NEU - PROBABILITY & STATISTICS – TUTORIAL PAPER

TUTORIAL 1

EXCEL PRACTICE: Data Analysis Tookpak

SPSS PRACTICE
[SPSS][Variable View]

Example

Name Type Width Decimal Values Measure

Fullname String 50 Nominal
Sex Numeric 1 0 1 = Male; 0 = Female Nominal
Age Numeric 3 0 Scale
Rank Numeric 1 0 1 = Distinction; 2 = Merit Ordinal
3 = Pass; 4 = Fail
Score Numeric 4 1 Scale

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QUESTIONS
1. For each statement, decide whether descriptive or inferential statistics is used.
a) A recent study showed that eating garlic can lower blood pressure.
b) The average number of students in a class at White Oak University is 22.6.
c) It is predicted that the average number of automobiles each household owns will
increase next year.
d) Last year’s total attendance at Long Run High School’s football games was 8235.
e) The chance that a person will be robbed in a certain city is 15%.

2. Classify each as nominal, ordinal, or scale level.

a) Number of exams given in a statistics course.
b) Ratings of word processing programs as user-friendly.
c) Temperatures of a sample of automobile tires tested at 55 miles per hour.
d) Weights of suitcases on a selected commercial airline flight.
e) Classification of students according to major field.

3. Classify each variable as discrete or continuous.

a) The time it takes to drive to work.
b) The number of credit cards a person has.
c) The number of employees working in a large department store.
d) The amount of a drug injected into a rat.
e) The amount of sodium contained in a bag of potato chips.
f) The number of cars stolen each week in a large city.

4. Faculty at one university were asked a series of questions in a recent survey. State the type
of data for each question.
a) Indicate your level of satisfaction with your teaching load (very satisfied, moderately
satisfied, neutral, moderately dissatisfied, or very dissatisfied).
b) How many of your research articles were published in refereed journals during the
last 5 years?
c) Did you attend the last university faculty meeting?
d) Do you think that the teaching evaluation process needs to be revised?

5. Residents in one housing development were asked a series of questions by their

homeowners’ association. Identify the type of data for each question.
a) Did you play golf during the last month on the development’s new golf course?
b) How many times have you eaten at the club restaurant during the last month?
c) Do you own a camper?
d) Rate the new security system (very good, good, poor, or very poor)

MULTIPLE-CHOICE
6. The process of using sample statistics to draw conclusions about true population parameters
is called
A. statistical inference.
B. the scientific method.
C. sampling.

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D. descriptive statistics.

7. The collection and summarization of the socioeconomic and physical characteristics of the
employees of a particular firm is an example of
A. inferential statistics.
B. descriptive statistics.
C. a parameter.
D. a statistic.

8. Which of the following is not an element of descriptive statistical problems?

A. An inference made about the population based on the sample.
B. The population or sample of interest.
C. Tables, graphs, or numerical summary tools.
D. Identification of patterns in the data.

9. The possible responses to the question "How many books have you read?" are values from a
A. discrete variable.
B. continuous variable.
C. categorical variable.
D. parameter.

10. The possible responses to the question "Are you happy, indifferent, or unhappy with the
book you have read?" result in
A. a nominal scale variable.
B. an ordinal scale variable.
C. an interval scale variable.
D. a ratio scale variable.

11. The possible responses to the question "What is your annual income rounded to the nearest
thousands?" result in
A. a nominal scale variable.
B. an ordinal scale variable.
C. a discrete scale variable.
D. a continuous scale variable.

12. The possible responses to the question "In which year were you born?" result in
A. a nominal scale variable.
B. an ordinal scale variable.
C. an interval scale variable.
D. a ratio scale variable.

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