Statistics Riddles
Graphs
Probability
Permutations vs combinations
Critical Values
100

All of my bars touch each other when they stand tall.

A. Pie Chart

B. Histogram

C. Ogive

D. Bar Graph

What is Histogram

100

What graph uses percentages?

A. Histogram

B. Pie Chart

C. Ogive

D. Bar Graph

What is Pie Chart?

100

What does this mean: P(women I Smoke)

What is the probability of women given that they smoke.

100

Which one does order matter? (Combination or Permutation)

What is Permutation?

100

What do you use to find the critical value in a T-Test?

What is The T Chart?

200

I am both positive and negative during this test.

A. Left Tail

B. Right Tail

C. Two Tail

D. Mean

What is Two-tailed test

200

What graph has lines that connect points plotted for the frequencies at the midpoints of the classes?


What is Frequency Polygon?

200

What does it mean for an event to be mutually exclusive?

What is the events cannot occur at the same time?

200

Does order matter in this scenario? How many ways can someone award a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place prize among eight contestants?

What is Yes?

200

When do you divide alpha by 2 when using invnorm?

What is Two-Tailed Test?

300

I can determine if there is a relationship.

A. T-Test

B. 

C.

D.

What is Chi-Squared Test

300

What quadrant is a Chi-Squared Graph in?

What is Quadrant 1?

300

What are the three types of Probability?

What is Classical, Empirical, and Subjective?

300

How many ways can you make a team of 3 people from a group of 10

What is 120?

300

If the Critical Value is greater than the test statistic in a right-tailedtest, then what is the decision?

What is Fail To Reject?

400

You use me as a backup in case there is an outlier.

What is Median?

400

What graph represents cumulative frequency?

What is Ogive?

400

What is the sample space for tossing 2 coins?

What is HH, TT, HT, TH?

400

0! = ?

What is 1?

400

What is the Critical Value in a left-tailed test when alpha is .05? (mean)

What is -1.65?

500

I measure how far values fall from the tree.

What is Standard Deviation?

500

Construct a pie graph from the preferences of soda? (Sprite - 146) (Coke - 330) (Mt. Dew - 225) and (Dr. Pepper - 299). Round to the nearest tenth.

 What is Sprite - 14.6% Coke - 33% Mt. Dew - 22.5% Dr. Pepper - 29.9%?

500

Someone has 5 red marbles and 4 blue marbles. Without replacing, what is the probability that you draw 2 red marbles?

What is 5/18?

500

How many different permutations of the letters in the word Boondoggle are there?

What is 302,400?

500

In a Chi-Squared problem, what is the critical value when the degree of freedom is 29 and alpha is .05 in a left-tailed test?

What is 17.708?

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