Student name:__________

TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F'

if the statement is false.
1) A population is a collection of all individuals, objects,
or measurements of interest.

⊚ true ⊚ false

2) Statistics are used as a basis for making decisions.

⊚ true ⊚ false

3) A listing of 100 family annual incomes is an example

of statistics.

⊚ true ⊚ false

4) The average number of passengers on commercial

flights between Chicago and New York City is an example of
a statistic.

⊚ true ⊚ false

5) Statistics is used to report the summary results of

market surveys.

⊚ true ⊚ false

6) A sample is a portion or part of the population of

interest.

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⊚ true ⊚ false

7) To infer something about a population, we usually

take a sample from the population.

⊚ true ⊚ false

8) Descriptive statistics are used to find out something

about a population based on a sample.

⊚ true ⊚ false

9) There are four levels of measurement: qualitative,

quantitative, discrete, and continuous.

⊚ true ⊚ false

10) The ordinal level of measurement is considered the

"lowest" level of measurement.

⊚ true ⊚ false

11) A store asks shoppers for their zip codes to identify

market areas. Zip codes are an example of ratio data.

⊚ true ⊚ false

12) An ordinal level of measurement implies some sort of

ranking.

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⊚ true ⊚ false

13) Data measured on a nominal scale can only be

classified into categories.

⊚ true ⊚ false

14) The terms descriptive statistics and inferential

statistics can be used interchangeably.

⊚ true ⊚ false

15) A marketing research agency was hired to test a new

DVD player. Consumers rated it outstanding, very good, fair,
or poor. The level of measurement for this experiment is
ordinal.

⊚ true ⊚ false

16) The Union of Electrical Workers of America with population is the 362
9,128 members polled 362 members about a new wage members.
package that will be submitted to management. The

⊚ true ⊚ false

17) The CIA World Factbook cited these numbers for the
United States:The birthrate is 13.66 births per 1,000 of the
population.The average life expectancy for females is 81.17
years.Approximately 316.7 million persons reside in the
United States.Each of these numbers is referred to as a
statistic.

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⊚ true ⊚ false

18) If we select 100 persons from 25,000 registered voters persons are referred to as
and question them about candidates and issues, the 100 the population.

⊚ true ⊚ false

19) Statistics is defined as a body of techniques used to

facilitate the collection, organization, presentation, analysis,
and interpretation of information for the purpose of making
better decisions.

⊚ true ⊚ false

20) Categorizing voters as Democrats, Republicans, and

Independents is an example of interval level measurement.

⊚ true ⊚ false

21) The order in which runners finish in a race would be

an example of continuous data.

⊚ true ⊚ false

22) Based on a sample of 3,000 people, the civilian

unemployment rate in the United States was 5.5%. The 5.5%
is referred to as a statistic.

⊚ true ⊚ false

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23) The principal difference between the interval and ratio
scale is that the ratio scale has a meaningful zero point.

⊚ true ⊚ false

24) The branch of mathematics used to facilitate the

collection, organization, presentation, analysis, and
interpretation of numerical information is referred to as
statistics.

⊚ true ⊚ false

25) The number of children in a family is a discrete

variable.

⊚ true ⊚ false

MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that

best completes the statement or answers the question.
26) The main purpose of descriptive statistics is to

population.
A) summarize data in a useful and informative D) gather or
manner. collect data.
B) make inferences about a population.
C) determine if the data adequately represent the

27) Which of the following is an example of a continuous

variable?

D) Rankings of
A) Tons of concrete to complete a parking garage baseball teams in a league
B) Number of students in a statistics class
C) Zip codes of shoppers

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28) The incomes of 50 loan applicants are obtained.
Which level of measurement is income?

C) Interval
A) Nominal D) Ratio
B) Ordinal

29) When TV advertisements report that "2 out of 3 question the conclusion
dentists surveyed indicated they would recommend Brand X because
toothpaste to their patients," an informed consumer may

D) the conclusion
A) the sample was only 5 dentists. is not illustrated with a
B) the sample of dentists is clearly explained. graph.
C) the advertisement does not include the total
number of dentists surveyed.

30) A bank asks customers to evaluate its drive-through measurement is this

service as good, average, or poor. Which level of classification?

C) Interval
A) Nominal D) Ratio
B) Ordinal

31) A portion or part of a population is called a

C) tally.
A) random survey. D) frequency
B) sample. distribution.

32) If Gallup, Harris, and other pollsters asked people to example of which scale of
indicate their political party affiliations as Democrat, measurement?
Republican, or Independent, the data gathered would be an

A) Nominal

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 B) Ordinal D) Ratio
C) Interval

33) The members of each basketball team wear numbers

on their jerseys. What scale of measurement are these
numbers considered?

C) Interval
A) Nominal D) Ratio
B) Ordinal

34) A marketing class of 50 students evaluated the average, 45% poor, and
instructor using the following scale: superior, good, average, 0% inferior.
poor, or inferior. The descriptive summary showed the
following survey results: 2% superior, 8% good, 45%

average.
A) The instructor's performance was great! D) No
B) The instructor's performance was inferior. conclusions can be made.
C) Most students rated the instructor as poor or

35) A survey includes a question about marital status that

has the following responses: single, married, divorced,
separated, or widowed. What is the level of measurement for
this question?

C) Ordinal
A) Ratio D) Nominal
B) Interval

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36) Respondents were asked, "Do you now earn more than
or less than you did five years ago?" What is this level of
measurement?

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 C) Nominal
A) Interval D) Ordinal
B) Ratio

37) Which word is not part of the definition of descriptive

statistics?

C) Presenting
A) Organizing D) Predicting
B) Summarizing

38) The reported unemployment is 5.5% of the population.

What level of measurement is used to measure
unemployment?

C) Interval
A) Nominal D) Ratio
B) Ordinal

39) The Equal Employment Opportunity Act requires origin. Which level of
employers to classify their employees by gender and national measurement is this?

C) Interval
A) Nominal D) Ratio
B) Ordinal

40) What level of measurement is the Centigrade

temperature scale?

C) Interval
A) Nominal D) Ratio
B) Ordinal

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 C) Attribute
A) Qualitative D) Discrete
B) Continuous

42) The performance of personal and business investments What type of variable is
is measured as a percentage called "return on investment." "return on investment"?

C) Attribute
A) Qualitative D) Discrete
B) Continuous

43) What type of variable is the number of robberies

reported in your city?

C) Quantitative
A) Attribute D) Qualitative
B) Continuous

44) What type of variable is the number of auto accidents

reported in a given month?

C) Continuous
A) Interval D) Discrete
B) Ratio

45) The names of the positions in a corporation, such as

chief operating officer or controller, are examples of what
type of variable?

C) Interval
A) Qualitative D) Ratio
B) Quantitative

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 C) Discrete
A) Interval D) Continuous
B) Ratio

47) The final rankings of the top 20 NCAA college

basketball teams are an example of which level of
measurement?

C) Interval
A) Nominal D) Ratio
B) Ordinal

48) Your height and weight are examples of which level

of measurement?

C) Interval
A) Nominal D) Ratio
B) Ordinal

49) Shoe style is an example of what level of

measurement?

C) Interval
A) Nominal D) Ratio
B) Ordinal

50) The general process of gathering, organizing,

summarizing, analyzing, and interpreting data is called

D) levels of
A) statistics. measurement.
B) descriptive statistics.
C) inferential statistics.

51) The Nielsen

Ratings break down the

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number of people watching a particular television show by
age. What level of measurement is age?

C) Interval
A) Nominal D) Ratio
B) Ordinal

52) An example of a qualitative variable is

D) miles between
A) number of children in a family. oil changes.
B) weight of a person.
C) color of ink in a pen.

53) Which one of the following is not an example of

discrete data?

Chicago
A) Number of households watching the Home D) Number of
Shopping Network members of the Denver
B) Number of employees reporting in sick Lions Club
C) Number of miles between New York City and

54) What level of measurement is a person's "favorite

sport"?

C) Interval
A) Ratio D) Nominal
B) Ordinal

55) A group of women tried five brands of fingernail

polish and ranked them according to preference. What level of
measurement is this?

C) Interval
A) Nominal D) Ratio
B) Ordinal

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56) A university wishes to conduct a student survey. In
one of the questions students are asked to mark their gender
as either male or female. Gender is an example of the

C) ratio scale.
A) ordinal scale. D) interval scale.
B) nominal scale.

57) Income is a variable often used in business and

economics. Income is an example of a variable that uses the

C) ratio scale.
A) ordinal scale. D) interval scale.
B) nominal scale.

58) When statisticians analyze sample data in order to

draw conclusions about the characteristics of a population,
this is referred to as

C) data analysis.
A) descriptive statistics. D) data
B) statistical inference. summarization.

59) The length of a bridge, measured in meters, is an

example of

D) quantitative
A) categorical data. data.
B) either categorical or quantitative data.
C) measurement data.

60) Ethical statisticians

match desired findings

A) ensure that statistical reports and conclusions even if the data do not

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support this. D) never mention
B) use honesty and integrity when summarizing, any limitations of
analyzing, and interpreting data. statistical analysis or
C) withhold information that does not support possible sources of error
favored conclusions. when presenting reports.

61) The American Statistical Association

D) has guidelines
A) has no approved ethical standards for which advise statisticians
statisticians. to maintain ethical
B) encourages statisticians to mislead people when standards.
reporting findings and results.
C) advises statisticians to “lie with statistics.”

62) Which of the following is true?

knowledge of statistics to
A) Data is collected and analyzed for you by understand the world.
computer programs, so there is no need to understand D) Statistics is
statistics. never required to make
B) Statistical techniques are only useful for certain personal decisions.
professions.
C) No matter what your career, you need a

63) Which of the following is not an example of a

statistic?

graduate compared to a
A) A list of the profits earned last year for 100 typical college graduate
companies in the United States D) The
B) The average profit earned last year for the 10 top unemployment rate in the
companies on the Dow Jones Index United States for last
C) The weekly income of the typical high school month

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Answer Key

Test name: Chapter 01 Test Bank

1) TRUE
2) TRUE
3) FALSE
4) TRUE
5) TRUE
6) TRUE
7) TRUE
8) FALSE
9) FALSE
10) FALSE
11) FALSE
12) TRUE
13) TRUE
14) FALSE
15) TRUE
16) FALSE
17) TRUE
18) FALSE
19) TRUE

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20) FALSE
21) FALSE
22) TRUE
23) TRUE
24) TRUE
25) TRUE
26) A
27) A
28) D
29) C
30) B
31) B
32) A
33) A
34) C
35) D
36) C
37) D
38) D
39) A
40) C

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41) B
42) B
43) C
44) D
45) A
46) D
47) B
48) D
49) A
50) A
51) D
52) C
53) C
54) D
55) B
56) B
57) C
58) B
59) D
60) B
61) D

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62) C
63) A

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