BUS 308 Week 1 Quiz

1. Technically, “statistic” refers to which?

2. The tails of a normal distribution never touch the abscissa

3. The z-score indicates where an individual data value lies within the data set.

4. Which statement explains what inferential statistical analysis is?
@Answer found in section 1.4 Describing or Inferring?, in Statistics for Managers

5. A parameter refers to a sample characteristic

6. In statistical notation, M is to μ as s is to σ

7. Which of the following defines standard deviation?

8. Which of the following is NOT a measure of variability?
@Answer found in section 1.5 Descriptive Statistics, in Statistics for Managers

9. In a frequency distribution such as a bell-shaped curve, what does the vertical height of the curve indicate?

10. A probability is found by dividing the number of possible outcomes (o) by the number of successes € = o/e.