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1) In descriptive statistics, the aim is to: 1 point
Week 1 - Course (Note: multiple options may be correct)
Overview and
Descriptive do the analysis of data that helps describe or show data in a meaningful way such that, for
Statistics example, patterns might emerge from the data.
use probability theory to learn about population from a sample data.
Course
Overview quantitatively describe or summarize the data.

Course
describe the data by measures of central tendency and measures of variability
Overview all of the above
(cont'd)
No, the answer is incorrect.
Descriptive Score: 0
Statistics -
Graphical Accepted Answers:
Approaches do the analysis of data that helps describe or show data in a meaningful way such that, for example,
patterns might emerge from the data.
Descriptive
Statistics - quantitatively describe or summarize the data.
Measures of describe the data by measures of central tendency and measures of variability
Central
Tendency 2) Which of the following is a measure of dispersion: 1 point

Descriptive percentiles
Statistics -
quartiles
Measures of
Dispersion interquartile range.

Quiz :
all of the above
Assignment 1 none of the above

Feedback for No, the answer is incorrect.

week 1 Score: 0
Assignment 1 Accepted Answers:
Solution interquartile range.

Week 2 - 3) In a statistical study, when data are collected only for a portion or subset of all the elements 1 point
Probability of interest, we are using:
Distributions &
Inferential a sample
Statistics
a parameter
Week 3 - a population
Inferential (a) and (b)
Statistics
(b) and (c)
Week 4 - No, the answer is incorrect.
Machine Score: 0

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Learning Accepted Answers:
a sample
Week 5 -
Supervised 4) To test the linear relationship between y (dependent) and x (independent) continuous 1 point
Learning variables, the best plot is:
(Regression and
Classification bar chart
Techniques) - I
scatter plot

Week 6 : histogram
Supervised pie chart
Learning none of the above
(Regression and
Classification No, the answer is incorrect.
Techniques)-II
Score: 0

Week 7 - Accepted Answers:

Association Rule scatter plot
Mining and Big
Data 5) The algebraic sum of deviations from the mean is: 1 point

mean
Week 8 -
Clustering zero
Analysis and maximum
Prescriptive
Analytics minimum
undefined
Course
Summary+ No, the answer is incorrect.
Insight into the Score: 0
Final Exam Accepted Answers:
zero

6) In an agriculture research center, the scientists collected the past 20 years data of rainfall 1 point
along with the crop yield. If they want to perform regression analysis on this data, which variable should
they consider to be the independent variable and which one should they consider being the dependent
variable?

Independent variable: yield, Dependent variable: rainfall

Independent variable: rainfall, Dependent variable: yield

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
Independent variable: rainfall, Dependent variable: yield

7) In a glass production house, John recorded the temperature values in degree Celsius. After 1 point
working out he came to know that mean of the data is 28.6degree C and variance is
2
4.0( degree C) . If the data values were converted to Fahrenheit (F), what would be the values of
mean and variance? We use the following formula to convert a temperature value from degrees
Celsius (C) to Fahrenheit (F)

9
𝐹 = 𝐶 + 32
5

2
mean = 28.6 degree F and variance = 4.0( degree F)

2
mean = 57.2 degree F and variance = $8.0(degree F)

2
mean = 87.22 degree F and variance = 16.38( degree F)

2
mean = 83.48 degree F and variance = 12.96( degree F)

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
2
mean = 83.48 degree F and variance = 12.96( degree F)

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8) If a data set has even number of observations. Then median of the data set: 1 point

cannot be calculated
is equal to the mean
is average of the two middle items
is one of the two middle items, chosen at random
none of the above

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
is average of the two middle items

9) In a given data set of 100 observations, if the largest value is doubled, which of the 0 points
following option is/are false? (assume that largest value is non zero)
(Note: multiple options may be correct)

the variance increases

the mean increases
the median increases
the IQR increases
the range increases

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
the median increases
the IQR increases

10)A Boeing 747 passenger aircraft gets cancelled while severe snowstorms. The following 1 point
histogram shows the number of days missed (per year) in last 75 years. Which of the following should
you use as a measure to describe the center of the distribution?

mean, because it covers information from all 75 years

IQR, because it is unaffected by the outliers
median, because the distribution is skewed to the right
standard deviation, because it is unaffected by outliers and the distribution is skewed

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
median, because the distribution is skewed to the right

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