1. The specific statistical methods that can be used to summarize or to describe a collection of
data is called:
a) Descriptive statistics
b) Inferential statistics
c) Analytical statistics
d) All of the above
2. The need for inferential statistical methods derives from the need for ______________.
a) Population
b) Association
c) Sampling
d) Probability
3. A population, in statistical terms, is the totality of things under consideration. It is the
collection of all values of the _________________ that is under study.
a) Instance
b) Variable
c) Amount
d) Measure
4. Non-sampling errors are introduced due to technically faulty observations or during the
______________________ of data.
a) Processing
b) Analysis
c) Sequencing
d) Collection
5. Sampling is simply a process of learning about the __________________ on the basis of a
sample drawn from it.
a) Census
b) Population
c) Group
d) Area