statistics
MAT202 exam
questions and
answers
This idea of planning your approach to the course
before you start is called - answer Metacognition
Metacognition involves five distinct skills - answer
Assess the task
Evaluate your strengths and weaknesses
Plan an approach
Apply strategies and monitor your performance
Reflect and adjust if needed
- answer
, statistics is all about - answer converting data into
useful information.
Statistics is therefore a process in which we are: -
answer collecting data,
summarizing data, and
interpreting data.
population - answer The process of statistics
starts when we identify what group we want to
study or learn something about
Note that the word "population" here (and in the
entire course) is not just used to refer to people; it
is used in the more broad statistical sense, where
population can refer not only to people, but also to
animals, things, etc
sample - answer A more practical approach would
be to examine and collect data only from a sub-
group of the population, which we call a
_________________
Producing Data. - answer We call this first step,
which involves choosing a sample and collecting
data from it,__________