Week 1 — MCQs
Descriptive vs Inferential, Populations and Samples, Scales of Measurement, and Data Types.
Total Questions: 6
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Which branch of statistics is used to summarize and describe data?
- Inferential statistics
- Descriptive statistics
- Probability theory
- Regression analysis
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The set of all students in IIT Madras is a:
- Sample
- Variable
- Population
- Case
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Blood group of a student is measured on which scale?
- Nominal
- Ordinal
- Interval
- Ratio
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Temperature in Celsius is an example of which scale?
- Nominal
- Ordinal
- Interval
- Ratio
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Height of a student in centimetres is recorded on which scale?
- Nominal
- Ordinal
- Interval
- Ratio
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Daily rainfall in Chennai for July 2020 is what type of data?
- Cross sectional
- Time series