Quiz 1 vocabulary

Which term refers to the science of collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data?

• Statistics

• Population

• Sample

• Parameter

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.A.3

What is the term for the entire group of individuals or instances about whom we hope to learn?

• Population

• Sample

• Parameter

• Statistic

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

What do we call a subset of the population that is used to represent the entire group?

• Sample

• Population

• Parameter

• Statistic

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.A.1

CCSS.HSS.IC.A.1

Which term refers to a numerical characteristic of a population?

• Parameter

• Statistic

• Sample

• Qualitative Data

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

What is a numerical characteristic of a sample called?

• Statistic

• Parameter

• Population

• Boundary

Which type of statistics involves summarizing and organizing data?

• Descriptive Statistics

• Inferential Statistics

• Qualitative Data

• Quantitative Data

What type of statistics involves making predictions or inferences about a population based on a sample?

• Inferential Statistics

• Descriptive Statistics

• Qualitative Data

• Quantitative Data

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

Which type of data is descriptive and cannot be measured?

• Qualitative Data

• Quantitative Data

• Discrete Data

• Continuous Data

What type of data can be measured and expressed numerically?

• Quantitative Data

• Qualitative Data

• Discrete Data

• Boundary

Which type of data can only take specific values and cannot be made more precise?

• Discrete Data

• Continuous Data

• Qualitative Data

• Quantitative Data