Chapter 1 “introduction”

Choose the best answer for each of the following questions:

1- Any numerical value calculated from sample data is called …..
A) Statistic b)Parameter c)Mean d)Standard division

2- Methods of organizing, summarizing, and presenting data in an

informative way are called …..
A) Descriptive statistics b) Mathematic statistics c) Inferential statistics

3- A specific numerical value of properties of a population is called …

A) Parameter b)Statistic c)Sample d) Variable

4- When the properties being studied is no numerical it is called as….

A) Qualitative variable b) Quantitative variable c)Discrete variable d) Continuous

5- The weights of students (k gm.) in a college/school is a ……

A) Continuous variable b)Discrete variable C)Qualitative variable d)None of them

6- The number of accidents in a city during 2020 is …..

A) Qualitative data b) Continuous variable c)Discrete variable d) constant

7- Color of flowers is an example of …..

A) Quantitative variable b) Skewed variable c)Qualitative variable d) Symmetrical

8- Age, sex, weight, and blood group are example of …..

A) Parameter b)Statistic c)Variables d) Sample
9- … variable can take values only at specific points along the scale of the
variable
A) Parameter b) Continuous c)Discrete d) Sample
10- ……... statistics enables us making decisions about a population by
examining sample results
A) Parameter B) Descriptive C) Inferential D) Sample

11- All qualitative variable are ……..

A) Parameter B) Discrete C) Continuous D) Sample

12- Heart rate is a ………. Variable

A) Qualitative B) Quantitative discrete C) Quantitative continuous D) Sample

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13- ……... are the values you get when you measure or observe a variable
A) Sample B) Data C) Information D) Impressive

14- ……. Is a translation of the data to expressive knowledge

A) Sample B) Information C) Data D) Impressions

15- Pulse is a ………. Variable

A) Qualitative B) Discrete C) Continuous D) Quantitative

16- Age is a ……... variable

A) Qualitative B) Continuous C) Discrete

17- The variable which don’t have an order or ranking in them is …….
A) Ordinal B) Nominal C) Discrete D) Quantitative

18- There are grouped variables that are ordered or ranked in increasing or
decreasing order
A) Discrete B) Ordinal C) Nominal D) Quantitative

1. All subjects of a certain town under study represent a ...

A) parameter B) statistic C) sample D) population

2. The organization and presentation of 500 students favorite team are

parts from what is called ... statistics
A) parameter B) descriptive C) inferential D) probability

3. An example of ... data is preferred subject.

A) nominal B) continuous C) discrete D) ordinal

4. The cars' speed is an example of ... data.

A) continuous B) nominal C) discrete D) ordinal

5. The marital status is an example of ... variable.

a) Measurement B) quantitative C) qualitative D) numerical
6. A characteristic or measure obtained by using the data values from a
sample is called a …..
A) quartile B) parameter C) statistic D) percentile
7. the number of schools in Florida in a given year.
A) Nominal B) Ordinal C) Discrete D) Continuous

8.Which of the following is an example of a discrete variable?

A) Employees income. C) Employee identification number.
B) Number of employees in a company. D) Ranking of employees in a company.
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9.Classification of fruit as Apple, Orange, Banana, and Mango is an example
of ... data.
a) nominal B) ordinal C) continuous D) discrete

10.What is a part of a population called?

a) Random survey .B) Sample. C) Tally. D) Frequency distribution.

11.The blood types of eight students are O, O, B, A, A, AB, O and AB.

What are these ungrouped data called?
a) Class boundaries B) Class limits. C) Class frequency. D) Raw data.

12.An example of ... statistics is that the number of high school graduates will
be 9 million students in the year 2025.
a) inferential B) descriptive C) traditional D)empirical

13.A discrete variable is a variable that can assume:

a. categorical values only b. countable values only c. uncountable d. non-numerical values

14. A continuous variable is a variable can assume:

a. categorical values b. countable values only C. uncountable values d. non-numerical

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16.Under inferential statistics, we study :

a. the methods to make decisions about population based on sample results
b. how to make decisions about mean, median. or mode
c. how a sample is taken from a population
d. tables composed of summary measures

17. In statistics, a population consists of:

a. all people living in a country
b. all people living in the area under study
c. all subjects or objects whose characteristics are being studied
d. a selection of a limited number of elements

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18. In statistics, we define a sample as:
a. people living in one city only
b. the target population
c. all items under investigation
d. a portion of the population

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22.A variable that measure the level of the family income is:
A) Continuous B) Discrete C) Ordinal

23. in the majority of studies, we collect data using sampling techniques

because
A)Population size is always unknown B) Sampling is cheaper than census
C) Some studies are destructive D) All of the above

24. Qualitative variables are

A) Can assume numerical values B) Can not be graphed
C) Can not be measure numerically

25.Avariable that measures marital status:

A) Continuous B) Discrete C) Nominal (Qualitative)

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 Chapter 2
1- Graphs are used for presentation of data when ……... are needed
A) Details B) Impressions C) Parameter D) Sample

2- Tables are used for presentation of data when ……... are needed
A) Sample B) Details C) Parameter D) Impressive

3- A type of graphical presentation data used to explain correlation between

dependent and independent variable is
A) Scatter diagram B) Frequency polygon C) Histogram D) Pie chart

4- Select the statement which you believe to be true. A histogram

A) Can be used instead of a pie chart to display categorical data
B) Is used to show the relationship between two quantitative variables
C) Can be used to display only a relative frequency distribution
D) Is similar to a bar chart but there are no gaps between the bars

5- A type of graphical presentation for the maternal mortality ratio by the

countries, 2020
A) Pie chart B) Par chart C) Line chart D) Map chart
6- A set of all units of interest in a study is called

A) Population B) Parameter C) Sample D) Statistic

7- The yearly income of a family for the past 10 years can be best displayed
using .
A) histogram. B) pie graph. C) line chart. D) bar chart.

The frequency distribution shows the students hair colors in a classroom.

Hair Color Black Brown blond
No.of Students 16 8 8
8 .When constructing a pie graph, the angle degree of black hair students is
A) 160o B) 90o C) 50o D) 180o
9. A researcher wishes to represent the percentage of students in the
department of statistics using a pie graph. If the percentage of statistical
department students is 25%, then their corresponding degree of the angle on
the pie graph is .......
A) 300 B) 1080 C) 900 D) 1800

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10.The relationship between two variables can be represented the best using ..
a. histogram. B) pie graph. C) scatter graph D) time series graph.

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14. An instructor has decided to graphically represent the grades on a test.

The instructor uses a plus/minus grading system (i.e. she gives grades of A-,
B+, etc.). Which of the following would provide the most information for the
students?
a) A histogram b) bar chart c) A cumulative frequency d) A frequency distribution

15. A person has decided to construct a frequency distribution for a set of

data containing 60 numbers. The lowest number is 23 and the highest
number is 68. If 5 classes are used, the class width should be approximately _
a) 4 b) 12 c) 8 d) 5 e) 9

16. A person has decided to construct a frequency distribution for a set of data
containing 60 numbers. The lowest number is 23 and the highest number is 68. If 7
classes are used, the class width should be approximately _______.
a) 5 b) 7 c) 9 d) 11

Each day, the office staff prepares a frequency distribution and a histogram of sales
transactions by dollar value of the transactions.Friday's histogram follows.

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17.On Friday, the approximate number of sales transactions in the 125-under 150
category was _____________.
a) 50 b) 100 c) 150 d) 200 e) 85

18. On Friday, the approximate number of sales transactions between $100 and $150 was
_____________.
a) 100 b) 200 c) 300 d) 400 e) 500

19. The staffs of the accounting and the quality control departments rated
their respective supervisor's leadership style as either (1) authoritarian or (2)
participatory. Sixty-eight percent of the accounting staff rated their
supervisor "authoritarian," and thirty-two percent rated him
"participatory." Forty percent of the quality control staff rated their
supervisor "authoritarian," and sixty percent rated her "participatory." The
best graphic depiction of these data would be two ______.
a) histograms b) frequency polygons c) ogives d) pie charts e) scatter plots

20. The following graphic of residential housing data (selling price and size in
square feet) is a _____________.
130
Selling Price ($1,000)

120
110
100
90
80
70
1400 1600 1800 2000 2200 2400
Square Feet

a) scatter plot b) Pareto chart c) pie chart d) cumulative histogram

21. The following graphic of residential housing data (selling price and size in
square feet) indicates _____________.
a) an inverse relation between the two variables
b) no relation between the two variables
c) a direct relation between the two variables
d) a negative exponential relation between the two variables

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22.
Scatterplot of LUNG vs CIG
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26

24

22

20
LUNG

18

16

14

12

10
10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
C IG

a) a weak relation between the two variables

b) a pretty strong relation between the two variables
c) when the number of cigarettes smoked (sold) per capita (CIG) increases the deaths decrease
d) a negative relation between the two variables
e) no relation between the two variables

23. presentation of data according to location or areas is called:

(a) pie chart (b) histogram (c) maps chart (d) histogram

24. The number of tally sheet count for each value or a group is called:
(a) Class limit (b) Class width (c) Class boundary (d) Frequency

25. A frequency distribution can be:

(a) Qualitative (b) Discrete (c) Continuous (d) Both (b) and (c)

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27. In a percentage frequency distribution, the total of the percentage

frequencies is always equal to:
(a) 1 (b) ∑f (c) 100% (d) ∑X

28. A pie diagram is represented by a:

(a) Rectangle (b) Circle (c) Triangle (d) Square

29. The values 12, 17, 10, 19, 13, 26, 5, 36 are called ...
A) Ungrouped frequency distribution. C) Grouped frequency distribution.
B) Raw data. D) categorical frequency distribution

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