Statistics for Business & Economics 14th Edition by David R. Anderson test bank
statistical inference.
d.
descriptive statistics.
ANSWER:
c
POINTS:
1
DIFFICULTY:
Easy
QUESTION TYPE:
Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES:
False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
BSST.ASWC.20.01.05 - Statistical Inference
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
STATE STANDARDS:
United States - AK - DISC: Statistical Inference
KEYWORDS:
Bloom's: Understand
DATE CREATED:
9/26/2018 11:22 AM
DATE MODIFIED:
1/18/2019 3:47 PM
40. Five hundred residents of a city with a population of 240,495 are polled to obtain information on voting intentions in an upcoming city election. The five hundred residents in this study is an example of a(n)
a.
census.
b.
sample.
c.
observation.
d.
population.
ANSWER:
b
POINTS:
1
DIFFICULTY:
Easy
QUESTION TYPE:
Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES:
False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
BSST.ASWC.20.01.05 - Statistical Inference
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
STATE STANDARDS:
United States - AK - DISC: Statistical Inference
KEYWORDS:
Bloom's: Understand
DATE CREATED:
9/26/2018 11:22 AM
DATE MODIFIED:
1/18/2019 3:47 PM
41. A statistics professor asked students in a class their ages. Based on this information, the professor states that the average age of all the students in the university is 24 years. This is an example of
a.
an observational study.
b.
descriptive statistics.
c.
an experiment.
d.
statistical inference.
ANSWER:
d
POINTS:
1
DIFFICULTY:
Easy
QUESTION TYPE:
Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES:
False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
BSST.ASWC.20.01.05 - Statistical Inference
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
STATE STANDARDS:
United States - AK - DISC: Statistical Inference
KEYWORDS:
Bloom's: Understand
DATE CREATED:
9/26/2018 11:22 AM
DATE MODIFIED:
1/18/2019 3:47 PM
42. The owner of a factory regularly requests a graphical summary of all employees' salaries. The graphical summary of salaries is an example of _____ statistics.
a.
inferential
b.
descriptive
c.
experimental
d.
observational
ANSWER:
b
POINTS:
1
DIFFICULTY:
Easy
QUESTION TYPE:
Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES:
False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
BSST.ASWC.20.01.04 - Descriptive Statistics
NATIONAL STANDARDS:
United States - BUSPROG: Analytic
STATE STANDARDS:
United States - AK - DISC: Descriptive Statistics
KEYWORDS:
Bloom's: Understand
DATE CREATED:
9/26/2018 11:22 AM
DATE MODIFIED:
1/18/2019 3:47 PM
43. The Department of Transportation of a city has calculated that on the average there are 17 accidents per day. The average number of accidents is an example of
a.
descriptive statistics.
b.
statistical inference.
c.
a sample.
d.
a population.
ANSWER:
a
POINTS:
1
DIFFICULTY:
Easy
QUESTION TYPE:
Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES:
False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: