Better Business 5th Edition by Michael R. Solomon – Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. Which of the following is not a purpose of statistical procedures?
   1. Organizing data
   2. Summarizing data
   3. Hypothesizing data
   4. Communicating data

ANSWER:           c DIFFICULTY:    Easy REFERENCES:  p. 3

Learning about Statistics

KEYWORDS:     statistical procedures

2. In statistics a population is
   1. the entire group to which a law of nature
   2. a subset of a group to which a law of nature
   3. all the people in the
   4. an infinite number that cannot be

ANSWER:           a DIFFICULTY:    Easy REFERENCES:  p. 5

The Logic of Research

KEYWORDS:     population

3. In statistics, a sample is
   1. the entire group to which a law is
   2. a subset of a group to which a law is
   3. all of the subjects in which we are
   4. at least half of the subjects in the

ANSWER:           b DIFFICULTY:    Easy REFERENCES:  p. 5

The Logic of Research

KEYWORDS:     sample

4. The individuals measured in a sample are called the

ANSWER:           d DIFFICULTY:    Easy REFERENCES:  p. 5

The Logic of Research

KEYWORDS:     participants

5. A representative sample is one
   1. created by selecting only those participants determined to be representative of the larger
   2. having characteristics accurately reflecting the characteristics of the
   3. based on the luck of the
   4. known to be a biased

ANSWER:           b DIFFICULTY:    Easy REFERENCES:  p. 6

The Logic of Research

KEYWORDS:     representative sample