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, Statistics For People Who Think They HateStatistics 7th Edition Salkind Frey
Test Bank
Chapter 1: Statistics or Sadistics? It’s Up to You
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. When humans first realized that counting was a good idea, which of the following
became a useful skill for people to have?
a. knowing the alphabet
b. asking questions
c. collecting information
d. making decisions
Ans: C
KEY: Learning Objective: 1.1: What statistics is all about.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: A 5-Minute History of Statistics
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. Once numbers became part of the human language, the next step was to attach
.
a. numbers to outcomes
b. numbers to letters
c. numbers to places
d. numbers to time
Ans: A
KEY: Learning Objective: 1.1: What statistics is all about.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: A 5-Minute History of Statistics
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. After the first set of data having to do with populations was collected during the 17th
century, scientists needed to develop .
a. general tools to answer general questions
b. general tools to answer specific questions
c. specific tools to answer general questions
d. specific tools to answer specific questions
Ans: D
KEY: Learning Objective: 1.1: What statistics is all about.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: A 5-Minute History of Statistics
Difficulty Level: Easy
,4. Which of the following is one of the most popular and powerful analytic tools available
today?
a. SPSS
b. Microsoft Word
c. Mini Tab
d. Excel
Ans: A
KEY: Learning Objective: 1.2: Why you should take statistics.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: And Why SPSS
Difficulty Level: Easy
5. Today, statisticians in many different professional areas find themselves using
techniques to answer different questions.
a. varied
b. the same
c. new
d. experimental
Ans: B
KEY: Learning Objective: 1.2: Why you should take statistics.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: A 5-Minute History of Statistics
Difficulty Level: Easy
6. Statistics describes a set of that are used for describing, organizing, and
interpreting information.
a. statements
b. rules and exceptions
c. tools and techniques
d. numbers and letters
Ans: C
KEY: Learning Objective: 1.1: What statistics is all about.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Statistics: What It Is (and Isn’t)
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. What type of statistics involves collecting, organizing, and summarizing data?
a. experimental
b. descriptive
c. inferential
d. organizational
Ans: B
KEY: Learning Objective: 1.1: What statistics is all about.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: What Are Descriptive Statistics?
Difficulty Level: Easy
, 8. Inferential statistics involve the data.
a. organizing
b. balancing
c. editing
d. interpreting
Ans: D
KEY: Learning Objective: 1.1: What statistics is all about.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: What Are Inferential Statistics?
Difficulty Level: Easy
9. The type of descriptive statistic that tells you the most popular or most frequent
choice from a selection of choices is the .
a. median
b. mode
c. mean
d. average
Ans: B
KEY: Learning Objective: 1.1: What statistics is all about.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: What Are Descriptive Statistics?
Difficulty Level: Easy
10. What type of descriptive statistic is also referred to as the average?
a. mean
b. median
c. mode
d. descriptor
Ans: A
KEY: Learning Objective: 1.1: What statistics is all about.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: What Are Descriptive Statistics?
Difficulty Level: Easy
11. statistics are often (but not always) the next step after you have some basic
understanding of data.
a. Descriptive
b. Inferential
c. Experimental
d. Observational
Ans: B
KEY: Learning Objective: 1.1: What statistics is all about.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: What Are Inferential Statistics?
Difficulty Level: Easy
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