QUESTION 1

            A portion of the population selected to represent the population is called



       

           

            statistical inference

       

           

            Data and Statistics

       

           

            a census

       

           

            a sample

            




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QUESTION 2

            The process of analyzing sample data in order to draw conclusions about the characteristics of a population is called



       

           

            Data and Statistics

       

           

            statistical inference

       

           

            data analysis

       

           

            data summarization

            




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QUESTION 3

            A numerical value used as a summary measure for a sample, such as sample mean, is known as a



       

           

            population parameter

       

           

            sample parameter

       

           

            sample statistic

       

           

            population mean

            




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QUESTION 4

            The set of all possible sample points (experimental outcomes) is called



       

           

            a sample

       

           

            an event

       

           

            the sample space

       

           

            a population

            




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QUESTION 5

            A numerical description of the outcome of an experiment is called a



       

           

            descriptive statistic

       

           

            probability function

       

           

            variance

       

           

            random variable

            




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QUESTION 6

            A description of the distribution of the values of a random variable and their associated probabilities is called a



       

           

            probability distribution

       

           

            random variance

       

           

            random variable

       

           

            expected value

            




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QUESTION 7

            Which of the following is not a characteristic of the normal probability distribution?



       

           

            The mean, median, and the mode are equal

       

           

            The mean of the distribution can be negative, zero, or positive

       

           

            The distribution is symmetrical

       

           

            The standard deviation must be 1

            




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QUESTION 8

            A theorem that allows us to use the normal probability distribution to approximate the sampling distribution of sample means and sample proportions whenever the sample size is large is known as the



       

           

            approximation theorem

       

           

            normal probability theorem

       

           

            central limit theorem

       

           

            central normality theorem

            




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QUESTION 9

            The value added and subtracted from a point estimate in order to develop an interval estimate of the population parameter is known as the



       

           

            confidence level

       

           

            margin of error

       

           

            parameter estimate

       

           

            interval estimate

            




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QUESTION 10

            Whenever the population standard deviation is unknown and the population has a normal or near-normal distribution, which distribution is used in developing an interval estimation?



       

           

            standard distribution

       

           

            z distribution

       

           

            alpha distribution

       

           

            t distribution

            




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QUESTION 11

            The level of significance



       

           

            can be any positive value

       

           

            can be any value

       

           

            is (1 - confidence level)

       

           

            can be any value between -1.96 to 1.96

            




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QUESTION 12

            When the p-value is used for hypothesis testing, the null hypothesis is rejected if



       

           

            p-value ≤ α

       

           

            α < p-value

       

           

            p-value ≥ α

       

           

            p-value = 1 - α

            




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QUESTION 13

            The p-value is a probability that measures the support (or lack of support) for the



       

           

            null hypothesis

       

           

            alternative hypothesis

       

           

            either the null or the alternative hypothesis

       

           

            sample statistic

            




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QUESTION 14

            The coefficient of correlation



       

           

            is the square of the coefficient of determination

       

           

            is the square root of the coefficient of determination

       

           

            is the same as r-square

       

           

            can never be negative

            




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QUESTION 15

            Regression analysis is a statistical procedure for developing a mathematical equation that describes how



       

           

            one independent and one or more dependent variables are related

       

           

            several independent and several dependent variables are related

       

           

            one dependent and one or more independent variables are related

       

           

            None of these alternatives is correct.

            




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