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Statistics General Knowledge

Can you answer these general knowledge questions about statistics?
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Last updated: November 21, 2024
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Which measure is the square root of the variance?
Standard deviation
What is the name of a graph that represents the frequency of occurrence using bars?
Histogram or Bar Chart
If you take an infinite sample of IQ scores, which distribution describes the average IQ?
Normal distribution
In how many ways can you choose 2 people out of a group of 4? (Order does not matter)
6
What measure could you use instead of the average value, which is more useful when you're dealing with outliers?
Median
A quantitative variable can either be continuous or...?
Discrete
In linear regression, what tells you how well a line goes through the datapoints?
R-squared
"Correlation does not imply ... "?
Causation
In hypothesis testing, what tells you if the null hypothesis should be rejected based on the significance level?
P-value
Which greek letter is used to denote the true mean value?
Mu
What is the name of the probability distribution of a single coin flip?
Bernoulli distribution
What does MSE stand for?
Mean Squared Error
What is the range of the following set of numbers: 3, 7, 12, 1, 9?
11
Assume that a treatment works better for men and for women, but worse overall. What is the name of that paradox?
Simpson's Paradox
In theory, what is the probability that a person finishes this quiz with exactly 2 minutes left? (Answer in percent)
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