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Statistical Analysis With Software Application

This document discusses key concepts in descriptive statistics including measures of central tendency, variability, the mean, median, standard deviation, and how descriptive statistics can be used to summarize data. It provides 10 multiple choice questions testing understanding of these statistical concepts, such as defining standard deviation, identifying what descriptive statistics cannot reveal, and situations where standard deviation would be the same or different between datasets.

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Statistical Analysis With Software Application

This document discusses key concepts in descriptive statistics including measures of central tendency, variability, the mean, median, standard deviation, and how descriptive statistics can be used to summarize data. It provides 10 multiple choice questions testing understanding of these statistical concepts, such as defining standard deviation, identifying what descriptive statistics cannot reveal, and situations where standard deviation would be the same or different between datasets.

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Statistical Analysis with Software Application

1. MULTIPLE CHOICE:
Descriptive statistics cannot reveal
hypothesis testing result
the shape of a frequency distribution(1 pt)
central tendency of a frequency distribution(1 pt)
variability among the data points in a sample(1 pt)
→ Correct
Time Answered: 03/06/2023 06:18:16pm
2. MULTIPLE CHOICE:
Which answer best describe standard deviation
All of the choices are correct
It is the measure of the spread from the data set(1 pt)
It indicates how much individuals varies from the mean(1 pt)
It help scientist summarize how much variation there is in a
dataset or population(1 pt)
→ Correct
Time Answered: 03/06/2023 06:16:49pm
3. MULTIPLE CHOICE:
Mean is another word for
Average
median(1 pt)
standard deviation(1 pt)
data set(1 pt)
→ Correct
Time Answered: 03/06/2023 06:17:45pm
4. MULTIPLE CHOICE:
If the mean score for two different dataset is the same,
the standard deviation will necessary be the same. If the
distribution is non normal, it cannot be used to
summarize datasets
Both are false
Both are true(1 pt)
Only the 1st statement is true(1 pt)
Only the 2nd statement is true(1 pt)
→ Correct
Time Answered: 03/06/2023 06:18:24pm
5. MULTIPLE CHOICE:
Descriptive statistics can be use to summarize
All of the choices are correct
the distribution of test scores in a class(1 pt)
how genetic trait evolve from one generation to the next(1 pt)
the relative velocities of gas molecules(1 pt)
→ Correct
Time Answered: 03/06/2023 06:16:19pm
6. MULTIPLE CHOICE:
When the dataset has an even nuumber of values, the
median is
the mean of two middle most values in the data set
the mean of the highest and the lowest value in the data set(1
pt)
the same are the mean of the entire data set(1 pt)
None of the choices(1 pt)
→ Correct
Time Answered: 03/06/2023 06:17:31pm
7. MULTIPLE CHOICE:
If an experiment is repeatedly correctly several times, it
should yield
a distribution of measurement around some central value
a single value that is obtained each and every time(1 pt)
wildly and randomly varying result(1 pt)
unpredictable result(1 pt)
→ Correct
Time Answered: 03/06/2023 06:17:04pm
8. MULTIPLE CHOICE:
Students in two statistics subject took the exam. Both
classes has a mean score of 76. However class #1 has
standard deviation of 10 while class #2 has standard
deviation of 16.
there was a wider range of score in class #2 than in class #1
there was a wider range of score in class #1 than in class
#2(1 pt)
Class #2 had a better test score than class #1(1 pt)
Class #1 had a better test score than class #2(1 pt)
→ Correct
Time Answered: 03/06/2023 06:18:00pm
9. MULTIPLE CHOICE:
Last year a small statistical consulting company paid
each of its 5 statistical clerks 22,000, 2 statistical analysts
50,000 and the owner/statistician 270,000. The number of
employees earning less than the mean salary is
7
4(1 pt)
5(1 pt)
6(1 pt)
→ Correct
Time Answered: 03/06/2023 06:16:35pm
10. MULTIPLE CHOICE:
Which of the following is false
The numbers 1,5 and 9 has a smaller standard deviation than
101, 105 and 109
The numbers 3,4 and 5 has the same standard deviation than
1003, 1004 and 1005(1 pt)
The numbers 3,3 and 3 has a standard deviation of 0(1 pt)
The standard deviation can only be computed for interval and
ratio scaled data(1 pt)
→ Correct
Time Answered: 03/06/2023 06:15:58pm

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