MATH410 Week 1 Quiz-Q&A

A restaurant surveys its patrons to pick their favorite item on the menu. What is the level of measurement of the data? Nominal Ordinal Interval Ratio Content attribution- Opens a dialog Question 2 Given that Cheryl is collecting data on car color, what type of data is she working with? qualitative discrete quantitative continuous quantitative none of the above Content attribution- Opens a dialog Question 3 A regional airline service advertises that their average ticket price is $60. Given that their ticket prices are $14, $85, $94, and $107, why is this statistic misleading? When considering different sampling methods, cluster sampling includes the steps: . identify individuals of the population that are easily accessible; obtain data from these individuals list the members of the population; use simple random sampling to select a starting point in the population; let k = (number of individuals in the population)/(number of individuals needed in the sample); choose every kth individual in the list starting with the one that was randomly selected divide the population into groups; use simple random sampling to identify a proportionate number of individuals from each group use simple random sampling to select a set of groups; every individual in the chosen groups is included in the sample Content attribution- Opens a dialog Question 5 Gloria collected data from a random sample of 1200 students in her school district asking whether or not they read more than one book per month. Based on the results, she reports that 35% of the students in all state schools read more than one book per month. Why is this statistic misleading? ....................................CONTINUED......................................