Test Bank For Fundamentals of Business Statistics International 6th Edition
Test Bank For Fundamentals of Business Statistics International 6th Edition by Dennis J. Sweeney
Fundamentals of Business Statistics International 6th Edition by Dennis J. Sweeney – Test Bank
Fundamentals of Business Statistics International 6th Edition
Fundamentals of Business Statistics International
CHAPTER 1—DATA AND STATISTICS
MULTIPLE CHOICE
- Methods for developing useful decision-making information from large data bases is known as
| a. | data manipulation |
| b. | data monitoring |
| c. | data base conversion |
| d. | data mining |
ANS: D PTS: 1 TOP: Descriptive Statistics
- The process of capturing, storing, and maintaining data is known as
| a. | data manipulation |
| b. | data monitoring |
| c. | data warehousing |
| d. | category analysis |
ANS: C PTS: 1 TOP: Descriptive Statistics
- The subject of data mining deals with
| a. | methods for developing useful decision-making information from large data bases |
| b. | keeping data secure so that unauthorized individuals cannot access the data |
| c. | computational procedure for data analysis |
| d. | computing the average for data |
ANS: A PTS: 1 TOP: Descriptive Statistics
- In a questionnaire, respondents are asked to mark their gender as male or female. Gender is an example of the
| a. | ordinal scale |
| b. | nominal scale |
| c. | ratio scale |
| d. | interval scale |
ANS: B PTS: 1 TOP: Descriptive Statistics
- The nominal scale of measurement has the properties of the
| a. | ordinal scale |
| b. | only interval scale |
| c. | ratio scale |
| d. | None of these alternatives is correct. |
ANS: D PTS: 1 TOP: Descriptive Statistics
- The scale of measurement that is used to rank order the observation for a variable is called the
| a. | ratio scale |
| b. | ordinal scale |
| c. | nominal scale |
| d. | interval scale |
ANS: B PTS: 1 TOP: Descriptive Statistics
