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MultiplemChoice
1. Amquantity mof minterestmthatmcan mtakemon mdifferentmvaluesmismknown masma(n)
a. variable. b.mparameter.
c.msample. d.mobservation.
ANSWER: a
RATIONALE:
Amcharacteristic mormamquantity mofminterestmthatmcanmtakemon mdifferentmvaluesmismkno
wn masmamvariable.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: OVERVIEWmOFmUSINGmDATA:mDEFINITIONSmANDmGOALS
QUESTIONmTYPE: MultiplemChoice
HAS mVARIABLES: False
NATIONALmSTANDARDS:m United mStatesm-mBUSPROG:mAnalytic
United mStatesm-mDISC:m-mDescriptive mStatistics
KEYWORDS:
Bloom’s:mRemember
mDATEmCREATED:
1/23/2018 m10:15 mA
MmDATEmMODIFIED: 3/19/2018 m9:53 mAM
2. Amsetmof mvaluesmcorrespondingmto mamsetmof mvariablesmismdefined masma(n)
a. quantity. b.mevent.
c.mfactor. d.mobservation.
ANSWER: d
RATIONALE: An mobservation mismamsetmof mvaluesmcorrespondingmto mamsetmof mvariables.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: OVERVIEWmOFmUSINGmDATA:mDEFINITIONSmANDmGOALS
QUESTIONmTYPE: MultiplemChoice
HAS mVARIABLES: False
NATIONALmSTANDARDS:m United mStatesm-mBUSPROG:mAnalytic
United mStatesm-mDISC:m-mDescriptive mStatistics
KEYWORDS:
Bloom’s:mRemember
mDATEmCREATED:
1/23/2018 m10:15 mA
MmDATEmMODIFIED: 3/19/2018 m9:53 mAM
3. Themdifference min mamvariable mmeasured movermobservationsm(time,mcustomers, mitems,metc.)mismknown mas
a. observed mdifferences. b.mvariation.
c.mvariable mchange. d.mdescriptive manalytics.
ANSWER: b
RATIONALE:
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POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
REFERENCES: OVERVIEWmOFmUSINGmDATA:mDEFINITIONSmANDmGOALS
QUESTIONmTYPE: MultiplemChoice
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NATIONALmSTANDARDS:m United mStatesm-mBUSPROG:mAnalytic
United mStatesm-mDISC:m-mDescriptive mStatistics
KEYWORDS:
Bloom’s:mRemember
mDATEmCREATED:
1/23/2018 m10:15 mA
MmDATEmMODIFIED: 3/19/2018 m9:53 mAM
4. actsmasmamrepresentative mof mthempopulation.
a. Themvariable b.mThemvariance
c.mAmsample d.mAmrandom mvariable
ANSWER: c
RATIONALE:
Amsubsetmofmthempopulationmismknownmasmamsample,mandmactsmasmamrepresentative
mof mthe mpopulation.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: TYPESmOFmDATA
QUESTIONmTYPE: MultiplemChoice
HAS mVARIABLES: False
NATIONALmSTANDARDS:m United mStatesm-mBUSPROG:mAnalytic
United mStatesm-mDISC:m-mDescriptive mStatistics
KEYWORDS:
Bloom’s:mRemember
mDATEmCREATED:
1/23/2018 m10:15 mA
MmDATEmMODIFIED: 3/19/2018 m9:53 mAM
5. Themactmof mcollectingmdatamthatmaremrepresentative mof mthempopulation mdatamismcalled
a. random msampling. b.msamplemdata.
c.mpopulation msampling. d.msourcesmof mdata.
ANSWER: a
RATIONALE: Amrepresentative msamplemcan mbemgathered mby mrandom msamplingmof mthempopulation mdata.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
REFERENCES: TYPESmOFmDATA
QUESTIONmTYPE: MultiplemChoice
HAS mVARIABLES: False
NATIONALmSTANDARDS:m United mStatesm-mBUSPROG:mAnalytic
United mStatesm-mDISC:m-mDescriptive mStatistics
KEYWORDS:
Bloom’s:mRemember
mDATEmCREATED:
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