Types of Data Quiz

What is the most basic level of measurement?

• Ordinal

• Interval/Ratio

• Nominal

• Interval

Which type of data can be stored as a word or text or given a numerical code?

• Interval

• Nominal

• Interval/Ratio

• Ordinal

What is the best way to represent nominal data?

• Bar chart

• Box plot

• Pie chart

• Histogram

What is the most common summary measure for interval/ratio data?

• Standard Deviation

• Mode

• Median

• Mean

Which type of data is best represented as a line chart?

• Nominal

• None of the above

• Ordinal

• Interval/Ratio

What is the level of measurement for variables that have a meaningful order but unequal intervals?

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval/Ratio

• Interval

What is the label for data that can be measured rather than classified or ordered?

• Parametric

• Ordinal

• Interval/Ratio

• Nominal

Which type of data should not be represented as a pie chart?

• Ordinal

• Nominal

• Interval/Ratio

• Quantitative

What is the best way to represent ordinal data?

• Box plot

• Histogram

• Bar chart

• Pie chart

Which summary statistic is not suitable for nominal data?

• Mean

• Standard Deviation

• Median

• Mode