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What is the primary purpose of Inferential Statistics?
What is the primary purpose of Inferential Statistics?
- To make conclusions and decisions about the population based on a sample (correct)
- To identify the variables that do not change over time
- To describe the collected data in a scientific way
- To collect and analyze data from the entire population
What is the term for the process of examining the entire population?
What is the term for the process of examining the entire population?
- Parameter Estimation
- Data Collection
- Sampling
- Census Survey (correct)
What is the definition of a population?
What is the definition of a population?
- A descriptive measure computed from the sample
- A subset of the population selected to draw a conclusion
- A certain characteristic that changes from object to object and time to time
- The totality of things, objects, peoples, etc. about which information is being collected (correct)
What is the purpose of Descriptive Statistics?
What is the purpose of Descriptive Statistics?
What is the term for a characteristic that changes from object to object and time to time?
What is the term for a characteristic that changes from object to object and time to time?
What is the definition of Data?
What is the definition of Data?
What type of data is collected on variables that cannot assume a numerical value but can be classified into two or more non-numerical categories?
What type of data is collected on variables that cannot assume a numerical value but can be classified into two or more non-numerical categories?
Which type of variable can assume any numerical value over a certain interval or intervals?
Which type of variable can assume any numerical value over a certain interval or intervals?
What is the primary purpose of collecting statistical data?
What is the primary purpose of collecting statistical data?
Which type of data is collected at the same or approximately the same point in time?
Which type of data is collected at the same or approximately the same point in time?
What is the primary difference between nominal data and ordinal data?
What is the primary difference between nominal data and ordinal data?
What is the purpose of a frequency distribution in summarizing categorical data?
What is the purpose of a frequency distribution in summarizing categorical data?