Quiz & Worksheet - Descriptive Statistics

Instructions:

Choose an answer and hit 'next'. You will receive your score and answers at the end.

question 1 of 3

The mean is influenced by:

The order of data. Individual scores.

Outliers. The standard deviation.

Worksheet

Print What Are Descriptive Statistics? - Definition and Uses Worksheet

1. Which of the following is the least useful in helping you understand how varied your data scores are?

Standard deviation
Variance
Mean
Range

2. Standard deviation tells you:

How spread out the data are.
How many outliers there are.
what the mean, median and mode are.
the square root of the mean.

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About This Quiz & Worksheet

By using this quiz and worksheet combo, you will gain practice in understanding the most basic statistics used to give a summary of data and how each is different. Key concepts to watch for include what the mean is influenced by and how to calculate standard deviation.

Quiz & Worksheet Goals

In these assessments, your understanding of the following concepts will be tested:

Descriptive statistics that show the spread of the data
Calculating the median
What an outlier is

Skills Practiced

In addition, you will be able to practice the following skills:

Making connections - use your understanding of the concept of outliers
Interpreting information - verify that you can read information regarding what influences the mean and interpret it correctly
Information recall - access the knowledge you've gained regarding statistics that depict how data is spread out
Knowledge application - use your knowledge to answer questions about calculating descriptive statistics

Additional Learning

To learn more about descriptive statistics, refer to the related lesson, What Are Descriptive Statistics? - Definition and Uses. This lesson covers these learning objectives: