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What Is Statistics?
Read and answer the questionnaire.
1. Whatis the correct order of the firstthree stepsin performingstatistics?
(a) Analysis,sampling,andmeasurement
? (b) Sampling,measurement,and analysis (Muestreo,medici¨®nyan¨¢lisis)
(c) Analysis,measurement,andsampling
(d) Measurement,sampling,andanalysis
2. Whichof the followingstatementsabout measurementisnot true?
(a) Measurementisa formalizedversionof observation
(b) Measurementisdifferentfromordinaryobservation
(c) Measurementprovidesaspecificdescriptionof the world
? (d) Measurementprovidesa general descriptionof the world
3. How is a variable usedin statistics?
? (a) A variable usually correspondsto some measurable feature of the subject
(b) A variable is aperson,object,oreventtowhicha measurementcanbe applied
(c) A variable isthe resultof a particularmeasurement
(d) A variable i
4. The series¡®¡®President,Vice-President,Secretary,Treasurer,Board Member¡¯¡¯ison which type
of scale?
(a) Nominal
? (b) Ordinal (losvalores tienenuna relaci¨®nde orden)
(c) Interval
(d) Ratio
5. Whichof the followingcomponentsof statisticscontain error?
(a) Measurement
(b) Statistical analysis
(c) Sampling
? (d) All of the above
6. If we have a setof measurementsthat are valid, but not very reliable,theywill . . .
? (a) Be clusteredaround the right value, but ina wide cluster
(b) Be clusteredverycloselytogether,butaroundthe wronganswer
(c) Be ina wide clusteraroundthe wrongvalue
(d) Include atleastone measurementthatisexactlythe rightvalue
7. Validityishow statisticians talk about minimizing_______ error; Reliabilityishow
statisticianstalk about minimizing_______ error.
(a) Biased;biased
? (b) Biased; unbiased
(c) Unbiased;biased
(d) Unbiased;unbiased
8. Whena comprehensive sample isnot possible,whatis the bestsampling technique touse in
order to avoid introducingadditional bias?
(a) Conveniencesample
(b) Stratifiedsample
(c) Random sample
(d) Systematicsample
9. Whichof the followingisthe end product of the proceduresused for calculating a statistical
measure?
? (a) A single summary numberthat characterizesall of the valuesusedin the calculation
(b) A statistical technique
(c) A range of numbersthat characterize the populationof interest
(d) A validandreliable measure
10. Every inferential statisticis _______, but most descriptive statisticsare not _______.
(a) Inferential;inferential
(b) Inferential;descriptive
? (c) Descriptive;inferential
(d) Descriptive;descriptive
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What is statistics

  • 1. What Is Statistics? Read and answer the questionnaire. 1. Whatis the correct order of the firstthree stepsin performingstatistics? (a) Analysis,sampling,andmeasurement ? (b) Sampling,measurement,and analysis (Muestreo,medici¨®nyan¨¢lisis) (c) Analysis,measurement,andsampling (d) Measurement,sampling,andanalysis 2. Whichof the followingstatementsabout measurementisnot true? (a) Measurementisa formalizedversionof observation (b) Measurementisdifferentfromordinaryobservation (c) Measurementprovidesaspecificdescriptionof the world ? (d) Measurementprovidesa general descriptionof the world 3. How is a variable usedin statistics? ? (a) A variable usually correspondsto some measurable feature of the subject (b) A variable is aperson,object,oreventtowhicha measurementcanbe applied (c) A variable isthe resultof a particularmeasurement (d) A variable i 4. The series¡®¡®President,Vice-President,Secretary,Treasurer,Board Member¡¯¡¯ison which type of scale? (a) Nominal ? (b) Ordinal (losvalores tienenuna relaci¨®nde orden) (c) Interval (d) Ratio 5. Whichof the followingcomponentsof statisticscontain error? (a) Measurement (b) Statistical analysis (c) Sampling ? (d) All of the above
  • 2. 6. If we have a setof measurementsthat are valid, but not very reliable,theywill . . . ? (a) Be clusteredaround the right value, but ina wide cluster (b) Be clusteredverycloselytogether,butaroundthe wronganswer (c) Be ina wide clusteraroundthe wrongvalue (d) Include atleastone measurementthatisexactlythe rightvalue 7. Validityishow statisticians talk about minimizing_______ error; Reliabilityishow statisticianstalk about minimizing_______ error. (a) Biased;biased ? (b) Biased; unbiased (c) Unbiased;biased (d) Unbiased;unbiased 8. Whena comprehensive sample isnot possible,whatis the bestsampling technique touse in order to avoid introducingadditional bias? (a) Conveniencesample (b) Stratifiedsample (c) Random sample (d) Systematicsample 9. Whichof the followingisthe end product of the proceduresused for calculating a statistical measure? ? (a) A single summary numberthat characterizesall of the valuesusedin the calculation (b) A statistical technique (c) A range of numbersthat characterize the populationof interest (d) A validandreliable measure 10. Every inferential statisticis _______, but most descriptive statisticsare not _______. (a) Inferential;inferential (b) Inferential;descriptive ? (c) Descriptive;inferential (d) Descriptive;descriptive