AP Statistics Review 1

The entire collection of individuals or objects about which information is desired is called a sample.

• True

• False

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Methods for summarizing data make up the branch of statistics called

• Descriptive Statistics

• Inferential Statistics

• Probability

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A primary use of inferential statistics is to make generalizations from a sample to a population.

• True

• False

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A data set is discrete if the possible values are isolated points on the number line.

• True

• False

Frequency distributions can be used with _______ data.

• Categorical

• Quantitative

• Both Categorical & Quantitative

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The relative frequency for a particular category is the number of times the category appears in the data.

• True

• False

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Dotplots work best for small and moderate sized numerical data sets.

• True

• False

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Bar charts should be used with categorical data.

• True

• False

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A data set consisting of many observations of a single characteristic is a categorical data set.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Univariate - a single variable data set

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A data set is multivariate if it consists only of numeric variables.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Multivariate data set consist of multiple variables. It can be categorical and/or quantitative.