Statistics Quiz

What level of measurement classifies data into mutually exclusive (nonoverlapping), exhausting categories in which no order or ranking can be imposed on the data?

• Ratio

• Ordinal

• Interval

• Nominal

Variables with values that are determined by chance are called......

• data value

• Random variables

• data set

• datum

Each value in a data set may be referred to as either a data value or a ...........

• data subset

• data point

• Datum

STATISTICS is the science of conducting studies to.......

• hypothesize, experiment, and form conclusions

• monitor, study, and report on a subject.

• solve a system of equations

• collect, organize, summarize, analyze, and draw conclusions from data

If you classified the fruit in a basket as apple, orange, or banana, this would be an example of which level of measurement?

• Ordinal

• Nominal

• Ratio

• Interval

The amount of time needed to run the DUBAI marathon is an example of which type of variable?

• Discrete

• Qualitative

• Continuous

What level of measurement possesses all the characteristics of interval measurement, and there exists a true zero?

• Ratio

• Nominal

• Interval

• Ordinal

What level of measurement would be applied when doing a survey on the average American's shoe size?

• Interval

• Nominal

• Ratio

• Ordinal

...........(Quantitative/Qualitative)can be placed into distinct categories according to some characteristic or attribute.

............. Quantitative/Qualitative)are numerical in nature and can be ordered or ranked.