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CHAPTER 1 WHAT IS STATISTICS? SECTIONS 1 - 4 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS In the following multiple-choice questions, please circle the correct answer. 1. You asked five of your classmates about their height. On the basis of this information, you stated that the average height of all students in your university or college is 65 inches. This is an example of: a. descriptive statistics b. statistical inference c. parameter d. population ANSWER: b 2. A company has developed a new computer sound card, but the average lifetime is unknown. In order to estimate this average, 200 sound cards are randomly selected from a large production line and tested and the average lifetime is found to be 5 years. The 200 sound cards represent the: a. parameter b. statistic c. sample d. population ANSWER: c 1 2 Chapter One 3. A summary measure that is computed from a sample to describe a characteristic of the population is called a a. parameter b. statistic c. population d. sample ANSWER: b 4. A summary measure that is computed from a population is called a a. parameter b. statistic c. population d. sample ANSWER: a 5. When data are collected in a statistical study for only a portion or subset of all elements of interest, we are using a: a. sample b. parameter c. population d. statistic ANSWER: a 6. Which of the following is not the goal of descriptive statistics? a. Summarizing data b. Displaying aspects of the collected data c. Reporting numerical findings d. Estimating cha