Statistical Fundamentals Quiz

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Which of the following best describes the discipline of statistics?

The collection and organization of data

The analysis and interpretation of data (correct)

The study of populations and their characteristics

The planning of data collection

What is the purpose of using representative sampling in statistics?

To extend conclusions from the sample to the population (correct)

To collect census data

To design surveys and experiments

To manipulate the system under study

When census data cannot be collected, how do statisticians gather data?

By conducting surveys and experiments (correct)

By manipulating the system under study

By collecting data from diverse groups

By developing specific experiment designs

What is the first step in applying statistics to a problem?

Defining the statistical population Signup and view all the answers

What does an experimental study in statistics involve?

Manipulating the system under study Signup and view all the answers

Which type of statistical analysis infers properties of a population by testing hypotheses and deriving estimates?

Inferential statistics Signup and view all the answers

What is the process of using data analysis to infer properties of an underlying distribution of probability called?

Inferential statistics Signup and view all the answers

In machine learning, what is the term used to mean 'make a prediction, by evaluating an already trained model'?

Predictive inference Signup and view all the answers

What does descriptive statistics solely focus on?

Properties of the observed data Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used in machine learning when inferring properties of the model?

Machine learning Signup and view all the answers

Which type of statistics is solely concerned with properties of the observed data, without assuming it comes from a larger population?

Descriptive statistics Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used in machine learning to refer to making predictions using an already trained model?

Prediction Signup and view all the answers

What is the process of using data analysis to infer properties of an underlying distribution of probability called?

Inferential statistics Signup and view all the answers

What does inferential statistical analysis do?

All of the above Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used in machine learning to refer to inferring properties of the model?

Training Signup and view all the answers

Statistical Fundamentals Quiz

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Which of the following best describes the discipline of statistics?

What is the purpose of using representative sampling in statistics?

When census data cannot be collected, how do statisticians gather data?

What is the first step in applying statistics to a problem?

What does an experimental study in statistics involve?

Which type of statistical analysis infers properties of a population by testing hypotheses and deriving estimates?

What is the process of using data analysis to infer properties of an underlying distribution of probability called?

In machine learning, what is the term used to mean 'make a prediction, by evaluating an already trained model'?

What does descriptive statistics solely focus on?

What is the term used in machine learning when inferring properties of the model?

Which type of statistics is solely concerned with properties of the observed data, without assuming it comes from a larger population?

What is the term used in machine learning to refer to making predictions using an already trained model?

What is the process of using data analysis to infer properties of an underlying distribution of probability called?

What does inferential statistical analysis do?

What is the term used in machine learning to refer to inferring properties of the model?

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