Give one example of where a news story involving a statistical study can originate.
Q. 2The__________ we can attach to data and to the resulting conclusions depends on how well the information was acquired and summarized.
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Q. 3__________ is a collection of numbers or other pieces of information to which meaning has been attached (such as your height in inches or your gender).
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Q. 4Which of the following is true about statistics?
a. Numbers don't lie. All statistics have to be believed.
b. Statistics can be made to say whatever you want them to say. No statistic should be believed.
c. Any statistic that is based on data is likely to be correct.
d. All statistics should be carefully scrutinized before determining whether or not they can be believed. Some are correct, and some are not.
Q. 5How you determine whether or not to believe a statistic you come across depends on what?
a. How the data were collected.
b. How the data were measured.
c. How the data were summarized.
d. All of the above.
Q. 6Which of the following are examples of data?
a. The gender of each member of your statistics class.
b. Your opinion on whether smoking should be banned in all public places (support, oppose, no opinion).
c. The number of deaths in each state in a given year due to accidents.
d. All of the above.
Q. 7Which of the following is the best definition of the term data'?
a. Any number, such as 1, 3, or 10.
b. Numbers such as 1 and 10 and words such as yes or no.
c. Any number or other piece of information to which meaning has been attached.
d. None of the above.
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