FAST Descriptive Statistics

Question 1

What is the difference between the mean and the median?

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The mean is the arithmetic average; the median is the middle value when data is ordered

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They always produce the same result

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The mean is always larger than the median

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The median is calculated by adding all values

Question 2

What does standard deviation measure?

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The average amount of variability or spread in a dataset

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The center of the data distribution

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The highest value in the dataset

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The number of data points

Question 3

When is the median preferred over the mean?

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When the data contains outliers or is heavily skewed

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When all data values are identical

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When working with nominal data

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When the sample size is very large

Question 4

What is a frequency distribution?

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A table or graph showing how often each value or range of values occurs

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A measure of central tendency

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A method for calculating standard deviation

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A type of probability calculation

Question 5

What does a box plot display?

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The minimum, first quartile, median, third quartile, and maximum of a dataset

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Only the mean and standard deviation

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The frequency of each data value

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The correlation between two variables

Question 6

What is the mode of a dataset?

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The value that appears most frequently

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The average of all values

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The middle value

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The range of the data