Question FBQ1 : ________ can be useful as a tool in making effective decisions through scientific process.
Answer: Statistics
Question FBQ2 : _____ could be defined as pieces of information that represent the qualitative or quantitative attributes of set of variables.
Answer: Data
Question FBQ3 : _________ could vary in quantity or in quantity.
Answer: Variable
Question FBQ4 : __________ consists of the totality of the observations of a particular group.
Answer: Population
Question FBQ5 : ____________ is a subset of a population.
Answer: Sample
Question FBQ6 : Statistics has three distinct part namely; Descriptive statistics, Inferential statistics and ___________ statistics.
Answer: Experimental
Question FBQ7 : A statistical ____________ is a statement or postulation or a theory about the relationship between a dependent and independent variable.
Answer: Hypothesis
Question FBQ8 : ______________ data is generated directly by the researcher for the purpose of the research project.
Answer: Primary
Question FBQ9 : Data collected by investigator from printed materials published by another person are called ________ data.
Answer: Secondary
Question FBQ10 : The great German Mathematician George Cantor who defined set lived between 1845 to _________.
Answer: 1918
Question FBQ11 : A finite set is one whose members are _________.
Answer: Countable
Question FBQ12 : An infinite set is one whose elements are ________________.
Answer: Uncountable
Question FBQ13 : A set that contains no element is called _________ set.
Answer: Null
Question FBQ14 : _________ set is the set of all elements under consideration.
Answer: Universal
Question FBQ15 : An _____________ is a collection of statements specially arranged.
Answer: Argument
Question FBQ16 : A ________ is a sentence that is either True or False but NOT both simultaneously.
Answer: Statement
Question FBQ17 : In Mathematics, the word ________ is used to describe a process that will generate numeric data, which can be used for analysis.
Answer: Experiment
Question FBQ18 : A true statement is said to have a truth value ______.
Answer: T
Question FBQ19 : A ________ is a graph in the shape of a circular pie.
Answer: Pie chart
Question FBQ20 : There are _______ basic categories of statements in Mathematics.
Answer: Two
Question FBQ21 : A ____________ statement is a combination of two or more simple statements.
Answer: Compound
Question FBQ22 : ______________ entails the use of pictures to explain or illustrate statistical data.
Answer: Pictogram
Question FBQ23 : Only _______ information is represented on a simple bar chart.
Answer: One
Question FBQ24 : In a _________ bar chart two or more set of interrelated data are represent.
Answer: Multiple
Question FBQ25 : A false statement is said to have a truth value ________.
Answer: F
Question FBQ26 : The most important form of tabulation is the _______________ distribution.
Answer: Frequency
Question FBQ27 : Frequency ____________ are very useful if we want to compare two distributions.
Answer: Editing
Question FBQ28 : __________ frequency curve is also called Ogive graph.
Answer: Cumulative
Question FBQ29 : The _________ is the most important measure of central tendency.
Answer: Mean
Question FBQ30 : The symbol is ∑ called sigma, which is used in mathematics to denote _________.
Answer: Summation
Question FBQ31 : Quartile partitions the array is divided into ________ equal groups.
Answer: Four
Question FBQ32 : The middle quartile (second quartile) is represented with ______.
Answer: Q2
Question FBQ33 : Deciles position the data array is divided into ______ equal groups.
Answer: Ten
Question FBQ34 : A _____ is another measure of partition that partitions data array into hundred equal groups.
Answer: Percentile
Question FBQ35 : _________ is defined as the difference between the largest and the smallest values of a data set.
Answer: Range
Question FBQ36 : ________ Deviation is an improvement of mean deviation.
Answer: Standard
Question FBQ37 : Probability can be classified into two types namely: Experimental and __________ probability.
Answer: Theoretical
Question FBQ38 : If in a throw of a coin a head shows up then the head (H) is an ________.
Answer: Outcome
Question FBQ39 : Throwing a fair coin once would have a sample space of _______.
Answer: H, T
Question FBQ40 : Two or more events are _____ exclusive if they cannot occur (or happen) at the same time.
Answer: Mutually
Question FBQ41 : The type of experiment that the results are always subject to chances is called _____.
Answer: Random
Question FBQ42 : Sample is a portion, piece or segment that ________ the whole
Answer: Represents
Question FBQ43 : A sample ________ is a method of collecting data.
Answer: Survey
Question FBQ44 : When a sample is chosen at random from a population it is said to be an ______ sample.
Answer: Unbiased
Question FBQ45 : __________ can be defined as a search for knowledge or any systematic investigation to establish facts.
Answer: Research
Question FBQ46 : The type of arrangement in which the order of arrangement is less important is called Combination ________.
Answer: Combination
Question FBQ47 : There are two sources of historical data namely; ______and secondary source.
Answer: Primary and Secondary
Question FBQ48 : ____________ usually contain questions aimed at getting specific information on a variety of topics.
Answer: Questionnaires
Question FBQ49 : The process where individuals or a group of people are commissioned to watch and record happenings or events is called __________.
Answer: Observation
Question FBQ50 : _________is the administering of the instrument through telephone.
Answer: Telephone Method
Question MCQ1 : The term “statistics” can be useful as a tool in making effective decisions through a ____________ process.
Answer: Scientific
Question MCQ2 : _______ could be defined as pieces of information that represent the qualitative or quantitative attributes of a variable or set of variables.
Answer: Data
Question MCQ3 : A _____________ is any quality that can have a number of values, which may be either discrete or continious.
Answer: Variable
Question MCQ4 : A _____________ is the arrangement of a set of numbers which is classified according to some attributes such as age, height, weight, etc.
Answer: Distribution
Question MCQ5 : Statistics has _________ distinct parts.
Answer: Three
Question MCQ6 : The first task a researcher must set for himself/herself is to prepare a __________ of the statistical inquiry s/he is embarking upon.
Answer: Statement of purpose
Question MCQ7 : There are two major sources of data and they are; ________ and ________.
Answer: Primary and Secondary
Question MCQ8 : _________ involves going through published works by scholars on the subject matter.
Answer: Literature review
Question MCQ9 : The great __________ Mathematician George Cantor (1845-1918) defines a set as any collection of definite distinguishable, objects of our intuition or of our intellect to be conceived as a whole.
Answer: German
Question MCQ10 : A _________ set is one whose members are countable.
Answer: Finite
Question MCQ11 : Which of the following is not a statement?
Answer: Do you understand?
Question MCQ12 : A true statement is said to have a truth value ____ while a false statement is said to have a truth value ___.
Answer: T, F
Question MCQ13 : __________ entails the use of pictures to explain or illustrate statistical data.
Answer: Pictogram
Question MCQ14 : On a simple bar chart only _______ information is represented
Answer: Four
Question MCQ15 : This is an example of ______________________
Answer: Multiple bar chart
Question MCQ16 : Histogram is a ___________ in which class boundaries or class interval is marked on the horizontal axis and the corresponding class frequency on the vertical axis.
Answer: Graph
Question MCQ17 : This is an example of __________________
Answer: Cumulative Frequency curve
Question MCQ18 : The arithmetic __________ is the most important measure of central tendency.
Answer: Mean
Question MCQ19 : The symbol called sigma is used in mathematics to denote ____________
Answer: Summation
Question MCQ20 : Find the Median of: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 5, 5
Answer: 2
Question MCQ21 : The _________ of a distribution is the value, which occurs most frequently in the distribution.
Answer: Mode
Question MCQ22 : An infinite set is one whose elements are ________, as they are infinitely numerous.
Answer: Countable
Question MCQ23 : In the Computation of Quartiles, which step come first?
Answer: Arrange the data in order of magnitude from the lowest.
Question MCQ24 : A ____________ is another measure of partition that partitions data array into hundred equal groups.
Answer: Percentile
Question MCQ25 : _________ is defined as the difference between the largest and the smallest values of a data set.
Answer: Range
Question MCQ26 : The range of the set of numbers; 8, 4, 10, 12, 6, 7, 8, 15, 14, is _________.
Answer: 15-4=11
Question MCQ27 : Mean deviation takes into consideration the limitation of ______ and _______.
Answer: Range and quartile deviation
Question MCQ28 : Standard Deviation is improvement of ___________.
Answer: Measure of dispersion
Question MCQ29 : Probability can be classified into ______ types.
Answer: Two
Question MCQ30 : Experiment can be classified into two groups namely: ______ and ________ experiment.
Answer: Deterministic and Random
Question MCQ31 : An _______ is the result of any experiment carried out under a well-defined condition in probability.
Answer: Outcome
Question MCQ32 : The sample space of a random experiment is the collection or set of all possible distinct outcomes of the experiment. Throwing a fair coin once would have a sample space of ___________
Answer: H, T
Question MCQ33 : A sample point is a __________ point in the sample space.
Answer: Single
Question MCQ34 : An ____________ is simply a subset of the sample space.
Answer: Event
Question MCQ35 : Two or more events are ______ exclusive if they cannot occur (or happen) at the same time.
Answer: Mutually
Question MCQ36 : Two or more events are said to be ___________ if the occurrence of one event does not affect or influence the occurrence of the second event.
Answer: Independent
Question MCQ37 : Two or more events are said to be _____________ if the occurrence of one event does affect or influence the occurrence of the second event.
Answer: Dependent
Question MCQ38 : The ___________ (or arrangement) of n distinct objects is its factorial.
Answer: Permutation
Question MCQ39 : The concept of cyclic permutation is about arrangement of objects about a __________.
Answer: Circle
Question MCQ40 : When modifications or restrictions are placed on the order of arrangement of distinct objects the permutation is called a _______________.
Answer: Conditional permutation
Question MCQ41 : ______ is about selecting a certain number of r objects from a set of n objects.
Answer: Combination
Question MCQ42 : The foundation of probability is usually ascribed to the ________ French Mathematicians.
Answer: 17th-century
Question MCQ43 : A sample survey is a method of collecting ___________.
Answer: Data
Question MCQ44 : For a sample to be a random sample, every member of the __________ must have an equal chance of being selected.
Answer: Population
Question MCQ45 : There are _________ types of sampling.
Answer: Five
Question MCQ46 : ________ can be defined to be search for knowledge or any systematic investigation to establish facts.
Answer: Research
Question MCQ47 : A __________ is used to make predictions that can be tested by observing the outcome of an experiment.
Answer: Hypothesis
Question MCQ48 : Most funding for scientific research comes from _____ major sources.
Answer: Two
Question MCQ49 : The ______ research deals with the determination, evaluation and explanation of the past events for the purpose of understanding the present and predicting the future.
Answer: Historical
Question MCQ50 : __________ is a method of obtaining information through the answers supplied by a respondent who fills the materials forwarded to him or her.
Answer: Questionnaire