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What is the branch of mathematics that focuses on the organization, analysis, and interpretation of a group of numbers?
Statistics
What type of statistics focuses on summarizing a group of scores or making them more understandable?
Descriptive statistics
What type of statistics involves drawing conclusions based on collected scores but goes beyond them?
Inferential statistics
What is a variable in the context of statistics?
A characteristic that can have different values
What is a nominal variable in statistics?
A variable with categorical values
What type of variable has values that are ranks, like class standing or finishing position in a race?
Ordinal variable
When is an equal-interval variable considered to be measured on a ratio scale?
When it includes an absolute zero point
Test your knowledge on fundamental statistics concepts including descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, variables, values, and scores. Explore the key principles used in organizing, analyzing, and interpreting numerical data.
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