Test Bank for Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics, 7th Edition by Neil J. Salkind
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Course
Intro to Statistics
Institution
Intro To Statistics
Test Bank for Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics 7e 7th Edition by Neil J. Salkind, Bruce B. Frey
ISBN-13: 1855
Full Chapters test bank includes Multiple Choice questions answers (MCQS) and Short QA,s
Chapter 1 • Statistics or Sadistics? It’s Up to You
• What Yo...
TEST BANK
Salkind, Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics, 7e
Chapter 1: Statistics or Sadistics? It’s Up to You
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. When humans first realized that counting was a good idea, which of the following
became a useful skill for people to have?
a. knowing the alphabet
b. asking questions
c. collecting information
d. making decisions
Ans: C
KEY: Learning Objective: 1.1: What statistics is all about.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: A 5-Minute History of Statistics
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. Once numbers became part of the human language, the next step was to attach
______.
a. numbers to outcomes
b. numbers to letters
c. numbers to places
d. numbers to time
Ans: A
KEY: Learning Objective: 1.1: What statistics is all about.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: A 5-Minute History of Statistics
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. After the first set of data having to do with populations was collected during the 17th
century, scientists needed to develop ______.
a. general tools to answer general questions
b. general tools to answer specific questions
c. specific tools to answer general questions
d. specific tools to answer specific questions
Ans: D
KEY: Learning Objective: 1.1: What statistics is all about.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: A 5-Minute History of Statistics
Difficulty Level: Easy
, Instructor Resource
Salkind, Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics, 7e
SAGE Publishing, 2020
4. Which of the following is one of the most popular and powerful analytic tools available
today?
a. SPSS
b. Microsoft Word
c. Mini Tab
d. Excel
Ans: A
KEY: Learning Objective: 1.2: Why you should take statistics.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: And Why SPSS
Difficulty Level: Easy
5. Today, statisticians in many different professional areas find themselves using
______ techniques to answer different questions.
a. varied
b. the same
c. new
d. experimental
Ans: B
KEY: Learning Objective: 1.2: Why you should take statistics.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: A 5-Minute History of Statistics
Difficulty Level: Easy
6. Statistics describes a set of ______ that are used for describing, organizing, and
interpreting information.
a. statements
b. rules and exceptions
c. tools and techniques
d. numbers and letters
Ans: C
KEY: Learning Objective: 1.1: What statistics is all about.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Statistics: What It Is (and Isn’t)
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. What type of statistics involves collecting, organizing, and summarizing data?
a. experimental
b. descriptive
c. inferential
d. organizational
Ans: B
KEY: Learning Objective: 1.1: What statistics is all about.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: What Are Descriptive Statistics?
Difficulty Level: Easy
, Instructor Resource
Salkind, Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics, 7e
SAGE Publishing, 2020
8. Inferential statistics involve ______ the data.
a. organizing
b. balancing
c. editing
d. interpreting
Ans: D
KEY: Learning Objective: 1.1: What statistics is all about.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: What Are Inferential Statistics?
Difficulty Level: Easy
9. The type of descriptive statistic that tells you the most popular or most frequent
choice from a selection of choices is the ______.
a. median
b. mode
c. mean
d. average
Ans: B
KEY: Learning Objective: 1.1: What statistics is all about.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: What Are Descriptive Statistics?
Difficulty Level: Easy
10. What type of descriptive statistic is also referred to as the average?
a. mean
b. median
c. mode
d. descriptor
Ans: A
KEY: Learning Objective: 1.1: What statistics is all about.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: What Are Descriptive Statistics?
Difficulty Level: Easy
11. ______ statistics are often (but not always) the next step after you have some basic
understanding of data.
a. Descriptive
b. Inferential
c. Experimental
d. Observational
Ans: B
KEY: Learning Objective: 1.1: What statistics is all about.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: What Are Inferential Statistics?
Difficulty Level: Easy
, Instructor Resource
Salkind, Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics, 7e
SAGE Publishing, 2020
12. ______ is to a smaller group of data as population is to a larger group of data.
a. Micro group
b. Mini group
c. Micro data
d. Sample
Ans: D
KEY: Learning Objective: 1.1: What statistics is all about.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: What Are Inferential Statistics?
Difficulty Level: Medium
13. Descriptive and inferential statistics work cooperatively, and which one you use and
when depends on ______.
a. the question you want answered
b. the methods you choose for investigation
c. the sample you select
d. the population you choose
Ans: A
KEY: Learning Objective: 1.3: How to succeed in this course.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: In Other Words . . .
Difficulty Level: Easy
14. The term used to describe the science of organizing and analyzing information to
make the information more easily understood is ______.
a. analysis
b. data
c. statistics
d. interpretation
Ans: C
KEY: Learning Objective: 1.1: What statistics is all about.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Statistics: What It Is (and Isn’t)
Difficulty Level: Easy
15. Which of the following individuals used statistical methods during the 17th century to
study the intelligence of his family members?
a. Charles Darwin
b. Francis Galton
c. Isaac Newton
d. Alfred Binet
Ans: B
KEY: Learning Objective: 1.1: What statistics is all about.
REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: A 5-Minute History of Statistics
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