Quiz 1

_____________ “describes, infers, and resolves problems using numbers. Emphasis is placed on the collection of numerical data, the summary of those data and the drawing of inferences from the data.”

__________is collecting data and information, learning and finding new things.

_______________is a term that abstractly describes and names an object, a phenomenon, or an idea.

_____________is based on words, feelings, emotions, sounds and other non-numerical and unquantifiable elements.

This is a method that focuses on numbers, objective hard data.

_____________is an organized body of concepts and principles intended to explain a particular phenomenon.

___________uses words instead of numbers to display data. It focuses on feelings not numerical data.

____________are any quality of a person, group subject, event, condition or situation that varies or takes on different values.

____________is the process of selecting participants who are representatives of a larger population – gain an understanding of a larger population.

____________is a logical supposition, a reasonable guess, and educated conjecture.