Unit one
Challenge one
1.
A bakery owner asked 150 customers to taste a new type of cookie and
found that 60 people liked its taste.
Which of these is an example of descriptive statistics?
• a.)40% of the people in the city where the bakery is located like
the taste of the cookie.
• b.)40% of all the bakery’s customers like the taste of the cookie.
• c.)40% of the surveyed customers like the taste of the cookie.
• d.)40% of all people like the taste of the cookie.
A company packed 8 dark chocolates in a box of 32 assorted chocolates.
Which of these does NOT represent inferential statistics?
• a.)25% of the chocolates in a box are dark chocolates.
• b.)25% of the chocolates packed in a day are dark chocolates.
• c.)25% of the chocolates manufactured in a batch are dark chocolates.
• d.)25% of the chocolates manufactured in a factory are dark
chocolates.
A survey on Internet usage was conducted among a group of 200 students in
the school cafeteria. It was found that 100 students spend at least two hours
online every day.
Which of these is an example of descriptive statistics?
• a.)50% of the students in a class spend at least two hours online
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each day.
• b.)50% of the students in the school spend at least two hours
online each day.
• c.)50% of the students in the cafeteria spend at least two hours
online each day.
d.)50% of the students surveyed spend at least two hours online each
day.
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2.
If you are using new information in a survey that was not collected during
previous surveys, you will be using to gauge customer satisfaction.
• a.)raw data
• b.)biased data
• c.)peer-reviewed data
• d.)available data
If numbers collected from a survey are measurements, what are these measurements called bef
• a.)biased data
• b.)available data
• c.)raw data
• d.)peer-reviewed data
You find some public records about customer satisfaction in the company’s
archive.
What type of data is this called?
• a.)raw data
• b.)available data
• c.)biased data
• d.)peer-reviewed data
3.
Select the two categories that would yield quantitative data.
• a.)Type of pet
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• b.)Weight of pet
• c.)Color of pet
• d.)Age of pet
Select the two categories that would yield qualitative data.
• a.)Pet owner’s monthly income
• b.)Type of pet
• c.)Pet’s purchase price
• d.)Age of pet
The amount spent on pet food each month is an example of data.