MULTIPLE CHOICE, Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or

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MULTIPLE CHOICE, Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. Provide an appropriate response. 1) Which of the following is not true of statistics? 1) A) Statistics is used to draw conclusions using data. B) Statistics is used to answer questions with 100% certainty. C) Statistics involves collecting and summarizing data. D) Statistics can be used to organize and analyze information. Determine whether the underlined value is a parameter or a statistic. 2) In a survey conducted in the town of Atherton, 29% of adult respondents reported that they had 2) been involved in at least one car accident in the past ten years. A) parameter B) statistic 3) 31 of the residents of Idlington Garden City are female. A) parameter 3) B) statistic 4) Telephone interviews of 318 employees of a large electronics company found that 45 4) were dissatisfied with their working conditions. A) parameter B) statistic Determine whether the study depicts an observational study or an experiment. 5) A poll is conducted in which professional musicians are asked their ages. A) observational study B) experiment 6) A scientist was studying the effects of a new fertilizer on crop yield. She randomly assigned half 6) of the plots on a farm to group one and the remaining plots to group two. On the plots in group one, the new fertilizer was used for a year. On the plots in group two, the old fertilizer was used. At the end of the year average crop yield for the plots in group two. the average crop yield for the plots in group one was compared with the A) observational study B) experiment Classify the variable as qualitative or quantitative. 7) the colors of book covers on a bookshelf B) quantitative A) qualitative helpdp) B) quantitative A) qualitative 9) the numbers on the shirts of a boy's football team B) qualitative A) quantitative 10) 10) the temperatures of cups of coffee served at a restaurant B) quantitative A) qualitative

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Solution:-

1) Statistics is used to answer question with 100% certainity.

2) Sample, number of respondants are given.

3) Parameter

4) Parameter, since total the number of employees in the electronic company is 318.

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