ISDS 1100 : 4 Exam
15 Mar 2019
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The process of using sample statistic to draw conclusions about true population parameters is called: inferential statistics, the scientific method, sampling, descriptive statistics. The universe of totality of items or things under consideration is called: a sample, a population, a parameter, a statistic. A summary measure that is computed to describe a characteristic of an entire population: a parameter, census, statistic, the scientific method. The classification of a students class designation(freshman, sophomore, junior, senior) is an example: a categorical variable, a discrete numerical variable, a continuous numerical variable, parameter. When constructing charts, the following must be plotted at the class point: frequency histograms, percentage polygons, cumulative relative frequency ogives, all the above. Which of the following statistics is not a measure of central tendancy: arithmetic mean, median, mode, range. Which of the mean , median, mode are resistant measures of central tendancy: mean and median, median and mode, mode and mean, all three are resistant measures.
