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Full Download Test Bank For Elementary Statistics Picturing The World 5 e 5th Edition 0321891872 PDF Full Chapter
Full Download Test Bank For Elementary Statistics Picturing The World 5 e 5th Edition 0321891872 PDF Full Chapter
Full Download Test Bank For Elementary Statistics Picturing The World 5 e 5th Edition 0321891872 PDF Full Chapter
4 Concepts
SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.
13) If you had to do a statistical study, would you use a sample or a population? Why?
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MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
2) the number of complaint letters received by the United States Postal Service in a given day
A) quantitative B) qualitative
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
11) marriage status (married, single, or divorced) of the faculty at the University of Colorado
A) nominal B) ordinal C) interval D) ratio
14) the final grades (A, B, C, D, and F) for students in a statistics class
A) ordinal B) nominal C) interval D) ratio
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17) the nationalities listed in a recent survey (for example, Asian, European, or Hispanic).
A) nominal B) ordinal C) interval D) ratio
19) the years the summer Olympics were held in the United States
A) interval B) ordinal C) nominal D) ratio
20) numbers of touchdowns scored by a major university in five randomly selected games
5 3 1 2 4
A) ratio B) ordinal C) interval D) nominal
21) the average daily temperatures (in degrees Fahrenheit) on five randomly selected days
35 24 30 31 34
A) interval B) nominal C) ordinal D) ratio
23) the lengths (in minutes) of the top ten movies with respect to ticket sales in 2007
A) ratio B) nominal C) ordinal D) interval
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3 Concepts
SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.
27) Explain why data expressed with the Celsius temperature scale is at the interval level of measurement
rather than the ratio level.
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Decide which method of data collection you would use to collect data for the study. Specify either
observational study, experiment, simulation, or survey.
1) A study where a drug was given to 23 patients and a placebo to another group of 23 patients to determine
if the drug has an effect on a patientʹs illness
A) experiment B) simulation
C) survey D) observational study
3) A study where a political pollster wishes to determine if his candidate is leading in the polls
A) observational study B) simulation
C) experiment D) survey
4) A study where you would like to determine the chance getting three girls in a family of three children
A) simulation B) survey
C) experiment D) observational study
5) A study to evaluate the success of a new experimental procedure performed on 35 patients at one hospital
A) census B) simulation
C) experiment D) observational study
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