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Stat 200 Week 1: Quiz 1 Questions & Answers. A Graded

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Statistics is the study of how to ______________________ data collected from a group. collect organize analyze interpret all of the above Hide Feedback Correct! Statistics is the study of how to colle... ct, organize, analyze, and interpret data collected from a group. Question 2 3 / 3 points Which of the four levels of measurement is most appropriate for names of college professors? Nominal Ordinal Interval Ratio Hide Feedback Correct! For the nominal measurement, the data is just a name or category. There is no order to any data and since there are no numbers, you cannot do any arithmetic on this level of data. Question 3 3 / 3 points Which of the following is a numerical measurement describing some characteristic of a sample? Parameter Statistic Data None of the above Hide Feedback Correct! A Statistic is a numerical measurement describing some characteristic of a sample. Question 4 3 / 3 points Prof R has a truck that has an engine with 8 cylinders. Is the given value is from a discrete or continuous data set? Explain why. A discrete data set because there are a finite number of possible values (i.e. you can count them). A continuous data set because there are infinitely many possible values and those values can be counted. A continuous data set because there are infinitely many possible values and those values can be measured. The data set is neither continuous or discrete. Hide Feedback Correct! This data set is a discrete data set because there are a finite number of possible values (i.e. you can count them). [Show More]

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