11 Questions
What branch of mathematics deals with the scientific collection, organisation, and interpretation of numerical data?
Statistics
Which type of statistics involves computations for prediction and inferences about the entire population?
Inferential Statistics
Which is an example of qualitative data?
Taste
What does a 'sample' represent in statistics?
Subset selected for study
Which term refers to characteristics defining a given population?
Parameter
What type of information can be manipulated by fundamental operations like addition or subtraction?
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Which type of variable is obtained by counting?
Discrete Variable
In which scale of measurement are data arranged in order and have meaningful differences between them?
Interval Scale
Which type of data reports ordering and ranking without establishing the degree of variation between them?
Ordinal Data
What type of scale has an arbitrary presence and lacks an inherent zero starting point?
Interval Scale
Which type of data can be grouped, named, and ranked but does not have a true zero value?
Ordinal Data
This quiz provides an overview of statistics, covering topics such as descriptive statistics for data description and inferential statistics for predictive analysis. Learn about the scientific methods used to collect, organize, analyze, and interpret numerical data.
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