Statistical Vocabulary

What is the level of measurement for eye color?

• nomial

• ordinal

• interval

• ratio

True of False: The weight of motorcycles is continuous data.

• True

• False

What is the level of measurement a movie critic's ratings of : must see, recommended, not recommeded, don't even think about it

• nominal

• ordinal

• interval

• ratio

Dr. Hollar attended all but what college.

• CCC&TI

• Appalachian

• NC State

• Duke

Draw your favorite college mascot.

Indentify the type of sampling: A list of all stockholders is compiled and every 100th name is selected.

• random

• systematic

• stratified

• cluster

• convenience

Identify the type of sampling. The US Department of Corrections collects data about returning prisoners by surveying 50 prisoners in each of 5 selected federal prisons.

• randon

• systematic

• cluster

• stratified

• convenience

How much snow do you like?

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A pollster interviews 100 republicans and 100 democrats about thier opinion about daylight savings time. What is the type of sampling?

• random

• systematic

• cluster

• stratified

A Gallup poll surveyed 1018 adults and 65% of them said they voted in the last election.

Is this an EXPERIMENT or an OBSERVATIONAL STUDY?

• Experiment

• Observational Study