15 Questions
Which term accurately defines 'statistics'?
The science of collecting, organizing, analyzing, and interpreting numerical data
In a frequency table, each entry represents:
The frequency of occurrence of each data value
Temperature measured in degrees Celsius is considered:
Quantitative data
If the median is 20 and the mode is 25 in a data set, the mean could be:
Greater than 25
Which measure of central tendency is most affected by outliers?
Mean
In a box plot, the median is represented by:
The middle line
What does a histogram display?
Continuous numerical data
If a data set has two distinct values that occur most frequently, what is this condition called?
Bimodal distribution
Which measure of central tendency is best used to describe the 'typical' value in a data set?
Mean
In a box plot, which part represents the range of the data?
The lines extending from the box
If the range of a data set is 50 and the median is 30, which of the following statements is true?
The mean could be greater than 30
What is the mode of the following data set: 5, 7, 9, 5, 11, 5, 7?
5
Which measure of central tendency is unaffected by extreme values or outliers?
Mode
If a data set has a mode of 10 and a range of 20, what can be determined about the shape of the distribution?
Nothing can be determined
What type of data is 'hair color'?
Qualitative
Test your knowledge on statistics terminologies and data organization techniques. Questions cover topics like the definition of statistics, the purpose of a frequency table, and the types of data variables.
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