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

Pie Chart

100

What does this mean: P(women I Smoke)

A. The probability that someone smokes given that they are a woman.

B. The probability that they are a woman given that they smoke.

C. The probability of women that smoke.

D. The probability of women that do not smoke.

What is The probability of women given that they smoke.

100

Which one does order matter? (Combination or Permutation)

Permutation

100

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

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?

A. Frequency Polygon

B. Histogram

C. Ogive

D. Bar Graph

What is Frequency Polygon

200

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

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?

Yes

200

When do you divide alpha by 2 when using invnorm?

Two-Tailed Test

300

I can determine if there is a relationship.

A. T-Test

B. 2 Prong T-Test

C. Z Test

D. Chi-Squared

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?

Classical, Empirical, and Subjective

300

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

120

300

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

Fail To Reject

400

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

A. Mean

B. Mode

C. Median 

D. Outlier Formula


What is Median

400

What graph represents cumulative frequency?

A. Ogive

B. Bar Graph

C. Frequency Polygon

D. Pie Chart


What is Ogive

400

What is the sample space for tossing 2 coins?

HH, TT, HT, TH

400

0! = ?

1

400

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

-1.65

500

I measure how far values fall from the tree.

A. Z score

B. Standard Deviation

C. Mean.

D. Mode

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.


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?

5/18

500

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

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?

17.708