Statistics General Knowledge - Statistics

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Which measure is the square root of the variance? Standard deviation
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In theory, what is the probability that a person finishes this quiz with exactly 2 minutes left? (Answer in percent) 0
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In how many ways can you choose 2 people out of a group of 4? (Order does not matter) 6
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What is the name of a graph that represents the frequency of occurrence using bars? Histogram or Bar Chart
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If you take an infinite sample of IQ scores, which distribution describes the average IQ? Normal distribution
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A quantitative variable can either be continuous or...? Discrete
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Which greek letter is used to denote the true mean value? Mu
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"Correlation does not imply ... "? Causation
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What measure could you use instead of the average value, which is more useful when you're dealing with outliers? Median
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What is the range of the following set of numbers: 3, 7, 12, 1, 9? 11
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In hypothesis testing, what tells you if the null hypothesis should be rejected based on the significance level? P-value
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What does MSE stand for? Mean Squared Error
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In linear regression, what tells you how well a line goes through the datapoints? R-squared
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What is the name of the probability distribution of a single coin flip? Bernoulli distribution
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Assume that a treatment works better for men and for women, but worse overall. What is the name of that paradox? Simpson's Paradox
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