Questions are all the definition about statistics
Section 2.2 Characteristics of Data 1) Write the word or phrase that is being described a) : the entire group of individuals that a study aims to gather information about b) : part of a population that is examined to gather information C : an attempt to gather information about every individual member of the population d) : a study that considers individuals from different groups at the same time e) : a study that considers individuals over a long period of time. f) : A variable that takes numerical values for which it makes sense to find an average. g) : A variable that places an individual into one of several groups or categories h) : A quantitative variable that can have an infinite number of values in a given interval. Measurable with all real numbers. i) : A quantitative variable that can take on only a finite number of values within a given range.2) Identify each of the following variables as qualitative or quantitative. For each quantitative variable, identify whether it is continuous or discrete. a} decibels of loudness h) eye colour c] carpet texture d) number of candies 2] thickness of a book f} volume of a drink g] length of a pendulum h) time of an airplaoe's descent I] measure on the Richter scale 3] For each observational study described, outline what the population of the study was. what the sample was, the main variables involved (including what type of variables they are]. and whether a cross- secljonal or longitudinal study was done. a] A science teacher was interested to nd the relationship between homework completion and test performance for grade 10 science students. The teacher chose two grade 1|] science students from his class to be part of the study. The teacher checked their homework everyday ofthe semester and tracked how changes in amount of homework completed affected test performance for each unit. b] A market researcher wanted to know if teenage males or females were more likely to smoke. She decided to go to a local high school and ask all of the students if they smoked or not