Quiz

Question 1 (5 points)

Deduction, randomization, and induction are systems of logic.

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TrueFalse

Question 2 (5 points)

Statistics can be used to entertain.

Question 2 options:

TrueFalse

Question 3 (5 points)

Creating data summaries is termed:

Question 3 options:

Statistical description

Statistical logic

Normalizing data

Quantitative analysis

Question 4 (5 points)

Generalizing to 'a wider setting' can also include to 'a future setting'.

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TrueFalse

Question 5 (5 points)

Quantitative literacy is statistical literacy.

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TrueFalse

Question 6 (5 points)

Numerical and graphical methods for summarizing data are valuable because

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they make data analysis more manageable and can predict future events

they can be used to predict future events

they can be used to report the news

they make data analysis more manageable and can reveal otherwise unnoticed patterns

Question 7 (5 points)

Statistical precision and accuracy are the same thing

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TrueFalse

Question 8 (5 points)

Rules for the systems of logic include rules for drawing precise conclusions in all contexts where that logic is applicable and rules for objectively assessing how likely it is that such precise conclusions are actually correct.

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TrueFalse

Question 9 (5 points)

Statistical precision and exactness are the same thing

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TrueFalse

Question 10 (5 points)

Trustworthy data is

Question 10 options:

Accurate

Meaningful

Relevant

All of the above

Question 11 (5 points)

An aspect of the trustworthiness of statistics is ensuring that a quoted statistic is also relevant to its context

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TrueFalse

Question 12 (5 points)

Statistical inference, appropriately applied, can offer a cautious way of forecasting the future.

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TrueFalse

Question 13 (5 points)

There are just two systems of logic

Question 13 options:

TrueFalse

Question 14 (5 points)

Each of the systems of logic contains three kinds of rules

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TrueFalse

Question 15 (5 points)

To determine if statistics reported are trustworthy, one question to ask is who is the maker?

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TrueFalse

Question 16 (5 points)

How the statistics was produced refers to the motive.

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TrueFalse

Question 17 (5 points)

Statistical inductive inference is the least reliable version of the most powerful logic that we have for reasoning about chance events.

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TrueFalse

Question 18 (5 points)

Inductive logic does not enable inferences to be made in the face of uncertainty

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TrueFalse

Question 19 (5 points)

Statistics problems have a lot to do with getting a view of the variability in data collected from the artificial situations

Question 19 options:

TrueFalse

Question 20 (5 points)

The process of generalization in the faceof the uncertainties of the real world is called:

mathematical inference

statistical inference

statistical description

statistical logic

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