Modern Business Statistics with Microsoft Office Excel 6th Edition by David R. Anderson Test bank

 d. one-dimensional
 
ANSWER:  c
POINTS:  1
DIFFICULTY:  Easy
REFERENCES:  Data
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:  MBST.ASWC.18.01.02 - 1.2
NATIONAL STANDARDS:  United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
KEYWORDS:  Bloom's: Knowledge
 
34. Data collected over several time periods are _____ data.
 a. time series
 b. time-controlled
 c. cross-sectional
 d. time dependent
 
ANSWER:  a
POINTS:  1
DIFFICULTY:  Easy
REFERENCES:  Data
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:  MBST.ASWC.18.01.02 - 1.2
NATIONAL STANDARDS:  United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
KEYWORDS:  Bloom's: Knowledge
 
35. Statistical studies in which researchers do not control variables of interest are _____.
 a. experimental studies
 b. uncontrolled experimental studies
 c. not of any value
 d. observational studies
 
ANSWER:  d
POINTS:  1
DIFFICULTY:  Easy
REFERENCES:  Data Sources
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:  MBST.ASWC.18.01.03 - 1.3
NATIONAL STANDARDS:  United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
KEYWORDS:  Bloom's: Knowledge
 
36. Statistical studies in which researchers control variables of interest are _____ studies.
 a. experimental
 b. control observational
 c. non-experimental
 d. observational
 
ANSWER:  a
POINTS:  1
DIFFICULTY:  Easy
REFERENCES:  Data Sources
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:  MBST.ASWC.18.01.03 - 1.3
NATIONAL STANDARDS:  United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
KEYWORDS:  Bloom's: Knowledge
 
37. _____ analytics encompasses the set of analytical techniques that describe what has happened in the past.
 a. Descriptive
 b. Predictive
 c. Prescriptive
 d. Data
 
ANSWER:  a
POINTS:  1
DIFFICULTY:  Easy
REFERENCES:  Analytics
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:  MBST.ASWC.18.01.07 - 1.7
NATIONAL STANDARDS:  United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
KEYWORDS:  Bloom's: Knowledge
 
38. Which of the following is NOT an example of an existing source of data?
 a. the Internet
 b. internal company records
 c. U.S. Census Bureau
 d. All of these are examples of existing sources of data.
 
ANSWER:  d
POINTS:  1
DIFFICULTY:  Easy
REFERENCES:  Data Sources
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:  MBST.ASWC.18.01.03 - 1.3
NATIONAL STANDARDS:  United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
KEYWORDS:  Bloom's: Knowledge
 
39. Which of the following is NOT an example of a firm that sells or leases business database services to clients?
 a. Dun & Bradstreet
 b. Bloomberg
 c. U.S. Census Bureau
 d. Dow Jones and Company
 
ANSWER:  c
POINTS:  1
DIFFICULTY:  Easy
REFERENCES:  Data Sources
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:  MBST.ASWC.18.01.03 - 1.3
NATIONAL STANDARDS:  United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
KEYWORDS:  Bloom's: Knowledge
 
40. The most common type of observational study is a(n) _____.
 a. experiment
 b. survey
 c. debate
 d. statistical inference
 
ANSWER:  b
POINTS:  1
DIFFICULTY:  Easy
REFERENCES:  Data Sources
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:  MBST.ASWC.18.01.03 - 1.3
NATIONAL STANDARDS:  United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
KEYWORDS:  Bloom's: Knowledge
 
41. The summaries of data, which may be tabular, graphical, or numerical, are referred to as _____.
 a. inferential statistics
 b. descriptive statistics
 c. statistical inference
 d. report generation
 
ANSWER:  b
POINTS:  1
DIFFICULTY:  Easy