A) A ______ is all people of interest defined from the research study       a) Sample         b) Population         c) Variable         d) Parameter B) A researcher is curious about the average monthly cell phone bill for high school students in the state of Florida. If this average could be obtained, it would be an example of a _____________ a) Parameter         b) Statistic         c) Population         d) Sample C) The _______ is the value that divides a dataset into two equal parts. a) Mean               b) Median              c) Mode             d) Midrange D) There are 40 students (20 males, and 20 females) in a class. Ten male students are in the college male basketball team and 5 female students are in the college female basketball team. If one student is selected at random, what is the probability of selecting a student who plays basketball? a) 20/40                    b) 10/40                   c)1/40                d) 15/40 E) Suppose the values of mean, median, and mode is 65, 100, 120 in a distribution. The shape of the distribution is  a)Symmetrical          b) Positively Skewed       c) Negatively Skewed   d) Cannot Determine F) Which of the following is an example of a continuous variable?  a) The gender of each student in a psychology class  b) The number of males in each class offered by the college  c) The amount of time to solve a problem  d) The number of children in a family

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A)

A ______ is all people of interest defined from the research study

      a) Sample         b) Population         c) Variable         d) Parameter

B)

A researcher is curious about the average monthly cell phone bill for high school students in the state of Florida. If this average could be obtained, it would be an example of a _____________

a) Parameter         b) Statistic         c) Population         d) Sample

C)

The _______ is the value that divides a dataset into two equal parts.

a) Mean               b) Median              c) Mode             d) Midrange

D)

There are 40 students (20 males, and 20 females) in a class. Ten male students are in the college male basketball team and 5 female students are in the college female basketball team. If one student is selected at random, what is the probability of selecting a student who plays basketball?

a) 20/40                    b) 10/40                   c)1/40                d) 15/40

E)

Suppose the values of mean, median, and mode is 65, 100, 120 in a distribution. The shape of the distribution is

 a)Symmetrical          b) Positively Skewed       c) Negatively Skewed   d) Cannot Determine

F)

Which of the following is an example of a continuous variable?

 a) The gender of each student in a psychology class

 b) The number of males in each class offered by the college

 c) The amount of time to solve a problem

 d) The number of children in a family

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