Practice Quiz Chapter 11

. When summarizing and organizing quantitative data, once categories are selected, the data are ________.

. When constructing tables, a good rule to follow is to place the independent variable in the ________ and the dependent variable in the ________.

. ________ are appropriate when the analysis examines the proportion of variable categories to all variable categories over the whole population.

. A ________ is produced by pinpointing each instance of measurement on a grid defined by the two axes of a graph.

. All of the following are steps in constructing a line graph EXCEPT ________.

. In order to summarize and present data, one must first ________ the data.

. In order to prepare a graph, it is necessary to ________.

. In a ________, data are not usually categorized and coded; instead, the scale of each axis is adjusted to accommodate the range of the variable being analyzed.

. ________ are very useful for comparing the trends or performance of several groups or persons.

. The most important feature of the mean is that it allows for a comparison of the performance of ________.

. ________ create the greatest difficulty in making adequate comparisons.

. In a bar graph, the size of the bar is proportional to the size of the ________.

. Data may be excluded because of a mathematical problem called a(n) ________.

. Bar graphs can present information on frequencies and ________.

. When utilizing a pie graph, labelling the ________ is also useful in addition to just providing the graph.

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