identifying descriptive and inferential statistics, sample or population, and statistic and parameter

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SEATWORK
Descriptive or Inferential
Sample or Population
Statistic or Parameter

PARAMETER VS STATISTIC
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Of the 7050
Philippines
Kindergarten
teachers polled,
35% say that
knowing the
alphabet is an
essential skill.
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Of all Philippines
Kindergarten
teachers polled,
35% say that
knowing the
alphabet is an
essential skill.

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Sixty-two of the 97
passengers aboard
the Hindenburg
airship survived its
explosion.
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In a survey of a
sample of high
school students,
43% said that
their mother has
taught them the
most about
managing money.

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In a recent survey
of 1503 adults in
the United States,
53% said they use
both a landline and
a cell phone.
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In a survey of a
sample of
computer users, 8%
said their computer
had a malfunction
that needed to be
repaired by a
service technician.

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The average height
of 30 mango tree
samples is 100 feet
with a canopy of
approximate 35
feet.
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In a recent year,
the average
math scores for
all graduates on
the ACT was
21.1.

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The average temperature
in the Philippines is at 27
degrees Celsius. The
average amount of
precipitation is at 32%,
humidity is 91% and wind
of 3km/h.
(source: hypothetical data based on
www.weather.com)
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There are 547
students in the
school. All these
students took
and passed the
test with average
score of 156/ 170.

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11. A survey will be given to 100
students randomly selected from the
freshmen class at Lincoln High School.
What is the population?
A. the 100 selected students
B. all freshmen at Lincoln High School
C. all students at Lincoln High School

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12. A survey will be given to 100
students randomly selected from the
freshmen class at Lincoln High School.
What is the sample?
A. the 100 selected students
B. all freshmen at Lincoln High School
C. all students at Lincoln High School

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13. Fifty bottles of water were
randomly selected from a large
collection of bottles in a company's
warehouse. These fifty bottles are
referred to as the
A. parameter.
B. population.
C. sample.

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14. Fifty bottles of water were randomly
selected from a large collection of bottles
in a company's warehouse. The large
collection of bottles is referred to as the
A. parameter.
B. population.
C. sample.

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15. A mean is known as a statistic
if it is computed from the ________.
A. parameter
B. population
C. sample

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16. A mean could
be a ______________
A. parameter only.
B. statistic only.
C. parameter or a statistic.

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17. The difference
between s and σ is that
______.
A. s is for a sample and σ is for a
population
B. s is for a population and σ is for a
sample
C. s is a parameter and σ is not

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18. Correct examples of
parameters are
A. s and σ.
B. μ and σ.
C. μ and s.

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19. A random sample of female college
students has a mean height of 64.5
inches, which is greater than the 63
inches mean height of all adult
American women. 63 inches is a
_________.
A. parameter
B. population
C. sample
D. statistic

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20. A random sample of female college
students has a mean height of 64.5
inches, which is greater than the 63
inches mean height of all adult
American women. 64.5 inches is a
_________.
A. parameter
B. population
C. sample
D. statistic

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DESCRIPTIVE or INFERENTIAL
21 _____________________ statistics
consists of generalizing from
samples to populations,
performing estimations and
hypothesis tests, determining
relationships among variables,
and making predictions.

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22 A prediction has been
made that the chance that
a person will be robbed in
a certain city is 15%.

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23 __________________ statistics
consists of the collection,
organization,
summarization and
presentation of data.

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24 The chances of you getting
a new car is about the same
as passing your math class.

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25 The Senior Citizens that live
in Florida have better
memories than the ones
that live in Texas.

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26 From a past study, it was
found that 56% of women
are the primary investors in
their households.

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27 10% of college students are
predicted to travel out the
country during spring
break.

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28 From a past study, it was
found that the APR of a
certain credit card averaged
12.83%

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29 It is predicted that the
average number of
automobiles each
household owns will
increase next year.

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30 Using this product will burn
74% more calories.

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