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Stats 1 Quiz 1 important questions

100 questions to practise before the Statistics for Data Science I Quiz 1, covering every kind of question the exam has asked since 2023. Practise them in learning mode: each question has a worked solution.

Question 1

One correct option

According to a news report, Facebook is partnering with external researchers from political science and social media to examine the impact of social networking sites on society during the 2020 U.S. Presidential elections. Between 200,000 and 400,000 users are expected to opt in. Which branch of statistics does the above analysis come under?

  1. A

    Inferential statistics

  2. B

    Descriptive statistics

Question 2

One or more correct options

Choose the correct statements about descriptive statistics (more than one can be correct).

Select all that apply.

  1. A

    Descriptive statistics is concerned with drawing conclusions from the data

  2. B

    Descriptive statistics is concerned with describing and summarizing the data

  3. C

    Descriptive statistics can be performed either on a sample or a population

  4. D

    Descriptive statistics can only be performed on a sample

  5. E

    We must always take into account the possibility of chance while studying descriptive statistics

Question 3

One correct option

The values of temperature and relative humidity of a room are measured for 24 hours, starting at 9 AM, at a time interval of 30 minutes. The first few hours of the data are shown below.

TimeTemp (°C)Humidity (%)

9:00 AM

27

30

9:30 AM

29

30

10:00 AM

31

32

10:30 AM

31

35

11:00 AM

35

35

11:30 AM

36

46

12:00 PM

38

47

12:30 PM

39

50

1:00 PM

38

51

1:30 PM

38

53

2:00 PM

35

54

2:30 PM

31

55

3:00 PM

31

57

3:30 PM

29

58

4:00 PM

28

60

What are the case(s) and variable(s)?

  1. A

    Temperature is the case; relative humidity and time are the variables

  2. B

    Temperature is the case; relative humidity is the variable

  3. C

    Time is the case; temperature and relative humidity are the variables

  4. D

    Relative humidity is the case; temperature is the variable

  5. E

    9 AM, 9:30 AM, 10 AM are cases; time, temperature, and relative humidity are the variables

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