Data Quiz in Statistics

What is the branch of mathematics dealing with the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation and presentation of data?

• Algebra

• Geometry

• Probability

• Statistics

What is the term in statistics for the entire collection or group of individuals being studied?

• population

• sample

• parameter

• statistic

What is a characteristic of a sample?

• parameter

• statistic

• categorical variable

• numerical variable

What is the word in statistics for any characteristic or attribute of a person, place, or thing?

• variable

• descriptive statistic

• inferential statistic

• parameter

What is the distribution of the data?

• skewed right

• skewed left

• symmetric

• stairsteps

Choose the statistical question:

• What time did you wake up this morning?

• What time do 12th graders wake up each morning during the school week?

What is a smaller, representative group drawn from a population?

• unit

• sample

• parameter

• statistic

What are characteristics that are defined by a number, such as age or weight?

• descriptive statistics

• inferential statistics

• categorical variables

• numerical variables

What is the branch of statistics that involves organizing, displaying and describing data?

• descriptive statistics

• inferential statistics

• sports statistics

• health statistics

It is a numerical description of a population characteristic.

• Parameter

• People

• Statistics

• Data