Descriptive Statistics Quiz

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Which of the following is a quantitative variable?

Age

Which graphical representation is most appropriate for displaying qualitative variables?

Pie chart

Which measure of central tendency is most affected by extreme values?

Arithmetic mean

Which measure of dispersion is most affected by extreme values?

<p>Variance</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which measure of central tendency is not affected by extreme values?

<p>Median</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following best describes skewness?

<p>A measure of the concentration of observations to the left or right of the mean</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does a negative skewness coefficient indicate?

<p>The distribution has a concentration of observations to the left of the mean</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does a positive skewness coefficient indicate?

<p>The distribution has a concentration of observations to the right of the mean</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does kurtosis measure?

<p>The proximity of the 'peak' to the tails of the distribution</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does a high kurtosis value indicate?

<p>The distribution has a more peaked shape compared to a normal distribution</p> Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Quantitative Variables

  • A quantitative variable is a numerical variable that can take on different values.

Graphical Representation of Qualitative Variables

  • A bar chart or pie chart is most appropriate for displaying qualitative variables.

Measures of Central Tendency

  • The mean is most affected by extreme values.
  • The median is not affected by extreme values.

Measures of Dispersion

  • The range is most affected by extreme values.

Skewness

  • Skewness is a measure of how asymmetric a distribution is.
  • A negative skewness coefficient indicates that the distribution is skewed to the left, with a longer tail on the left side.
  • A positive skewness coefficient indicates that the distribution is skewed to the right, with a longer tail on the right side.

Kurtosis

  • Kurtosis measures the tailedness of a distribution.
  • A high kurtosis value indicates that the distribution has heavier tails, meaning that there are more outliers.

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