Ordinal and Interval Scales in Data Collection
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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a population?

  • Subset of the population (correct)
  • Set of all possible values of the variable
  • Numerical measures that describe the population of interest
  • Set of all entities under study

Which type of variable represents categorical data that does not have a numeric value?

  • Continuous variable
  • Qualitative variable (correct)
  • Discrete variable
  • Quantitative variable

If the probability of event A is 0.3 and the probability of event B is 0.5, what is the probability of the two events occurring together (A and B) assuming they are independent?

  • $0.3$
  • $0.8$
  • $0.5$
  • $0.15$ (correct)

Which of the following is NOT a type of statistical analysis?

<p>Probability theory (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

If two events A and B are not mutually exclusive, which of the following statements is true?

<p>The probability of A or B is the sum of their individual probabilities (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a measure of central tendency that describes the typical or average value in a dataset?

<p>Mode (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a property of a mutually exclusive event?

<p>Events cannot occur at the same time (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the formula for the probability of the union of two non-mutually exclusive events A and B?

<p>$P(A \cup B) = P(A) + P(B) - P(A \cap B)$ (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the formula for the probability of the intersection of two independent events A and B?

<p>$P(A \cap B) = P(A) \times P(B)$ (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a property of a random variable?

<p>It is a function that associates real numbers with the elements of the sample space (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the sum of the probabilities of all possible values of a discrete random variable?

<p>1 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a property of the normal distribution?

<p>It is unimodal and symmetric about the mean (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the formula for the standard score (z-score) of a normally distributed variable?

<p>$z = \frac{value - mean}{standard\ deviation}$ (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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