Data Types

Which type of data can be described using median and mode but not mean?

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

Which of the following is a characteristic of nominal data?

• It can be ranked

• It has meaningful differences between values

• It has a true zero point

• It represents categories

Blood type (A, B, AB, O) is an example of which type of data?

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

The Likert scale (e.g., strongly agree, agree, neutral, disagree, strongly disagree) is an example of which type of data?

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

Which type of data can be quantified but not ordered?

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

The year of birth of individuals is an example of which type of data?

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

The classification of species in biology (e.g., mammal, bird, fish) represents which type of data?

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

What type of data is "gender"?

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

What type of data is represented by the number of children in a family?

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

A survey asks respondents to rank their agreement with a statement on a scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). This is an example of which type of data?

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio