Slide 1- 1 Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Pearson Addison-Wesley Active Learning Lecture Slides For use with Classroom Response Systems Elementary Statistics Tenth Edition and the Triola Statistics Series by Mario F. Triola Chapter 1 Introduction to Statistics

Slide 1- 2 Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Pearson Addison-Wesley The population is A.A collection of observations. B.A collection of methods for planning studies and experiments. C.The complete collection of all elements. D. A sub-collection of members drawn from a larger group.

Slide 1- 3 Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Pearson Addison-Wesley The population is A.A collection of observations. B.A collection of methods for planning studies and experiments. C.The complete collection of all elements. D. A sub-collection of members drawn from a larger group.

Slide 1- 4 Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Pearson Addison-Wesley Which is an example of quantitative data? A. Weights of high school students. B. Genders of actors and actresses. C. Colors of the rainbow. D. Consumer ratings of a particular automobile (below average, average, and above average.)

Slide 1- 5 Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Pearson Addison-Wesley Which is an example of quantitative data? A. Weights of high school students. B. Genders of actors and actresses. C. Colors of the rainbow. D. Consumer ratings of a particular automobile (below average, average, and above average.)

Slide 1- 6 Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Pearson Addison-Wesley Which is not an example of continuous data? A. Temperature on a thermometer. B. Number of students in an algebra class. C. Mean weight of 100 flour sacks. D. Amount of water pumped from a pond per day.

Slide 1- 7 Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Pearson Addison-Wesley Which is not an example of continuous data? A. Temperature on a thermometer. B. Number of students in an algebra class. C. Mean weight of 100 flour sacks. D. Amount of water pumped from a pond per day.

Slide 1- 8 Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Pearson Addison-Wesley Questions on a survey are scored with integers 1 thru 5 with 1 representing Strongly Disagree and 5 Strongly Agree. This is an example of what kind of measurement? A. Nominal. B. Ratio. C. Ordinal. D. Interval.

Slide 1- 9 Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Pearson Addison-Wesley Questions on a survey are scored with integers 1 thru 5 with 1 representing Strongly Disagree and 5 Strongly Agree. This is an example of what kind of measurement? A. Nominal. B. Ratio. C. Ordinal. D. Interval.

Slide Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Pearson Addison-Wesley In a large lecture room class of 300 students, a sample of 10 was taken to determine the male/female make up of the class. Which misuse of statistics does this represent? A. Percentage. B. Precise numbers. C. Missing data. D. Small samples.

Slide Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Pearson Addison-Wesley In a large lecture room class of 300 students, a sample of 10 was taken to determine the male/female make up of the class. Which misuse of statistics does this represent? A. Percentage. B. Precise numbers. C. Missing data. D. Small samples.

Slide Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Pearson Addison-Wesley Casualty data from the great flu epidemic of 1918 were collected for a study. This represents what type of study? A. Cross-sectional. B. Retrospective. C. Prospective. D. Qualitative

Slide Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Pearson Addison-Wesley Casualty data from the great flu epidemic of 1918 were collected for a study. This represents what type of study? A. Cross-sectional. B. Retrospective. C. Prospective. D. Qualitative

Slide Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Pearson Addison-Wesley At a security checkpoint to a government facility, every 10th individual was more thoroughly searched than the others. What type of sampling is this? A. Systemic. B. Convenience. C. Stratified. D. Cluster.

Slide Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Pearson Addison-Wesley At a security checkpoint to a government facility, every 10th individual was more thoroughly searched than the others. What type of sampling is this? A. Systemic. B. Convenience. C. Stratified. D. Cluster.