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What are the 2 types of samples that will allow your inferences to be valid?

Simple Random Sample and Systematic Random Sample

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What is the difference between a histogram and a bar graph?

Histograms compare quantitative data while bar graphs compare categorical data.

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The value that has 50% of a data set above it and 50% below it.

Median

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Calculated by subtracting the lowest value of a data set from the highest value.

range

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Which data set has a higher median?

Set A:  12, 5, 8, 7, 11, 3, 21, 17, 44, 2

Set B:  6, 8, 5, , 13, 15, 17, 9, 17, 25, 1

Set B 11 vs Set A 9.5

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What are the two types of samples that will cause your inferences to be invalid?

Convenience Sample and Voluntary Response Sample

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Which organizational tool clearly displays the total number of data inputs?

two way table

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The data value that occurs the most.

mode

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The measure of variability most closely associated with box and whisker plots.

IQR or Inter Quartile Range

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Which data set has a mean of 11.6?

Set A:  12, 5, 8, 7, 11, 3, 21, 17, 44, 2

Set B:  6, 8, 5, , 13, 15, 17, 9, 17, 25, 1

Set B

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For a sample of a population to be representative, each member of the population must have...

an equal chance to be chosen for the sample.

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You are surveying students on their favorite type of shoe brand. What are the cases in this survey?

The students

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The average of the data values.

mean

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The measure of how spread out a data set is.

standard deviation

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Which data set has greater variability based off of IQR?

Set A:  12, 5, 8, 7, 11, 3, 21, 17, 44, 2

Set B:  6, 8, 5, , 13, 15, 17, 9, 17, 25, 1

Set A 12 vs Set B 11

400

In a _______ sample, one or more parts of the population are favored over the others.

biased

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Which organizational tool is best associated with the five point summary?

box and whisker

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How to describe a data set that is the same on both sides.

Symmetrical

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What range of values can correlation be described with?

between -1 and 1

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Which data set is skewed left?

Neither...both have a mean that is greater than the median, which means both are skewed right

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Why do we use samples to make inferences about an entire population?
To save time and money or when surveying an entire population isn't feasible.
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Which organizational tool can be used for categorical data and requires use of a protractor for accuracy? 

Pie Chart

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How to describe a data set where the mean is greater than the median.

Skewed right

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What does a standard deviation of 0 tell us about a data set?

The data is all the same value.

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What is an equation for the line of best fit for this data?

x: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

y: 5, 10, 15, 12, 17, 24, 20, 25

something close to;  y = 2.5x

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