MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS In the following multiple choice questions, circle the correct answer. 1. A numerical value used as a summary measure for a sample, such as sample mean, is known as a a. population parameter b. sample parameter c. sample statistic d. population mean e. None of the above answers is correct. ANSWER: 2. Since the population size is always larger than the sample size, then the sample statistic a. can never be larger than the population parameter b. can never be equal to the population parameter c. can never be zero d. Document Preview: MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS In the following multiple choice questions, circle the correct answer. 1. A numerical value used as a summary measure for a sample, such as sample mean, is known as a a. population parameter b. sample parameter c. sample statistic d. population mean e. None of the above answers is correct. ANSWER: 2. Since the population size is always larger than the sample size, then the sample statistic a. can never be larger than the population parameter b. can never be equal to the population parameter c. can never be zero d. can never be smaller than the population parameter e. None of the above answers is correct. ANSWER: 3. ?Ž? is an example of a a. population parameter b. sample statistic c. population variance d. mode e. None of the above answers is correct. ANSWER: 4. The mean of a sample is a. always equal to the mean of the population b. always smaller than the mean of the population c. computed by summing the data values and dividing the sum by (n 1) d. computed by summing all the data values and dividing the sum by the number of items e. None of the above answers is correct. ANSWER: 5. The sum of the percent frequencies for all classes will always equal a. one b. the number of classes c. the number of items in the study d. 100 e. None of the above answers is correct. ANSWER: 6. In a five number summary, which of the following is not used for data summarization? a. the smallest value b. the largest value c. the median d. the 25th percentile e. the mean ANSWER: 7. Since the mode is the most frequently occurring data value, it a. can never be larger than the mean b. is always larger than the median c. is always larger than the mean d. must have a value of at least two e. None of the above answers is correct. ANSWER: Exhibit 3-1 The following data show the number of hours worked by 200 statistics students. Number of Hours Frequency 0- 9 40 10 19 50 20 29 70 30 39 40 8. Refer to Exhibit 3-1. The class width for this Attachments: measure-of-di.odt