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QUESTION 1: Identify the population and the sample.
A survey of 1015 U.S. adults found that 32% have had to put off medical care for themselves or their family in the past year due to the cost.
QUESTION 2: Identify whether the statement describes inferential statistics or descriptive statistics.
Based on previous clients, a marriage counselor concludes that the majority of marriages that begin with cohabitation before marriage will result in divorce.
A. descriptive statistics
B. inferential statistics
QUESTION 3: Identify the population and the sample.
A survey of 2625 elementary school children found that 28% of the children could be classified as obese.
QUESTION 4: Determine whether the data set is a population or a sample. A survey of 500 spectators from a stadium with 42,000 spectators
A. population
B. sample
QUESTION 5: Identify whether the statement describes inferential statistics or descriptive statistics. The average age of the students in a statistics class is 22 years.
A. inferential statistics
B. descriptive statistics
QUESTION 6: Identify the data set's level of measurement.
temperatures of 73 selected refrigerators
A. ratio
B. interval
C. ordinal
D. nominal
QUESTION 7: Determine whether the data are qualitative or quantitative.
the numbers on the shirts of a girl's soccer team
A. qualitative
B. quantitative
QUESTION 8: Determine whether the numerical value is a parameter or a statistic. Explain your reasoning.
A recent survey by the alumni of a major university indicated that the average salary of 7500 of its 200,000 graduates was $95,000.
QUESTION 9: Determine whether the data set is a population or a sample.
The final score of each golfer in a tournament
A. population
B. sample
QUESTION 10: Determine whether the numerical value is a parameter or a statistic. Explain your reasoning.
The average salary of all assembly-line employees at a certain car manufacturer is $42,000.
QUESTION 11: Identify the data set's level of measurement.
number of milligrams of tar in 85 cigarettes
A. ordinal
B. interval
C. nominal
D. ratio
QUESTION 12: Identify the data set's level of measurement.
list of 1239 social security numbers
A. interval
B. ordinal
C. nominal
D. ratio
QUESTION 13: Determine whether the data are qualitative or quantitative.
the number of complaint letters received by the United States Postal Service in a given day
A. qualitative
B. quantitative
QUESTION 14: Identify the data set's level of measurement.
the final grades (A, B, C, D, and F) for students in a statistics class
A. interval
B. ordinal
C. nominal
D. ratio