Terminology Data Types and Factors Quiz

What does the nominal data scale mean?

• Data collected by someone other than the user

• Data that can be measured and recorded using numbers

• Data related to physical characteristics used to optimize the user's safety

• Data used in classification or division of objects into discrete groups

What is ordinal data?

• Data collected by a user for a specific purpose

• Data that can be measured and recorded using numbers

• Data related to psychological interpretations caused by light, smell, sound, taste, temperature, and texture

• Data that exists on an arbitrary numerical scale to rank a set of data points

What does the 50th percentile represent?

• The range of sizes a product is made in

• The average of a given demographic

• The maximum value in a dataset

• The minimum value in a dataset

How is perception defined?

• Data related to physical characteristics used to optimize the user's safety

• Data that can be measured and recorded using numbers

• The way in which something is regarded, understood, or interpreted

• Data used in classification or division of objects into discrete groups

What are psychological factor data related to?

• Data that exists on an arbitrary numerical scale to rank a set of data points

• Data collected by someone other than the user

• Psychological interpretations caused by light, smell, sound, taste, temperature, and texture

• Physical characteristics

What is qualitative data used for?

• To compare differences between numbers

• To measure and record using numbers

• To find out in-depth the way people think or feel - their perception

• To evaluate user responses

What is ratio data scale used for?

• To compare differences between numbers

• To evaluate user responses

• To find out in-depth the way people think or feel - their perception

• To measure and record using numbers

What does the term 'reach' refer to?

• The range that a person can stretch to touch or grasp an object from a specified position

• The average of a given demographic

• The way in which something is regarded, understood, or interpreted

• Data used in classification or division of objects into discrete groups

What is secondary data?

• Data collected by someone other than the user

• Data related to psychological interpretations caused by light, smell, sound, taste, temperature, and texture

• Data that exists on an arbitrary numerical scale to rank a set of data points

• Data collected by a user for a specific purpose

What are workplace environmental factors categorized as?

• Data that can be measured and recorded using numbers

• Management, physical environment, equipment design, the nature of the job, social or psychological environment, the worker

• Data used in classification or division of objects into discrete groups

• Data related to physical characteristics used to optimize the user's safety