This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Ugc Net > Paper 1 > Research Stats > Introduction Of Statistics – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Introduction Of Statistics Quiz 1 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The levels of fire danger for the National Forest System are listed. Low Moderate High Extreme A) Ration. B) Ordinal. C) Interval. D) Nominal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ordinal. 2. What would be the sample i n this example?Surveyors in a mall choose shoppers to ask about products they prefer. A) The surveyors. B) All shoppers in the mall. C) The shoppers who were asked their preferences. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The shoppers who were asked their preferences. 3. Describe the level of measurement:the amount of fat (in grams) in 44 cookies A) Ratio. B) Ordinal. C) Interval. D) Nominal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ratio. 4. Ages of students in a statistics class A) Interval. B) Ratio. C) Ordinal. D) Nominal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ratio. 5. A faulty survey question will try to ..... A) Lead the person answering in the correct direction. B) Lead the person answering to one side or the other. C) Get the least accurate answer. D) Get the most correct answer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lead the person answering to one side or the other. 6. The city of Cleansburg has 8325 registered voters. In an election for mayor, 3 candidates are Smith, Jones, and Brown. The day before the election a poll of 680 randomly chosen voters produced these results:306 Smith, 272 Jones, 102 Brown. What is the population? A) The 8325 registered voters. B) The 680 voters polled. C) People who voted for Brown. D) The 3 candidates. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The 8325 registered voters. 7. List of zip codes for Chicago A) Nominal. B) Ordinal. C) Ratio. D) Interval. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nominal. 8. Temperatures of 22 selected refrigerators A) Interval. B) Ratio. C) Ordinal. D) Nominal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interval. 9. The ratings of a movie ranging from "poor" to "good" to "excellent" A) Ordinal. B) Interval. C) Ratio. D) Nominal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ordinal. 10. What is Statistic A) Name. B) A numerical description of a sample characteristic. C) Information. D) Number. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A numerical description of a sample characteristic. 11. To determine the number of people that live in Jonesburg County households, a researcher divides the households into groups according to zip codes, then selects all of the households in one of the zip codes to survey A) Stratified. B) Convenience. C) Systematic. D) Systematic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convenience. 12. I have all my students write their name down on paper and put it into a large bucket then I pull out 25 names to do a survey. Name the sampling method described. A) Simple random sample. B) Non-simple random sample. C) Cluster. D) Systematic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simple random sample. 13. Circle the level of measurement for each of the given data sets. The daily average low temperatures for Juneau, Alaska for a week in January. 23.9$^ \circ$ 24$^ \circ$ 23.6$^ \circ$ 23.8$^ \circ$ 24.1$^ \circ$ 23.5$^ \circ$ 23.8$^ \circ$ A) Ration. B) Interval. C) Ordinal. D) Nominal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nominal. 14. Determine the level of measurementWeight of walleye caught on Lake Erie A) Ordinal. B) Ratio. C) Interval. D) Nominal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ratio. 15. Name the sampling method:Cool cola wants to take a sample of its products. The manager decides to sample every 100th can that comes on the line. A) Systematic. B) Stratified. C) Convenience. D) Cluster. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Systematic. 16. Determining Sampling Methods To study the migratory behavior of swallows, biologists randomly tag 120 swallows in San Juan Capistrano. A) Systematic. B) Simple Random. C) Convenience. D) Cluster. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simple Random. 17. What is the 3rd step in the 4 step problem solving process? A) Interpret the data. B) Ask a question. C) Organize the data. D) Analyze the data. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Analyze the data. 18. Hair color of women on high school tennis team A) Ratio. B) Ordinal. C) Nominal. D) Interval. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nominal. 19. What is Descriptive Statistics A) The branch of statistics that involves the organization, summarization, and display of data. B) A branch of Math which deals with information. C) A branch of Statistics which deals with Population. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The branch of statistics that involves the organization, summarization, and display of data. 20. Circle the method of data collection you would use to collect data for the study. A study of the health of 213 seasonal flu patients at a hospital A) Survey. B) Observational Study. C) Simulation. D) Experiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Survey. 21. Name the sampling method:A student wants to gather information about what the students at a school think about a certain rule, it would be easiest for her to sample students who are in her classes. A) Stratified. B) Cluster. C) Convenience. D) Systematic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Convenience. 22. A study of effect on the human respiration system of a new oxygen delivery system for deep sea divers A) Survey. B) Simulation. C) Experiment. D) Observational Study. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Experiment. 23. Describe the level of measurement:the final grades (A, B, C, D, or F) for students in a chemistry class A) Ratio. B) Interval. C) Nominal. D) Ordinal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ordinal. 24. How do descriptive and inferential statistics differ? A) Descriptive statistics are more computationally sophisticated than inferential statistics. B) Inferential statistics are more computationally sophisticated than descriptive statistics. C) Descriptive statistics only attempt to describe data, while inferential statistics attempt to make predictions based on data. D) Inferential statistics only attempt to describe data, while descriptive statistics attempt to make predictions based on data. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Descriptive statistics only attempt to describe data, while inferential statistics attempt to make predictions based on data. 25. Name the sampling method:I break the classes (Freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior) into groups and then randomly sample 25 students from those groups. A) Cluster. B) Stratified. C) Simple random sample. D) Group sampling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stratified. 26. What is the 4th step in the 4 step problem solving process? A) Ask a question. B) Analyze the data. C) Organize the data. D) Interpret the data. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interpret the data. 27. The five departments at the department store are listed. Women's Clothing Men's Clothing Children's Clothing Shoes A) Nominal. B) Ratio. C) Ordinal. D) Interval. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nominal. 28. What is popution A) Data of Questions. B) Information. C) The collection of all outcome, responses, measurements, or counts that are of interest. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The collection of all outcome, responses, measurements, or counts that are of interest. 29. A lecturer wants to know how students in the class did on their first semester final exam. He asks 15 students by calling their name from the class attendance list to state their CGPA result. He concludes from their report that the class did extremely well. What is the sample? A) Students in the first semester. B) Staff and students at POLIMAS. C) Students of all semesters. D) 15 students in the first semester. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 15 students in the first semester. 30. Describe the level of measurement:temperatures of 22 selected refrigerators A) Interval. B) Ratio. C) Nominal. D) Ordinal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interval. Next →Related QuizzesPaper 1 QuizzesUgc Net QuizzesIntroduction Of Statistics Quiz 2Analysis Of Variance QuizChi Square QuizCoefficient Of Variation Discrete Serious And Continuous Serious QuizConcept Of Point And Interval Estimation QuizConcept Of Sampling And Other Concepts Related To Sampling QuizConfidence Intervals QuizCorrelation Coefficient Coefficient Of Determination Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books