BUS 308 Week 1 Quiz

1. When using the Chebyshevs theorem to obtain the bounds for 99.73 percent of the values in apopulation, the interval generally will be _______ the interval obtained for the same percentageif normal distribution is assumed (empirical rule).

2. An example of a qualitative variable is the mileage of a car

3. By taking a systematic sample, in which we select every 100th shopper arriving at a specificstore, we are approximating a random sample of shoppers

4. All of the following are measures of central tendency except the

5. Measurements from a population are called

6. A normal population has 99.73 percent of the population measurements within ___ standarddeviations of the mean

7. When a population is skewed to the left or right with a very long tail, what is the best measureto use for central tendency

8. All of the following are measures of central tendency except the

9. Which percentile describes the first quartile Q1?

10. Any characteristic of a population unit is called a