Quiz for:
Understanding Statistics Through Basketball

Question 1

What does the level of significance in a hypothesis test indicate?

Question 2

Which type of distribution is characterized by equal probability for all outcomes?

Question 3

What is the primary issue with p-hacking?

Question 4

Which concept allows the estimation of parameters based on sample statistics?

Question 5

What is nominal categorical data?

Question 6

What does a p-value represent in hypothesis testing?

Question 7

What does a bimodal distribution indicate?

Question 8

A skewed distribution with a long right tail is called what?

Question 9

What is a confidence interval?

Question 10

What does 'sigma' (σ) represent in statistics?

Question 11

Which hypothesis assumes no effect or difference in hypothesis testing?

Question 12

What is the null hypothesis symbolized as in hypothesis testing?

Question 13

Which of these is not a type of distribution?

Question 14

What is a probability density function?

Question 15

How does sample size affect sampling distribution variance?

Question 16

Which symbol represents the mean in statistics?

Question 17

What type of data are 'number of free throws missed' examples of?