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A numerical value used as a summary measure for a sample, such as sample mean, is known as a

Week 2 Quiz

Question 1

  1.  

A numerical value used as a summary measure for a sample, such as sample mean, is known as a

population parameter
sample parameter
sample statistic
population mean

Question 2

  1.  

The 50th percentile is the

mode
median
mean
third quartile

Question 3

  1.  

The difference between the largest and the smallest data values is the

variance
interquartile range
range
coefficient of variation

Question 4

  1.  

When data are positively skewed, the mean will usually be

greater than the median
smaller than the median
equal to the median
positive

Question 5

  1.  

The numerical value of the standard deviation can never be

larger than the variance
zero
negative
smaller than the variance

Question 6

  1.  

Which of the following symbols represents the standard deviation of the population?

?2
?
?
x

Question 7

  1.  

Which of the following symbols represents the mean of the population?

?2
?
?
x

Question 8

  1.  

Which of the following symbols represents the mean of the sample?

?2
?
?
x

Question 9

  1.  

Two events are mutually exclusive

if their intersection is 1
if they have no sample points in common
if their intersection is 0.5
None of these alternatives is correct.

Question 10

  1.  

The range of probability is

any value larger than zero
any value between minus infinity to plus infinity
zero to one
any value between -1 to 1

Question 11

  1.  

The sum of the probabilities of two complementary events is

0
0.5
0.75
1

Question 12

  1.  

The union of events A and B is the event containing

all the sample points belonging to B or A
all the sample points belonging to A or B
all the sample points belonging to A or B or both
all the sample points belonging to A or B, but not both

Question 13

  1.  

Events A and B are mutually exclusive. Which of the following statements is also true?

A and B are also independent.
P(A ? B) = P(A)P(B)
P(A ? B) = P(A) + P(B)
P(A ? B) = P(A) + P(B)

Question 14

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