 18, 17, 18, 22, 46
A. 23
B. 16
C. 19
D. 500

What is the median in the following numbers: 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 46
A. 15
B. 19
C. 20
D. 22

Find the mean in the following numbers: 9, 8, 15, 8, 20


A. 12
B. 16
C. 15
D. 10

Find the mode in the following numbers: 9, 8, 15, 8, 20


A. 15
B. 8
C. 9
D. 20

Find the range in the following numbers: 9, 8, 15, 8, 20


A. 12
B. 900
C. 14
D. 15
Find the mode in the following numbers: 36, 38, 33, 34, 32, 30, 34, 35
A. 34
B. 38
C. 36
D. 30

You are interested in how stress affects the heart rate of humans. Your dependent variable would be the
_____.
A. Interest
B. Heart rate
C. None of them
D. Stress

Which of the following definitions is the definition of the MODE?


A. The MODE is the value of the observation that appears most frequently.
B. The MODE is the average calculated by adding up all the values and dividing by the number of entries.
C. The MODE is the midpoint of the values
D. The MODE is the value that half of the entries are below and half of the entries are above.

You are interested in how stress affects the heart rate of humans. Your independent variable would be the
_____.
A. Interest
B. Heart rate
C. None of them
D. Stress

Which of the following definitions is the definition of the MEDIAN?


A. The MEDIAN is the midpoint of the values after they have been ordered from the smallest to the largest.
B. The MEDIAN is the value that has the highest frequency.
C. The MEDIAN is the largest value.
D. The MEDIAN is the average calculated by adding up all the values and dividing by the number of entries.

What are the mode and the mean for the following set of numbers? {4, 9, 8, 2, 16, 4, 4, 8 ,9, 6}
A. Mean = 7, mode =8
B. Mean = 7, mode =4
C. Mean = 6, mode =8
D. Mean = 8, mode =9

Describe the correlation if the correlation coefficient (r) is equal to 0,95.


A. Strong Negative
B. Strong Positive
C. Weak Negative
D. Weak Positive

Describe the correlation if the correlation coefficient (r) is equal to -0,95.


A. Strong Negative
B. Strong Positive
C. Weak Negative
D. Weak Positive

Describe the correlation if the correlation coefficient (r) is equal to 0,3.


A. Strong Negative
B. Strong Positive
C. Weak Negative
D. Weak Positive

Describe the correlation if the correlation coefficient (r) is equal to -0,3.


A. Strong Negative
B. Strong Positive
C. Weak Negative
D. Weak Positive

Describe the correlation if the correlation coefficient (r) is equal to 0.


A. Strong Negative
B. Strong Positive
C. Weak Negative
D. No correlation

What type of correlation describes the following sentence:


The temperature outside and the number of hot chocolate sold at a football game.
A. Positive correlation
B. negative correlation
C. no correlation
D. football game

What type of correlation describes the following sentence:


The number of people that go swimming and the temperature outside.
A. positive correlation
B. negative correlation
C. no correlation
D. none

What would the correlation be between math grades and the flight of airplane?
A. Positive Correlation
B. Negative Correlation
C. No Correlation
D. None

Determine the predicted income if 22 hours were worked on an assembly job:


Income ($)= -24+10hours
A. 196$
B. 300$
C. 35$
D. 400$

A survey will be given to 100 students randomly selected from the freshmen class at Tashkent State
University of Economics. What is the sample?
A. the 100 selected students
B. all students in Tashkent
C. all students at the University
D. none

Fifty bottles of water were randomly selected from a large collection of bottles in a company's warehouse.
These fifty bottles are referred to as the…
A. median.
B. population.
C. sample.
D. none

Fifty bottles of water were randomly selected from a large collection of bottles in a company's warehouse.
The large collection of bottles is referred to as the
A. median.
B. population.
C. sample.
D. none

What is Statistics?
A. Statistics is a collection of methods for collecting, displaying, analyzing, and drawing conclusions from
data.
B. Statistics is a set of units
C. Statistics is a data element
D. None

What is Inferential statistics?


A. It involves organizing, displaying, and describing data.
B. It is for using sample data to make conclusions about a population.
C. It is a numerical measurement that arise from a natural numerical scale.
D. None

What is Descriptive statistics?


A. It involves organizing, displaying, and describing data.
B. It is for using sample data to make conclusions about a population.
C. It is a numerical measurement that arise from a natural numerical scale.
D. None

Quantitative data are?


A. measurements that are recorded on a naturally occurring numerical scale.
B. measurements that cannot be measured on a natural numerical scale; they can only be classified into one
of a group of categories.
C. A and B
D. None

Qualitative data are…?


A. measurements that are recorded on a naturally occurring numerical scale.
B. measurements that cannot be measured on a natural numerical scale; they can only be classified into one
of a group of categories.
C. A and B
D. None

Ministry of Higher Education randomly selected 230 university teachers to find out which technology
resource is the most effective. Identify the Population?
A. 230 Teachers
B. All university teachers
C. Students
D. Ministry of Higher Education

Ministry of Higher Education randomly selected 230 university teachers to find out which technology
resource is the most effective. What is the Sample here?
A. 230 Teachers
B. All university teachers
C. Students
D. Ministry of Higher Education
ANSWERs: A
The manager of a book store surveys people who buy mystery novels to see if the store should expand its
hours. What is the Sample?
A. The manager.
B. People who buy mystery novels.
C. Residents of the town
D. People who like to read.

A school randomly chose ten English teachers and asked them which type of juice they would prefer. What is
Sample?
A. School
B. Students
C. Ten English Teachers
D. Juice

The average number of births women bear in the lifetime is…?


A. crude birth rate.
B. crude death rate.
C. total fertility rate.
D. natural increase rate.

The world's population in 2011 was approximately 7 billion and a steady rate of growth was expected to
reach 14 billion in approximately 90 years. The period of 90 years is known as:
A. doubling time.
B. life expectancy.
C. overpopulation.
D. demographic transition.

The total number of live births per year per 1,000 people in a society is the:
A. crude birth rate.
B. crude death rate.
C. total fertility rate.
D. natural increase rate.

Why do women in more developed countries (MDCs) have lower rates of fertility?
A. they are engaged in business and political activities
B. they have access to medical care and birth control
C. they pursue education opportunities, thus delaying child birth
D. all of the above

What is absolute quantity?


A. is a measure of the absolute occurrence of the variable. It is a “sheer” number. It tells how many or how
much.
B. is the ratio of a specific product
C. A and B
D. none

If the sample variance is 36, then what is the standard deviation?


A. 3
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8

If the sample variance is 25, then what is the standard deviation?


A. 4
B. 3
C. 5
D. 7

If the sample variance is 100, then what is the standard deviation?


A. 2
B. 19
C. 12
D. 10

What are the reasons for computing economic indexes?


A. they facilitate a comparison of unlike series
B. they are a convenient way to express the change in the total of a heterogeneous group of items
C. they allow for a percent change to be easier to comprehend than actual numbers, especially when the
numbers are extremely large
D. All of them

What is Labour market statistics?


A. A field concerned with the collection, organization, and interpretation of data about labour-related
phenomena
B. is the internationally agreed standard set of recommendations on how to compile measures of economic
activity.
C. collects, analyzes and makes available data related to education
D. None of them

What is The System of National Accounts (SNA)?


A. A field concerned with the collection, organization, and interpretation of data about labour-related
phenomena
B. is the internationally agreed standard set of recommendations on how to compile measures of economic
activity.
C. collects, analyzes and makes available data related to education
D. None of them

Where and for what purposes are labor statistics used?


A. Macro-economic monitoring
B. Formulation and implementation of policies and programmes
C. Evaluation of policies and programmes
D. All of them

What is the range?


A. is the difference between the lowest and highest values
B. is the value that has the highest frequency.
C. is the largest value.
D. is the average calculated by adding up all the values and dividing by the number of entries.

What is the standard deviation?


A. is the difference between the lowest and highest values
B. is a statistic that measures the dispersion of a dataset relative to its mean and is calculated as the square
root of the variance.
C. is the largest value.
D. is the average calculated by adding up all the values and dividing by the number of entries.

Nick bowled 7 games last weekend. His scores are: 155, 165, 138, 172, 127, 193, 142. What is the range of
Roger's scores?
A. 193
B. 127
C. 60
D. 66

Lizzy had test scores of: 72, 94, 108, 60. What is the RANGE of her test scores?
A. 12
B. 72
C. 48
D. 98

What is the correlation between shoe-size and intelligence ?


A. Zero correlation
B. Positive correlation
C. Negative correlation
D. None of these

What is the range for the numbers 2, 5, 7, 10, 22, 25, and 37?
A. 21
B. 39
C. 35
D. 10

What is the range of the numbers 15, 17, 28, 35, 44, and 56?
A. 71
B. 33
C. 28
D. 41
What is the median for 13, 14, 16, 18, and 20?
A. 15
B. 17
C. 16
D. 20

What is the mode for 22, 22, 51, 60, 60, 60, 83, and 90?
A. 60
B. 22
C. 68
D. 90

What is the mode for 1, 7, 7, 7, 13, 13, 22, 22, 23, and 66?
A. 65
B. 7
C. 22
D. 13

The correlation coefficient is used to determine:


A. A specific value of the y-variable given a specific value of the x-variable
B. A specific value of the x-variable given a specific value of the y-variable
C. The strength of the relationship between the x and y variables
D. None of these

If there is a very strong positive correlation between two variables then the correlation coefficient must be
A. any value larger than 1
B. much smaller than 0
C. close to 1
D. None of these

The science of statistics includes which of the following:


A. Organizing data
B. Presenting data
C. Interpreting data
D. All of the above

In descriptive statistics our main objective is to:


A. None of these
B. Describe the data we collected
C. Infer something about the population
D. B and C are correct

A discrete quantitative variable is:


A. An example of a qualitative variable
B. Can assume only whole number values
C. Can assume only certain clearly separated values
D. None of these

Descriptive Statistics is useful for...?


A. Inferring the statistical events
B. Comparing two different samples
C. Describing the quantitative characteristics of variables
D. A and B are correct

The number of population of Greece as of January 1, 2011 was 11 123 392. The number of deaths in 2011
was 111 099 and the number of births was 106 428. Find the natural increase.
A. -4671
B. -5000
C. 4000
D. -4000
If the number of immigrants was equal to 60 089, the number of emigrants was equal to 92 404 in the year of
2011 in Greece, find the Net migration.
A. -32315
B. -35000
C. 32000
D. -32000

The number of population of Greece as of January 1, 2011 was 11 123 392. The number of deaths in 2011
was 111 099 and the number of births was 106 428. The number of immigrants was equal to 60 089, the
number of emigrants was equal to 92 404. Find the number of population as of January 1, 2012
A. 11086406
B. 12000000
C. 11000000
D. None of these

What is Multiple linear regression?


A. is used to estimate the relationship between two or more independent variables and one dependent
variable.
B. is used to estimate the relationship between one independent variable and one dependent variable.
C. A and B are correct
D. None of these

How is the average yearly population number calculated?


A. (The population number at the beginning of the year + the population number at the end of the year) / 2
B. (The population number at the beginning of the year - the population number at the end of the year) / 2
C. A and B are correct
D. None of these

What is statistic?
A. is a measure that describes the whole population
B. is a measure that describes the sample
C. A and B are correct
D. None of these

What is parameter?
A. is a measure that describes the whole population
B. is a measure that describes the sample
C. A and B are correct
D. None of these

If a correlation coefficient (r) is -0,9 then what is a correlation between two variables?
A. Strong positive
B. Strong negative
C. no correlation
D. weak correlation

You are analyzing a scatter plot that has a negative correlation. What is true of the of the x and y values?
A. As x increases, y decreases
B. As x increases, y increases
C. A and B are correct
D. None of these

You are analyzing a scatter plot that has a positive correlation. What is true of the of the x and y values?
A. As x increases, y decreases
B. As x increases, y increases
C. As x decreases, y increases
D. None of these

What type of correlation in this sentence? The outside temperature and the amount of layers you wear.
A. Positive correlation
B. Negative correlation
C. No correlation
D. None of these

If a correlation coefficient (r) is 0,5 then what is a correlation between two variables?
A. Strong positive
B. Strong negative
C. moderate positive correlation
D. weak correlation

If a correlation coefficient (r) is -0,5 then what is a correlation between two variables?
A. Strong positive
B. Strong negative
C. moderate negative correlation
D. weak correlation

Which of the following values could not represent a correlation coefficient?


A. r = 0.99
B. r = 1.09
C. r = -0.73
D. r = -1.0

If standard deviation is equal to 5 then what will be variance of the data?


A. 25
B. 30
C. 5
D. 6

What are the main branches of statistics?


A. Descriptive statistics
B. Inferential statistics
C. Correlation
D. A and B

Alex and Juana went on a 120-mile canoe trip with their class. On the first day they traveled 30 miles. What
percent of the total distance did they canoe?
A) 4%
B) 0.25%
C) 25%
D) 400%

A gardener has 28 clients, 25% of whom are businesses. Find the number of business clients.
A) 7000 clients
B) 700 clients
C) 7 clients
D) 70 clients

Results when the number of possible values is either a finite number or a countable number
A. Statistics
B. Parameter
C. Discrete Data
D. Continuous Data

Results from infinitely many possible values that correspond to some continuous scale that covers a range of
values without gaps, interruptions, or jumps
A. Statistics
B. Parameter
C. Discrete Data
D. Continuous Data

What is the variance for the following set of scores: 2, 2, 2, 2, 2.


A. 0
B. 2
C. 4
D. 25

Which of the following sets of scores has the greatest variability (range)?
A. 2, 5, 8, 11
B. 13, 13, 13, 13
C. 20, 25, 26 ,27
D. 42, 43, 44, 45

What is the median for the following scores: 1,2,4,5,8?


A. 3.5
B. 4
C. 4.5
D. 7

What is the mean for the following scores: 2, 5, 4, 1, 8?


A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 20

The median is always:


A. The most frequently occurring score in a data set
B. The middle score when results are ranked in order of magnitude
C. The same as the mean
D. The difference between the maximum and minimum scores.

If the standard deviation of a data set is 4, what is the variance?


A. 2
B. 16
C. 4
D. 5

At Donald's Donuts the number of donut holes in a bag can vary. Help Donald find the mode:
12, 10, 10, 10, 13, 12, 11, 13, 10
A. 13
B. 12
C. 11
D. 10

What is Labour force?


A. is the sum of the number of persons employed(active) and the number of persons unemployed(active).
B. is the average age of retirement in any given society
C. A and B are correct
D. is the number of people who retired in the last year

What does the dependency ratio calculate?


A. The approximate number of people who will be unable to completely provide for themselves
B. The average age of retirement in any given society
C. The number of people who retired in the last year
D. The rate at which population size grows or shrinks by year

Which of the following represents a 'dependent' in the dependency ratio?


A. Someone in a state of poor physical health
B. Someone who retires without a pension or retirement fund
C. Someone without any next-of-kin who can provide care for him or her
D. Someone younger than 15 or older than 64

Those 0-14 and 64+ are usually classified as?


A. Dependents
B. Working Age Group - Independents
C. Working Age
D. None of these

Those 15 - 64 are usually classified as?


A. Dependents
B. Working age Group - Independents
C. All of them above
D. None of these

The number of deaths each year per 1,000 people


A. fertility rate
B. rate of natural increase
C. migration
D. crude death rate

If a coin is tossed once, what is the probability of getting either heads or tails?
A. 0,5 or 50 percent
B. 1 or 100 percent
C. 0,3 or 30 percent
D. None of these

How do you calculate GDP using expenditure approach?


A. GDP = C + G + I + NX.
B. GDP = Total National Income + Sales Taxes + Depreciation + Net Foreign Factor Income
C. GDP = Sum of all value-added to products during the production of a process
D. None of these

A real estate agent wishes to examine statistically the impact of size of house (measured in square feet) on
house price (in 1000$). What is dependent variable here?
A. House price
B. size of house (measured in square feet)
C. Real estate agent
D. None of these

A real estate agent wishes to examine statistically the impact of the size of house (measured in square feet) on
house price. What is independent variable here?
A. House price
B. the size of house (measured in square feet)
C. Real estate agent
D. None of these

Making decisions and drawing conclusions about populations are…?


A. Descriptive Statistics
B. Inferential Statistics
C. Qualitative Variable
D. Quantitative Variable

Is the color of your shirt qualitative or quantitative data?


A. Qualitative
B. Quantitative
C. Both
D. None of these
The number of hours of sleep you got last night. Is it qualitative or quantitative data?
A. Qualitative
B. Quantitative
C. Both
D. None of these

The probability of it raining today is 30%. What is the probability that it will NOT rain?
A. 30%
B. 70%
C. 100%
D. 0%

You are conducting statistical research on how the amount of sleep affects test scores. What is the dependent
variable of your research?
A. Test scores
B. the amount of sleep
C. Both
D. Research

You are conducting statistical research on how the amount of sleep affects test scores. What is the
independent variable of your research?
A. Test scores
B. the amount of sleep
C. Both
D. Research

You are conducting statistical research on the impact of caffeine consumed on sleeping. What is the
independent variable of your research?
A. The amount of caffeine consumed
B. Sleeping
C. Research
D. None of these

You are conducting statistical research on the impact of caffeine consumed on sleeping. What is the
dependent variable of your research?
A. The amount of caffeine consumed
B. Sleeping
C. Research
D. None of these

You are conducting statistical research on the impact of consumption of fast food on blood pressure. What is
the dependent variable of your research?
A. Blood Pressure
B. Consumption of fast food
C. Research
D. None of these

You are conducting statistical research on the impact of consumption of fast food on blood pressure. What is
the independent variable of your research?
A. Blood Pressure
B. Consumption of fast food
C. Research
D. None of these

Is the following statement refer to a relative quantity or absolute quantity? The ratio of females to males at
Tashkent is 1.4
A. relative quantity
B. absolute quantity
C. Both
D. None of these
If the sample variance is 81, then what is the standard deviation?
A. 3
B. 6
C. 9
D. 8

If the standard deviation is 7, then what is the variance?


A. 36
B. 60
C. 49
D. 81

Find the mean of the sample data: 2, ?1, 0, 2.


A. 0.75
B. 1
C. 0.5
D. 2

Find the mode of the following data set: ?1, 0, 2, 0.


A. 0
B. -1
C. 2
D. 1

The political party affiliation (Justice, Uzbekistan Liberal Democratic Party, People's Democratic Party of
Uzbekistan) in a sample of 50 voters. What type of data is this?
A. Quantitative data
B. Qualitative data
C. A and B are correct
D. None of these

The scores of a sample of 150 economic school applicants on the entrance exam. What type of data is this?
A. Quantitative data
B. Qualitative data
C. A and B are correct
D. None of these

The number of convicted murderers who receive the death penalty each year over a 10-year period. What
type of data is this?
A. Quantitative data
B. Qualitative data
C. A and B are correct
D. None of these

Madina observed that a dolphins colour ranges from gray to white. What type of data is this?
A. Quantitative data
B. Qualitative data
C. A and B are correct
D. None of these

Changes in the _________ variable causes changes in the _________ variable. Please find an appropriate
ANSWER for the gaps.
A. independent; dependent
B. dependent; independent
C. dependent; dependent
D. independent; independent

Find the mean of the set of data. 3, 5, 7, 9,11


A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8

Find the median of the set of data: 15,17, 25, 28, 30


A. 25
B. 23
C. 30
D. 15

The ___________ is the difference between the least and greatest values in the set of numbers.
A. mean
B. mode
C. median
D. range

The ________ is the value or values that occur most often in the set.
A. mean
B. mode
C. median
D. range

The ____________ is the sum of the items divided by the number of items in a set.
A. mean
B. mode
C. median
D. range

Find the range of the set of data: 100, 43, 26,100,15


A. 74
B. 100
C. 85
D. 20

Over 5 days, Alibek jogged 6.5 miles, 5 miles, 2 miles, 2 miles, and 4.5 miles. Find the mean distance that
Alibek jogged?
A. 2 miles
B. 3.5 miles
C. 4 miles
D. 4.75 miles

What letter do we use to represent the correlation coefficient?


A. h
B. r
C. g
D. b

If r = -0.9 then is it strong, moderate, or weak correlation?


A. Strong
B. Moderate
C. Weak
D. None of these

A positive relationship (correlation coefficient) means...


A. variables have the same behavior (both up or both down at the same time)
B. variables have opposite behavior (one up, one down at the same time)
C. A and B are correct
D. None of these

What is the relationship between “the amount of?Education and Amount of income”?
A. Positive Correlation
B. Negative Correlation
C. No Correlation
D. None of these

A negative relationship (correlation coefficient) means...


A. variables have the same behavior (both up or both down at the same time)
B. variables have opposite behavior (one up, one down at the same time)
C. A and B are correct
D. None of these

Is the following statement refer to a relative quantity or absolute quantity? The ratio of boys to girls at
Tashkent is 1.4
A. relative quantity
B. absolute quantity
C. Both
D. None of these

In a class six students got 30, 50, 80, 70, 20, 50 marks. What is the mode score of the class?
A. 50
B. 51
C. 70
D. Cannot be calculated.

In a class six students got 30, 50, 80, 70, 20, 50 marks. What is the mean score of the class?
A. Cannot be calculated.
B. 60
C. 51
D. 50

In a class 5 students got 20, 30, 50, 70, 80 marks. What is the median score of the class?
A. 50
B. 51
C. 70
D. Cannot be calculated

What is the mode for 1, 7, 7, 7, 13, 13, 22, 22, 23, and 66?
A. 13
B. 65
C. 7
D. 22

What is the range of the numbers 15, 17, 28, 35, 44, and 56?
A. 33
B. 71
C. 41
D. 28

What is the mean of 29, 38, 35, 32, and 26?


A. 34
B. 36
C. 33
D. 32

What is the sample standard deviation if sample variance is equal to 36?


A. 6
B. 7
C. 8
D. 9
What is the sample variance if sample standard deviation is equal to 6?
A. 36
B. 37
C. 38
D. 39

Statistical inference is…


A. the process of estimates, predictions, and conclusions carefully based on data from a sample
B. the process of estimates and conclusions carefully based on data from an entire population
C. pictorial displays that summarize data
D. None of these

A group of friends receive the following marks on their recent assignment. What is the mode mark? 90%
95% 78% 86% 90% 85% 89%
A. 90
B. 95
C. 86
D. 85

In a study examining the effects of caffeine on reaction time, which of the following is the independent
variable?
A. The amount of caffeine consumed
B. The reaction time
C. The age of the participants
D. The gender of the participants

In a study examining the relationship between exercise and weight loss, which of the following is the
dependent variable?
A. The amount of weight lost
B. The number of calories consumed
C. The type of exercise performed
D. The amount of exercise performed

In a study examining the effects of music on concentration, which of the following is the dependent variable?
A. The level of concentration achieved
B. The type of task performed
C. The volume of music played
D. The genre of music played

Which of the following is an example of qualitative data?


A. The color of a car
B. The height of a person in centimeters
C. The weight of an object in kilograms
D. The temperature in Celsius

Which of the following is an example of quantitative data?


A. The age of a person
B. The taste of ice cream
C. The type of a phone
D. The brand of a car

In a study examining the experiences of individuals living with chronic illness, which of the following is an
example of qualitative data?
A. The emotions expressed during interviews
B. The number of doctor visits in a year
C. The medication dosage prescribed
D. The duration of symptoms experienced

What is a confidence interval?


A. A range of values that is likely to contain the true population parameter
B. A range of values that is unlikely to contain the true population parameter
C. A measure of the strength of association between two variables
D. A measure of the variability of a sample

Which of the following is a common level of confidence used for confidence intervals?
A.95%
B. 80%
C. 75%
D. 65%

What is the purpose of simple linear regression?


A. To predict the value of the dependent variable based on the independent variable
B. To estimate the correlation coefficient between two variables
C. To describe the relationship between two variables using a line
D. To identify a cause-and-effect relationship between two variables

What is the range in statistics?


A. The difference between the maximum and minimum values in a dataset
B. The middle value in a sorted dataset
C. The arithmetic average of all values in a dataset
D. The most frequently occurring value in a dataset

What is the purpose of a scatter plot and line chart in statistics?


A. To display the relationship between two variables
B. To compare means from two different populations
C. To visualize the distribution of a dataset
D. To estimate population parameters with a certain level of confidence

What is the standard error?


A. An estimate of the standard deviation of the sampling distribution
B. The standard deviation of the population
C. The difference between the maximum and minimum values in a dataset
D. A measure of the variability in a sample

What is an example of an absolute quantity in statistics?


A. The number of cars sold in a month
B. The percentage temperature recorded in a city
C. The percentage of people who prefer a specific brand of soda
D. The ratio of boys to girls in a classroom

What is an example of a relative quantity in statistics?


A. The percentage change in stock prices over a month
B. The total sales revenue of a company
C. The average rainfall in a city
D. The number of goals scored by a soccer player in a season

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