2201b Quiz01A
Revised 02/03/2010
2201_Quiz1A.docm
EXST 2201
Quiz 1A
Name:
Section:
Score:
Directions: This quiz will be available due on Moodle after the lectures on Chapter 02 have been given. Mark your answers on this printout. When the quiz is available on
Moodle, record your answers in the Moodle quiz and submit them for grading.
You may take the quiz only once and you will have an hour and a half to complete it, so be sure of your answers before you start the Moodle quiz.
1. Use the data in the table below to answer the following two matching questions:
Model
3 Series
5 Series
7 Series
Body Style
Coupe
Sedan
Sedan
Weight Number of Seats
2780
5
3450
5
4255
5
1A. Matching: In the blank below the description in the left column, write the matching term from those listed in the box to the right.
In the table above,
Each column contains information for a variable.
a census.
Each row contains information for an individual.
a variable.
The information inside the body of the table is called the data.
an individual. the data.
1B. Matching: In the blank below the variable name in the left column, write the matching term from those listed in the box to the right.
Using the table above, identify the type of data in each column listed below:
Body Style qualitative qualitative
Weight continuous discrete continuous Number of Seats discrete problematic
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2. (Question 2 subparts below)
2A. The Gallup News Service conducted a survey of 1,004 adults where the respondents were asked, “Do you have a great deal of concern regarding global warming?” What type of study is this?
•
•
•
•
Observational study.
Experimental study.
Situational sampling.
News study.
2B. A pharmaceutical company developed a drug meant to relieve cold symptoms. The company selected 300 males in New York aged 25-29 years old and randomly divided them into two groups. Group 1 was given the new drug and Group 2 was given a placebo. After one
2201_Quiz1A.docm
EXST 2201
Quiz 1A
Name:
Section:
Score:
Directions: This quiz will be available due on Moodle after the lectures on Chapter 02 have been given. Mark your answers on this printout. When the quiz is available on
Moodle, record your answers in the Moodle quiz and submit them for grading.
You may take the quiz only once and you will have an hour and a half to complete it, so be sure of your answers before you start the Moodle quiz.
1. Use the data in the table below to answer the following two matching questions:
Model
3 Series
5 Series
7 Series
Body Style
Coupe
Sedan
Sedan
Weight Number of Seats
2780
5
3450
5
4255
5
1A. Matching: In the blank below the description in the left column, write the matching term from those listed in the box to the right.
In the table above,
Each column contains information for a variable.
a census.
Each row contains information for an individual.
a variable.
The information inside the body of the table is called the data.
an individual. the data.
1B. Matching: In the blank below the variable name in the left column, write the matching term from those listed in the box to the right.
Using the table above, identify the type of data in each column listed below:
Body Style qualitative qualitative
Weight continuous discrete continuous Number of Seats discrete problematic
Page 1 of 8
Revised 02/03/2010
2201_Quiz1A.docm
2. (Question 2 subparts below)
2A. The Gallup News Service conducted a survey of 1,004 adults where the respondents were asked, “Do you have a great deal of concern regarding global warming?” What type of study is this?
•
•
•
•
Observational study.
Experimental study.
Situational sampling.
News study.
2B. A pharmaceutical company developed a drug meant to relieve cold symptoms. The company selected 300 males in New York aged 25-29 years old and randomly divided them into two groups. Group 1 was given the new drug and Group 2 was given a placebo. After one