Year 11 Std2 - Data Types & Sampling

Select the correct DATA TYPE:

Traffic crossing a bridge in an hour

• Categorical: nominal

• Categorical: ordinal

• Quantitative: discrete

• Quantitative: continuous

Select the correct DATA TYPE:

Make of car

• Categorical: nominal

• Categorical: ordinal

• Quantitative: discrete

• Quantitative: continuous

Method of travel to work

• Categorical: nominal

• Categorical: ordinal

• Quantitative: discrete

• Quantitative: continuous

Select the correct DATA TYPE:

Running time of an athlete

• Categorical: nominal

• Categorical: ordinal

• Quantitative: discrete

• Quantitative: continuous

Select the correct DATA TYPE:

Height of a tree

• Categorical: nominal

• Categorical: ordinal

• Quantitative: discrete

• Quantitative: continuous

Select the correct DATA TYPE:

Year of birth

• Categorical: nominal

• Categorical: ordinal

• Quantitative: discrete

• Quantitative: continuous

Select the correct DATA TYPE:

Exam grade (for example, B+)

• Categorical: nominal

• Categorical: ordinal

• Quantitative: discrete

• Quantitative: continuous

Select the correct DATA TYPE:

Favourite sport

• Categorical: nominal

• Categorical: ordinal

• Quantitative: discrete

• Quantitative: continuous

Select the correct DATA TYPE:

Interview every 10th student who enters the school in the morning.

• simple random

• voluntary response

• systematic

• convenience

A teacher hands out an index card and asks ALL of her students to write down the following information: age, height (in inches), and what grade they are in.

Which of the following best describes her METHOD of data collection?

• Census

• Simple Random Sample

• Cluster Random Sample

• Stratified Random Sample