Statistics Riddles
Graphs
Probability
Permutations vs combinations
Critical Values
100

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

A. Histogram

B. Pie Graph

C. Ogive

D. Bar Graph

What is Histogram

100

What graph uses percentages?

A. Pie Chart

B. Histogram

C. Frequency Polygon

D. Bar Graph

What is Pie Chart

100

What does this mean: P(women I Smoke)

A. The probability of women given that they smoke.

B. The probability of people that smoke given that they are women.

C. The probability of women that smoke

D. The probability of people that smoke or are women

What is The probability of women given that they smoke.

100

Which one does order matter? (Combination or Permutation)

A. Permutation 

B. Combination

What is Permutation

100

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

A. T Chart

B. invnorm

C. Chi-Squared Chart

D. invnorm/2

What is The T Chart

200

I am both positive and negative during this test.

A. Left Tailed Test

B. Right Tailed Test

C. Two-Tailed Test

D. 2 Prong T-Test

What is Two-tailed test

200

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

A. Pie Chart

B. Frequency Polygon

C. Histogram

D. Ogive

What is Frequency Polygon

200

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

A. The events can occur at the same time

B. The events cannot occur at the same time

C. The events will have a negative effect on each other

D. The events will have a positive effect on each other

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?

A. Left Tailed Test

B. Right Tailed Test

C. Two-Tailed Test

D. When there is an outlier in the data

What is Two-Tailed Test

300

I can determine if there is a relationship

A. 2 Prong T-Test

B. Chi-Squared Test

C. Z Test

D. 1 Sample T-Test

What is Chi-Squared Test

300

What quadrant is a Chi-Squared Graph in?

A. Quadrant 1

B. Quadrant 2

C. Quadrant 3

D. Quadrant 4

What is Quadrant 1

300

What are the three types of Probability?

A. Mean, Median, Mode

B. Quanitative, Qualitative, Subjective

C. Classical, Empirical, Subjective

D. Z Test, T Test, P Test

What is Classical, Empirical, and Subjective

300

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

A. 110

B. 710

C. 720

D. 120

What is 120

300

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

A. Reject H0

B. Support H0

C. Fail To Reject H0

D. Fail To Support H0

What is Fail To Reject H0

400

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

A. Mean

B. Mode

C. Median

D. Standard Deviation

What is Median

400

What graph represents cumulative frequency?

A. Pie Chart

B. Frequency Polygon

C. Ogive

D. Bar Graph

What is Ogive

400

What is the sample space for tossing 2 coins?

A. HH, HH, TT, TT

B. HH, TT, HT, TH

C. HT, HT, HT, HT

D. HHH, HTT, HTH, THT

What is HH, TT, HT, TH

400

0! = ?

A. 0

B. 1

C. 2

D. 3


What is 1

400

What is the Critical Value in a left-tailed test when alpha is .05 and is using a T-Test?

A. -1.65

B. 1.65

C. 2.09

D -2.09


What is -1.65

500

I measure how far values fall from the tree.

A. Mean

B. Mode

C. Median

D. Standard Deviation

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?

A. 5/18

B. 6/18

C. 2/9

D. 1/3

What is 5/18

500

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

A. 302,300

B. 302,400

C. 27

D.28

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?

A. 17.073

B. 17.708

C. -17.708

D. -17.703

What is 17.708