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Most students rated the instructor as poor or average.
A marketing class of 50 students evaluated the instructor using the following scale:
superior, good, average, poor, and inferior. The descriptive summary showed the
following survey results: 2% superior, 8% good, 45% average, 45% poor, and 0%
inferior.
Interval
What level of measurement is the Centigrade temperature scale?
False
Descriptive statistics are used to find out something about a population based on a
sample.
Ordinal
The final rankings of the top 20 NCAA college basketball teams are an example of
which level of measurement?
False
The order that runners finish in a race would be an example of continuous data.
True
Data measured on a nominal scale can only be classified into categories.
Predicting
Which word is NOT a part of the definition of descriptive statistics?
True
A sample is a portion or part of the population of interest.
Ordinal
A bank asks customers to evaluate the drive-thru service as good, average, or poor.
Which level of measurement is this classification?
Ratio
The incomes of a group of 50 loan applicants are obtained. Which level of measurement
is income?
Summarize data in a useful and informative manner.
The main purpose of descriptive statistics is to:
Ordinal
A group of women tried five brands of finger nail polish and ranked them according to
preference. What level of measurement is this?
Nominal
A survey includes a question regarding marital status that has the following responses:
single, married, divorced, separated or widowed. What is the scale of measurement for
this question?
True
The CIA World Factbook cited these numbers for the United States:
• Birthrate is 14.14 births per 1,000 population
• Average life expectancy for females is 80 years
• Approximately 290 million persons residing in the United States
Each of these numbers is referred to as statistic.
Most students rated the instructor as poor or average.
A marketing class of 50 students evaluated the instructor using the following scale:
superior, good, average, poor, and inferior. The descriptive summary showed the
following survey results: 2% superior, 8% good, 45% average, 45% poor, and 0%
inferior.
Interval
What level of measurement is the Centigrade temperature scale?
False
Descriptive statistics are used to find out something about a population based on a
sample.
Ordinal
The final rankings of the top 20 NCAA college basketball teams are an example of
which level of measurement?
False
The order that runners finish in a race would be an example of continuous data.
True
Data measured on a nominal scale can only be classified into categories.
Predicting
Which word is NOT a part of the definition of descriptive statistics?
True
A sample is a portion or part of the population of interest.
Ordinal
A bank asks customers to evaluate the drive-thru service as good, average, or poor.
Which level of measurement is this classification?
Ratio
The incomes of a group of 50 loan applicants are obtained. Which level of measurement
is income?
Summarize data in a useful and informative manner.
The main purpose of descriptive statistics is to:
Ordinal
A group of women tried five brands of finger nail polish and ranked them according to
preference. What level of measurement is this?
Nominal
A survey includes a question regarding marital status that has the following responses:
single, married, divorced, separated or widowed. What is the scale of measurement for
this question?
True
The CIA World Factbook cited these numbers for the United States:
• Birthrate is 14.14 births per 1,000 population
• Average life expectancy for females is 80 years
• Approximately 290 million persons residing in the United States
Each of these numbers is referred to as statistic.
