1.

A statistic is
A) A collection of values.
B) A single value.
C) The sum of several values.
D) The largest value in a set of observations.

2 In descriptive statistics our main objective is to

A) Describe the population.
B) Describe the data we collected.
C) Infer something about the population.
D) Compute an average.

3 Which of the following statements is true regarding a population?

A) It must be a large number of values.

B) It must refer to people.
C) It is a collection of individuals, objects, or measurements.
D) None of the above.

4 Which of the following statements is true regarding a sample?

A) It is part of population.
B) It must contain at least five observations.
C) It refers to descriptive statistics.
D) All of the above are correct.

5 A qualitative variable
A) Always refers to a sample.
B) Is not numeric.
C) Has only two possible outcomes.
D) All of the above are correct.

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6 A discrete variable is
A) An example of a qualitative variable.
B) Can assume only whole number values.
C) Can assume only certain clearly separated values.
D) Cannot be negative.

7 A nominal scale variable

A) Usually the result of counting something.
B) Has a meaningful zero point.
C) May assume negative values.
D) Cannot have more than two categories.

8 The ratio scale of measurement

A) Usually involves ranking.
B) Cannot assume negative values.
C) Has a meaningful zero point.
D) Is usually based on counting.

9 The ordinal scale of measurement

A) Has a meaningful zero point.
B) Is based on ranks.
C) Cannot assume negative values.
D) All of the above.

10 Categories are exhaustive when

A) There is a meaningful zero point.
B) The objects can be ranked.
C) Each object must appear in at least one category.
D) Each object can be included in only one category.

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 1. As part of a test preparation course, students are asked to take
a practice version of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). This
is standardized test. Scores can range from 200 to 800 with a
population mean of 500 and a population standard deviation of 100.

A. Nominal
B. Ordinal
C. Interval
D. Ratio

2. Children in elementary school are evaluated and classified as

nonreaders (0), beginning readers (1), grade-level readers (2), or
advanced readers (3). The classification is done in order to place
them in reading groups.

A. Nominal
B. Ordinal
C. Interval
D. Ratio

3. During a clinical interview, survivors of a tornado are asked to state

no or yes to whether they have experienced specific symptoms of
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in the past week. The
number 0 is assigned to no and the number 1 is assigned to yes.

A. Nominal
B. Ordinal
C. Interval
D. Ratio

4. Emory University wants to know which dormitories the students

prefer. The administration counts the number of applications for each
dorm. Administrators assign a rank to each dorm based on the
number of applications received.

A. Nominal
B. Ordinal
C. Interval
D. Ratio

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 5. During a clinical interview survivors of a tornado are asked to state no
or yes to whether they have experienced specific symptoms of Post-
Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in the past week. The interviewer
adds up the total number of yes responses to create a Total PTSD
Symptoms scale.

A. Nominal
B. Ordinal
C. Interval
D. Ratio

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