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BSNS112 EXAM WITH CORRECT QUESTIONS AND ANSWER
BSNS112 EXAM WITH CORRECT QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Whatydoesyquantitativeydatayuse?y-yCORRECTyANSWER-Means Whatyisydiscreteydata?y-yCORRECTyANSWER-
Quantitative.yMeasuredyinyspecificyvalues Whatyisycontinuousydata?y-yCORRECTyANSWER-
Quantitative.yMeasureyinyinfiniteyvalues
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BSNS112 EXAM WITH CORRECT QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Whatydoesyquantitativeydatayuse?y-yCORRECTyANSWER-Means
Whatyisydiscreteydata?y-yCORRECTyANSWER-
Quantitative.yMeasuredyinyspecificyvalues
Whatyisycontinuousydata?y-yCORRECTyANSWER-
Quantitative.yMeasureyinyinfiniteyvalues
Whatydoesyqualitativeydatayuse?y-yCORRECTyANSWER-Proportions
Whatyisyordinalydata?y-yCORRECTyANSWER-Qualitative.yConveysyayranking
Whatyisynominalydata?y-yCORRECTyANSWER-Qualitative.yUsesylabelsy(noyranking)
Whatyvariablesydoesyaycrossytabulationytableyuse?y-yCORRECTyANSWER-
Categoricalyandycategorical
Whatyvariablesydoesyayscatteryplotyuse?y-yCORRECTyANSWER-
Numericalyandynumerical
Whatyvariable(s)ydoesyayfrequencyytableyuse?y-yCORRECTyANSWER-
Oneycategoricalyvariable
Whatyvariablesydoesyaystacked/clusteredybarychartyuse?y-yCORRECTyANSWER-
Categoricalyandycategorical
Whatyvariablesydoesyayrelativeyfrequencyyhistogramyuse?y-yCORRECTyANSWER-
Categoricalyandynumerical
Defineymeany-yCORRECTyANSWER-Simpleyaverage
Defineymediany-yCORRECTyANSWER-Middleyvalueywhenydatayisyranked
Defineymodey-yCORRECTyANSWER-Mostyfrequentyvalue
Defineytrimmedymeany-yCORRECTyANSWER-
Averageywhenymostyextremey5%yofydatayisycut
Defineyrangey-yCORRECTyANSWER-maximumy-yminimum
,Defineyinterquartileyrangey-yCORRECTyANSWER-75thypercentiley-y25thypercentile
Defineyvariancey-yCORRECTyANSWER-spreadyofydatayaroundymeany(σ²)
Whatyhappensywhenystandardydeviationyincreases?y-yCORRECTyANSWER-
Graphywidens
Defineycoefficientyofyvariationy-yCORRECTyANSWER-
Comparesyvariabilityybetweenygroupsywithydifferentymagnitudes
Coefficientyofyvariationyequationy-yCORRECTyANSWER-
SDy/yx̅ywhereyx̅yisytheysampleymean
Whatydoesyitymeanybyyaypositivelyyskewedygraph?y-yCORRECTyANSWER-
Tailytrailsytoytheyright.yMeany>yMediany>yMode
Whatydoesyitymeanybyyaynegativeyskewedygraph?y-yCORRECTyANSWER-
Tailytrailsytoytheyleft.yModey>yMediany>yMean
Whenyisyaygraphysignificantlyyskewed?y-yCORRECTyANSWER-
Skewnessymoreythanytwiceytheystandardyerror
Defineykurtosisy-yCORRECTyANSWER-
Measureyofytheyextentytoywhichyobservationsyclusteryaroundyaycentralypoint
Whatyisytheynormalydistributionykurtosisyvalue?y-yCORRECTyANSWER-0
Defineypositiveykurtosisy-yCORRECTyANSWER-Datayclustersymoreyinytheycentre
Defineynegativeykurtosisy-yCORRECTyANSWER-Datayclustersylessyinytheycentre
Howyisycross-sectionalydataycollected?y-yCORRECTyANSWER-
Byyobservingymanyysubjectsyatytheysameypointyofytime,yorywithoutyregardytoydifferen
cesyinytime
Whatyisytime-seriesydata?y-yCORRECTyANSWER-
Aysequenceytakenyatysuccessiveyequallyyspacedypointsyinytimey(discrete-timeydata)
Defineyassociationy-yCORRECTyANSWER-Howyoneyvariableyrelatesytoyanother
Defineycovariancey-yCORRECTyANSWER-Measureyofytheyco-
movementybetweeny2yvariablesy(measuredyinyunits)
Defineypositiveycovariancey-yCORRECTyANSWER-
2yvariablesymoveyinytheysameydirection
, Defineynegativeycovariancey-yCORRECTyANSWER-
2yvariablesymoveyinytheyoppositeydirection
Defineytheycorrelationycoefficienty-yCORRECTyANSWER-
Measureyofytheylinearyrelationshipybetweeny2yvariablesy(scaledytoyequalyayvalueybet
weeny-1yandy+1)
Defineypositiveycorrelationy-yCORRECTyANSWER-
2yvariablesymoveyinytheysameylinearydirection
Defineynegativeycorrelationy-yCORRECTyANSWER-
2yvariablesymoveyinytheyoppositeylinearydirection
Defineyparametery-yCORRECTyANSWER-
Aysummaryymeasureythatydescribesyaycharacteristicyofytheypopulation
Defineystatisticy-yCORRECTyANSWER-
Aysummaryymeasureythatydescribesyaycharacteristicyofyaysample
Defineysimpleyrandomysamplingy-yCORRECTyANSWER-
Everyoneyisyequallyylikelyytoybeychosenyfromyaypopulation
Defineysystematicyrandomysamplingy-yCORRECTyANSWER-
Selectingy1yindividualyfromyaygroupyandychoosingytheykthyindividualythereafter
Defineystratifiedyrandomysamplingy-yCORRECTyANSWER-
Dividingytheypopulationyintoyhomogenousygroupsyofysimilarycharacteristicsyandysele
ctingyayrandomysampleyfromyeachygroup
Defineyclusterysamplingy-yCORRECTyANSWER-
Dividingytheypopulationyintoyseveralyclustersy(thatyaren'tyhomogenous),yandytakingy
ayrandomysampleyfromyeachycluster
Howyareynonysamplingyerrorsycaused?yIsyityavoidable?y-yCORRECTyANSWER-
Byyhowytheypersonysamples.yItyisyhumanyerroryandyisyavoidable
Whatyisycoverageyerror?y-yCORRECTyANSWER-
Nonysamplingyerror.yDifferenceybetweenysampleypopulationyandytargetypopulationy(
dueytoyselfyselectionyoryselectionybias)y—ywrongysubjects
Whatyisynon-responseyerror?y-yCORRECTyANSWER-
Nonysamplingyerror.ySubjectyfromytheysampleychoosesynotytoyrespondyandyimpactsyo
nytheydata