MEASUREMENT AND SAMPLING
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION EXAMS 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
GUARANTEED TO PASS
◉ Statisics. Answer: a value calculated from a sample; can be used to
estimate a population parameter
◉ Population information gathering. Answer: census -> parameters
◉ sample information gathering. Answer: sampling survey ->
statistics
◉ mode. Answer: the observatuon that occurs the most in a
sequence of
◉ median. Answer: middle value of the data; if theres two middle
values add them together and divide.
Calculate: n+1/2 to find position of number
, ◉ mean. Answer: one number that is used to describe the entire
sample or population; add all data together and divide by how many
samples.
◉ symbol for sample mean. Answer: x̅
◉ left skewed data. Answer: mean < median < Mode
◉ right skewed data. Answer: mean < median < Mode
◉ symmetrical data. Answer: mean = median = mode
◉ range. Answer: largest value - lowest value
◉ deviation from the mean. Answer: x-xbar
sample size - mean
the sum of deviations from the mean is always zero
◉ Sample variance. Answer: S^2 = Σ (x-xbar)^2 / ( n - 1 )
◉ steps of sample variance. Answer: 1. find sample mean
2. find deviations (sample - mean)