Test Bank for/ Modern Business/ Statistics with /Microsoft Excel, 7th Edition/
Authors: David R. Anderson, Dennis J. Sweeney, Thomas A. Williams (plus contributions from Camm,
Cochran, Fry, and Ohlmann)
ISBN-13: 978-0357131381
1. Descriptive Statistics: Tabular and Graphical Displays
2. Descriptive Statistics: Numerical Measures
3. Introduction to Probability
4. Discrete Probability Distributions
5. Continuous Probability Distributions
6. Sampling and Sampling Distributions
7. Interval Estimation
8. Hypothesis Tests
9. Statistical Inferences About Means and Proportions with Two Populations
10. Inferences About Population Variances
11. Comparing Multiple Proportions, Tests of Independence, and Goodness of Fit
12. Experimental Design and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
13. Simple Linear Regression
14. Multiple Regression
15. Regression Analysis: Model Building
16. Time Series Analysis and Forecasting
17. Nonparametric Methods
18. Statistical Methods for Quality Control
19. Decision Analysis
20. Sample Survey
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,Which of the following is an example of quantitative data?
a. the player‟s number on a baseball uniform
b. the serial number on a one-dollar bill
c. the part number of an inventory item
d. the number of people in a waiting line
ANSWER: d
2. Which of the following is NOT an example of descriptive statistics?
a. a histogram depicting the age distribution for 30 randomly selected students
b. an estimate of the number of Alaska residents who have visited Canada
c. a table summarizing the data collected in a sample of new-car buyers
d. the proportion of mailed-out questionnaires that were returned
ANSWER: b
3. Which of the following is an example of categorical data?
a. social security number
b. score on a multiple-choice exam
c. height, in meters, of a diving board
d. number of square feet of carpet
ANSWER: a
4. The number of observations in a complete data set having 10 elements and 5 variables is .
a. 5
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, b. 10
c. 25
d. 50
ANSWER: b
5. Facts and figures collected, analyzed, and summarized for presentation and interpretation are called .
a. data
b. variables
c. elements
d. variables and elements
ANSWER: a
6. The entities on which data are collected are .
a. elements
b. populations
c. sets
d. samples
ANSWER: a
7. The set of measurements collected for an element is called a(n) .
a. census
b. variable
c. observation
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, d. sample
ANSWER: c
8. A characteristic of interest for the elements is called a(n) .
a. sample
b. data set
c. variable
d. observation
ANSWER: c
9. All data collected in a study are referred to as the .
a. census
b. inference
c. variable
d. data set
ANSWER: d
10. In a data set, the number of observations will always be the same as the number of .
a. variables
b. elements
c. data sets
d. data
ANSWER: b
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Authors: David R. Anderson, Dennis J. Sweeney, Thomas A. Williams (plus contributions from Camm,
Cochran, Fry, and Ohlmann)
ISBN-13: 978-0357131381
1. Descriptive Statistics: Tabular and Graphical Displays
2. Descriptive Statistics: Numerical Measures
3. Introduction to Probability
4. Discrete Probability Distributions
5. Continuous Probability Distributions
6. Sampling and Sampling Distributions
7. Interval Estimation
8. Hypothesis Tests
9. Statistical Inferences About Means and Proportions with Two Populations
10. Inferences About Population Variances
11. Comparing Multiple Proportions, Tests of Independence, and Goodness of Fit
12. Experimental Design and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
13. Simple Linear Regression
14. Multiple Regression
15. Regression Analysis: Model Building
16. Time Series Analysis and Forecasting
17. Nonparametric Methods
18. Statistical Methods for Quality Control
19. Decision Analysis
20. Sample Survey
Test Bank Page 1
,Which of the following is an example of quantitative data?
a. the player‟s number on a baseball uniform
b. the serial number on a one-dollar bill
c. the part number of an inventory item
d. the number of people in a waiting line
ANSWER: d
2. Which of the following is NOT an example of descriptive statistics?
a. a histogram depicting the age distribution for 30 randomly selected students
b. an estimate of the number of Alaska residents who have visited Canada
c. a table summarizing the data collected in a sample of new-car buyers
d. the proportion of mailed-out questionnaires that were returned
ANSWER: b
3. Which of the following is an example of categorical data?
a. social security number
b. score on a multiple-choice exam
c. height, in meters, of a diving board
d. number of square feet of carpet
ANSWER: a
4. The number of observations in a complete data set having 10 elements and 5 variables is .
a. 5
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, b. 10
c. 25
d. 50
ANSWER: b
5. Facts and figures collected, analyzed, and summarized for presentation and interpretation are called .
a. data
b. variables
c. elements
d. variables and elements
ANSWER: a
6. The entities on which data are collected are .
a. elements
b. populations
c. sets
d. samples
ANSWER: a
7. The set of measurements collected for an element is called a(n) .
a. census
b. variable
c. observation
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, d. sample
ANSWER: c
8. A characteristic of interest for the elements is called a(n) .
a. sample
b. data set
c. variable
d. observation
ANSWER: c
9. All data collected in a study are referred to as the .
a. census
b. inference
c. variable
d. data set
ANSWER: d
10. In a data set, the number of observations will always be the same as the number of .
a. variables
b. elements
c. data sets
d. data
ANSWER: b
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