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01 Data Types and Levels of Measurement

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 10hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Hair color of girls on the high school tennis team is at the ______________ level of measurement

a)

Nominal

b)

Ordinal

c)

Interval

d)

Ratio

2.

Numbers on the shirts of a soccer team is at the ______________ level of measurement

a)

Nominal

b)

Ordinal

c)

Interval

d)

Ratio

3.

Ages of students in a statistics class is at the ______________ level of measurement.

a)

Nominal

b)

Ordinal

c)

Interval

d)

Ratio

4.

Temperature settings of 22 selected refrigerators (in Fahrenheit) are at the ______________ level of measurement.

a)

Nominal

b)

Ordinal

c)

Interval

d)

Ratio

5.

A data set that consists of the number of milligrams of tar in 28 cigarettes is at the ______________ level of measurement.

a)

Nominal

b)

Ordinal

c)

Interval

d)

Ratio

6.

The number of pages in your Statistics book is a data point at the _____________ level of measurement

a)

Nominal

b)

Ordinal

c)

Interval

d)

Ratio

7.

A column in a spreadsheet holds the marriage status of the faculty at the local community college. This column would be at the _____________ level of measurement.

a)

Nominal

b)

Ordinal

c)

Interval

d)

Ratio

8.

Social security numbers are at the ____________________ level of measurement.

a)

Nominal

b)

Ordinal

c)

Interval

d)

Ratio

9.

The ratings of a movie on a review site, ranging from "poor" to "good" to "excellent" would be at the ______________ level of measurement

a)

Nominal

b)

Ordinal

c)

Interval

d)

Ratio

10.

The final grades (A, B, C, D, or F) for students in a chemistry class would be at the ______________ level of measurement

a)

Nominal

b)

Ordinal

c)

Interval

d)

Ratio

11.

A database holds the annual salaries for all teachers in Utah. This data is at the _____________ level of measurement.

a)

Nominal

b)

Ordinal

c)

Interval

d)

Ratio

12.

A list of all of the ZIP codes for Chicago is at the _______________ level of measurement

a)

Nominal

b)

Ordinal

c)

Interval

d)

Ratio

13.

The nationalities listed in a recent survey of faculty members (English, German, etc.) are at the ______________ level of measurement.

a)

Nominal

b)

Ordinal

c)

Interval

d)

Ratio

14.

The amount of fat (in grams) in 44 cookies is data at the _______________ level of measurement.

a)

Nominal

b)

Ordinal

c)

Interval

d)

Ratio

15.

The number of cars sold by a car dealership each month is data at the ______________ level of measurement.

a)

Nominal

b)

Ordinal

c)

Interval

d)

Ratio

16.

At this level, data can be ranked, but you do not have any information about how much difference exists between ranks.

a)

Nominal

b)

Ordinal

c)

Interval

d)

Ratio

17.

Data from a Likert Scale

[for eample, strongly agree (1) to strongly disagree (7) ] is at the ______________ level of measurement.

a)

Nominal

b)

Ordinal

c)

Interval

d)

Ratio

18.

Ms. Martha puts her students' scores in order from the person who scored the least to the person who scored the most on her test of verbal reasoning.


If you had this ranking, but not the scores themselves, your information is at the ______________ level of measurement.

a)

Nominal

b)

Ordinal

c)

Interval

d)

Ratio

19.

Ten rats run a maze and the researcher records how they compared with each other, e.g. the slowest rat got a score of 1 and the fastest got a score of 10

a)

nominal

b)

ordinal

c)

interval

d)

ratio

20.

At this level, you can talk about how much greater than or less than each other two data points are, and negative numbers are allowed

a)

Interval

b)

Nominal

c)

Ordinal

d)

Ratio

21.

Temperature in degrees centigrade (Celsius) is at the ______________ level of measurement.

a)

Nominal

b)

Ordinal

c)

Interval

d)

Ratio

22.

In golf, negative scores are not only allowed, but are good! These scores would be at the ______________ level of measurement.

a)

Nominal

b)

Ordinal

c)

Interval

d)

Ratio

23.

At this level, all basic operations (add, subtract, multiply and divide) are allowed, and has an inherent zero meaning you cannot have negative values.

a)

Nominal

b)

Ordinal

c)

Interval

d)

Ratio

24.

Reaction times in milliseconds are measured for two groups of people, one well-rested and one sleep-deprived. This data is at the ____________________ level of measurement.

a)

Nominal

b)

Ordinal

c)

Interval

d)

Ratio

25.

A shop owner records information about his customers.


The distance they traveled to get to the shop is _____ data

a)

Qualitative

b)

Quantitative

26.

A shop owner records information about his customers.


The average amount of money spent is _____ data

a)

Qualitative

b)

Quantitative

27.

Review: A teacher asks everyone in his Year 7 group for their shoe size. The year 7 group is his defined Field of Study.


This is a __________________ of the Year 7 group.

a)

Census

b)

Sample

c)

Biased sample

d)

Population

28.

The type of programming on each radio station in your city (e.g., 93.7 KSKS play Country, Y101.1 plays Pop) is at the ______________ level of measurement.

a)

Nominal

b)

Ordinal

c)

Interval

d)

Ratio

29.

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

a)

Nominal

b)

Ordinal

c)

Interval

d)

Ratio

30.

The temperatures in cities throughout the country that are listed in most newspapers are at the ______________ level of measurement.

a)

Nominal

b)

Ordinal

c)

Interval

d)

Ratio

31.

Your cell phone is listed as third best on an online electronics review website. This data point is at the ______________ level of measurement

a)

Nominal

b)

Ordinal

c)

Interval

d)

Ratio

32.

Virginia is listed as the number one men's NCAA basketball team in a poll of sportswriters, with Michigan State listed number two. These data points are at the ______________ level of measurement.

a)

Nominal

b)

Ordinal

c)

Interval

d)

Ratio

33.

A data set consists of the amounts of each tip left at a restaurant during a 3-hour period. This set is at the _______________ level of measurement.

a)

Nominal

b)

Ordinal

c)

Interval

d)

Ratio

34.
Nominal, Ordinal, Interval and Ratio are the four main...
a)
Methods of Data Collection
b)
Sampling Techniques
c)
Types of Data
d)
Levels of Measurement
35.
Qualitative and Quantitative are the two main...
a)
Methods of Data Collection
b)
Sampling Techniques
c)
Types of Data
d)
Levels of Measurement
36.
This is the only Level of Measurement that is always qualitative.
a)
Nominal
b)
Ordinal
c)
Interval
d)
Ratio
37.

Review: A/an ____________________ is a type of observation or survey where the sample size is less than the population size.

a)

census

b)

sampling

c)

experiment

d)

simulation

38.
This is the only Level of Measurement that can be either qualitative or quantitative.
a)
Nominal
b)
Ordinal
c)
Interval
d)
Ratio
39.

These levels of measurement can be qualitative (check all that apply.)

a)

Nominal

b)

Ordinal

c)

Interval

d)

Ratio

40.

These levels of measurement can be quantitative (check all that apply.)

a)

Nominal

b)

Ordinal

c)

Interval

d)

Ratio