Level of Measurements Stats

What is the highest level of measurement that is used in statistics?

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

Mean, Median, and Mode are different ways to talk about the ________ of a data set.

• Center

• Summary

• Individual Values

• Average

Data that are quantitative. Differences are meaningful and entries can be expressed as multiples of one another. A zero entry is an inherent zero.

• Nominal level

• Ordinal level

• Interval level

• Ratio level

Data that are quantitative and meaningful differences can be calculated. No inherent zero can be found.

• Nominal level

• Ordinal level

• Interval level

• Ratio level

The number of hours you spent studying each day during the past week

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio

The best description of the data is ​ ​ (a)   . ​ ​ The most appropriate measure of center is the​ ​ (b)   . The most appropriate measure of variability is the ​ ​ (c)   .

• range

• mean

• skewed left

• median

• IQR

• skewed right

• symmetric

• symmetric with an outlier

The best description of the data is ​ (a)   . ​ ​ The most appropriate measure of center is the​ (b)   . The most appropriate measure of variability is the ​ (c)   .

• range

• mean

• IQR

• median

• skewed right

• symmetric

• symmetric with an outlier

• skewed left

The best description of the data is ​ (a)   . ​ ​ The most appropriate measure of center is the​ (b)   . The most appropriate measure of variability is the ​ (c)   .

• range

• mean

• IQR

• median

• skewed right

• symmetric

• symmetric with an outlier

• skewed left

BLANK is the science of collecting, organizing analyzing, and interpreting data in order to make decisions.

• Data

• population

• statistics

• sample

The temperatures in cities throughout the country that are listed in most newspapers.

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Ratio