Stats - 1.2 - Classifying Data

Determine whether the data is qualitative or quantitative:

Weight of dogs at an animal rescue facility.

• Qualitative

• Quantitative

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Carrying capacities of flatbed trucks.

• Qualitative

• Quantitative

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Hair colors of classmates.

• Qualitative

• Quantitative

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Student ID numbers

• Qualitative

• Quantitative

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Heights of infants in a maternity ward.

• Qualitative

• Quantitative

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Species of mammals in a rain forest.

• Qualitative

• Quantitative

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Responses on an opinion poll.

• Qualitative

• Quantitative

Determine whether the data is qualitative or quantitative:

Wait times at the Department of Motor Vehicles

• Qualitative

• Quantitative

Determine the level of measurement of the data set.

The years that a television show on ABC won the Emmy for best comedy series are listed:

1955, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1988, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

Determine the level of measurement of the data set.

The top five business schools in the US for a recent year according to Forbes are listed:

1. Standford
2. Harvard
3. Northwestern
4. Columbia
5. Dartmouth

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio