Variables and Measures of Data UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Angela is collecting data on the number of classes that discrete quantitative
students take. what type of data is this?
Jason is investigating if age has any effect on the number C.
of hours of sleep. which of the following gives the
explanatory and response variables respectively?
A. the number of people that are being studied and the
number of hours of sleep
B. the number of hours of sleep and age
C. age and the number of hours of sleep
D. the number of people that are being studied and age
an explanatory variable is a value or component of the false
independent variable applied in an experiment
Patrick is collecting data on show size. what type of data discrete quantitative because it only takes on certain values such as 5, 5.5, 6, 6.5,
is this? etc
what is the type of quantitative data that is the result of continuous
measuring?
which of the following surveys have quantitative data? C and D
A. a 2013 CDC survey on youth fitness asked students
which sport they enjoy the most. possible answers
included baseball, golf and gymnastics
B. a 2015 Gallup survey asked about free expression on
campus asked students which news sources they follow
C. a 2015 CDC survey on family growth asks women hoe
many times they have been pregnant
D. a survey on youth health asked participants for the
number of sports they played in the previous week
which of the following is continuous data? B and C
A. the 2015 CDC family growth survey also asked women
how many cigarettes they smoked per day
B. a survey management company measured how much
time each participant takes to complete a survey
C. an environmental researcher measured the average
length of fish in a certain lake
D. a librarian counted the number of books returned in a
day
true or false: continuous is the type of qualitative data false; continuous is qualitative data that is the result of measuring
that is the result of counting
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Angela is collecting data on the number of classes that discrete quantitative
students take. what type of data is this?
Jason is investigating if age has any effect on the number C.
of hours of sleep. which of the following gives the
explanatory and response variables respectively?
A. the number of people that are being studied and the
number of hours of sleep
B. the number of hours of sleep and age
C. age and the number of hours of sleep
D. the number of people that are being studied and age
an explanatory variable is a value or component of the false
independent variable applied in an experiment
Patrick is collecting data on show size. what type of data discrete quantitative because it only takes on certain values such as 5, 5.5, 6, 6.5,
is this? etc
what is the type of quantitative data that is the result of continuous
measuring?
which of the following surveys have quantitative data? C and D
A. a 2013 CDC survey on youth fitness asked students
which sport they enjoy the most. possible answers
included baseball, golf and gymnastics
B. a 2015 Gallup survey asked about free expression on
campus asked students which news sources they follow
C. a 2015 CDC survey on family growth asks women hoe
many times they have been pregnant
D. a survey on youth health asked participants for the
number of sports they played in the previous week
which of the following is continuous data? B and C
A. the 2015 CDC family growth survey also asked women
how many cigarettes they smoked per day
B. a survey management company measured how much
time each participant takes to complete a survey
C. an environmental researcher measured the average
length of fish in a certain lake
D. a librarian counted the number of books returned in a
day
true or false: continuous is the type of qualitative data false; continuous is qualitative data that is the result of measuring
that is the result of counting
