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EssentialfStatisticsfinfBusinessfandfEconomics,f3ef(Doane)fC
hapterf2 DatafCollection
1) Categoricalfdatafhavefvaluesfthatfarefdescribedfbyfwordsfratherfthanfnumbers.
Answer:f f TRUE
Explanation:f Categoriesfarefnominalfdatafbutfmayfsometimesfalsofbefrankedf(e.g.,fsophomore,fjuni
or,fsenior).
Difficulty:f1fEasy
Topic:f f 02.01fVariablesfandfData
LearningfObjective:f 02-
02fExplainfthefdifferencefbetweenfnumericalfandfcategoricalfdata.fBloom's:f Remember
AACSB:f AnalyticalfThinkingfAccessibility
:f KeyboardfNavigation
2) Numericalfdatafcanfbefeitherfdiscreteforfcontinuous.
Answer:f f TRUE
Explanation:f Numericalfdatafcanfbefcountsf(e.g.,fcarsfowned)forfcontinuousfmeasuresf(e.g.,fheight).
Difficulty:f1fEasy
Topic:f f 02.01fVariablesfandfData
LearningfObjective:f 02-
02fExplainfthefdifferencefbetweenfnumericalfandfcategoricalfdata.fBloom's:f Remember
AACSB:f AnalyticalfThinkingfAccessibility
:f KeyboardfNavigation
3) Categoricalfdatafarefalsofreferredftofasfnominalforfqualitativefdata.
Answer:f f TRUE
Explanation:f Categoriesfarefnominalfdataf(nonnumerical),fsometimesfcalledfqualitativefdata.fDiffic
ulty:f1fEasy
Topic:f f 02.01fVariablesfandfData
LearningfObjective:f 02-
02fExplainfthefdifferencefbetweenfnumericalfandfcategoricalfdata.fBloom's:f Remember
AACSB:f AnalyticalfThinkingfAccessibility
:f KeyboardfNavigation
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4) Thefnumberfoffchecksfprocessedfatfafbankfinfafdayfisfanfexamplefoffcategoricalfdata.
Answer:f f FALSE
Explanation:f Integersfarefnumericalfdata.fDi
fficulty:f1fEasy
Topic:f f 02.01fVariablesfandfData
LearningfObjective:f 02-
02fExplainfthefdifferencefbetweenfnumericalfandfcategoricalfdata.fBloom's:f Apply
AACSB:f AnalyticalfThinkingfAccessibility
:f KeyboardfNavigation
5) Thefnumberfoffplanesfperfdayfthatflandfatfanfairportfisfanfexamplefoffdiscretefdata.
Answer:f f TRUE
Explanation:f Integersfarefdiscretefnumericalfdata.fDifficulty:f
1fEasy
Topic:f f 02.01fVariablesfandfData
LearningfObjective:f 02-
02fExplainfthefdifferencefbetweenfnumericalfandfcategoricalfdata.fBloom's:f Apply
AACSB:f AnalyticalfThinkingfAccessibility
:f KeyboardfNavigation
6) Thefweightfoffafbagfoffdogffoodfisfanfexamplefoffdiscretefdata.
Answer:f f FALSE
Explanation:f Weightfisfmeasuredfonfafcontinuousfscale.fDiffic
ulty:f1fEasy
Topic:f f 02.01fVariablesfandfData
LearningfObjective:f 02-
02fExplainfthefdifferencefbetweenfnumericalfandfcategoricalfdata.fBloom's:f Apply
AACSB:f AnalyticalfThinkingfAccessibility
:f KeyboardfNavigation
7) Inflastfyear'sfannualfreport,fThompsonfDistributorsfindicatedfthatfitfhadf12fregionalfwa
rehouses.fThisfisfanfexamplefoffordinalflevelfdata.
Answer:f f FALSE
Explanation:f "Numberfof"fisfratiofdatafbecausefafzerofexists.fDifficulty:f1f
Easy
Topic:f f 02.02fLevelfoffMeasurement
LearningfObjective:f 02-
04fRecognizeflevelsfoffmeasurementfinfdatafandfwaysfoffcodingfdata.fBloom's:f Apply
AACSB:f AnalyticalfThinkingfAccessibility
:f KeyboardfNavigation
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8) Nominalfdatafreferftofdatafthatfcanfbeforderedfinfafnaturalfway.
Answer:f f FALSE
Explanation:f Nominalf(categorical)fdatafwouldfbefcalledfordinalfonlyfiffcategoriesfcanfbefran
ked.
Difficulty:f1fEasy
Topic:f f 02.02fLevelfoffMeasurement
LearningfObjective:f 02-
04fRecognizeflevelsfoffmeasurementfinfdatafandfwaysfoffcodingfdata.fBloom's:f Remember
AACSB:f AnalyticalfThinkingfAccessibility
:f KeyboardfNavigation
9) Thisfyear,fOxnardfUniversityfproducedftwoffootballfAll-
Americans.fThisfisfanfexamplefoffcontinuousfdata.
Answer:f f FALSE
Explanation:f Thef"numberfof"fanythingfisfdiscrete.fDifficulty:
f1fEasy
Topic:f f 02.01fVariablesfandfData
LearningfObjective:f 02-
02fExplainfthefdifferencefbetweenfnumericalfandfcategoricalfdata.fBloom's:f Apply
AACSB:f AnalyticalfThinkingfAccessibility
:f KeyboardfNavigation
10) Theftypefoffstatisticalftestfthatfwefcanfperformfisfindependentfofftheflevelfoffmeasurementfoffthef
variablefoffinterest.
Answer:f f FALSE
Explanation:f Somefstatisticalfoperationsfarefrestrictedfunlessfyoufhavefratioforfintervalfdata.fDifficul
ty:f1fEasy
Topic:f f 02.02fLevelfoffMeasurement
LearningfObjective:f 02-
04fRecognizeflevelsfoffmeasurementfinfdatafandfwaysfoffcodingfdata.fBloom's:f Understand
AACSB:f AnalyticalfThinkingfAccessibility
:f KeyboardfNavigation
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11) Yourfweightfrecordedfatfyourfannualfphysicalfwouldfnotfbefratiofdata,fbecausefyoufcannotfhav
efzerofweight.
Answer:f f FALSE
Explanation:f Zerofisfonlyfafreferencefpoint,fnotfnecessarilyfanfobservablefdatafvalue.fDifficul
ty:f2fMedium
Topic:f f 02.02fLevelfoffMeasurement
LearningfObjective:f 02-
04fRecognizeflevelsfoffmeasurementfinfdatafandfwaysfoffcodingfdata.fBloom's:f Apply
AACSB:f AnalyticalfThinkingfAccessibility
:f KeyboardfNavigation
12) Theflevelfoffmeasurementfforfcategoricalfdatafisfnominal.
Answer:f f TRUE
Explanation:f Categoricalfandfnominalfarefequivalentfterms.fD
ifficulty:f1fEasy
Topic:f f 02.02fLevelfoffMeasurement
LearningfObjective:f 02-
04fRecognizeflevelsfoffmeasurementfinfdatafandfwaysfoffcodingfdata.fBloom's:f Remember
AACSB:f AnalyticalfThinkingfAccessibility
:f KeyboardfNavigation
13) TemperaturefmeasuredfinfdegreesfFahrenheitfisfanfexamplefoffintervalfdata.
Answer:f f TRUE
Explanation:f Forftemperature,fscalefdistancesfarefmeaningfulf(20ftof25fisfthefsamefasf50ftof55fdegree
s),fandf0fdegreesfFahrenheitfdoesfnotfmeanfthefabsencefoffheat,fsofitfisfnotfafratiofmeasurement.
Difficulty:f2fMedium
Topic:f f 02.02fLevelfoffMeasurement
LearningfObjective:f 02-
04fRecognizeflevelsfoffmeasurementfinfdatafandfwaysfoffcodingfdata.fBloom's:f Apply
AACSB:f AnalyticalfThinkingfAccessibility
:f KeyboardfNavigation
14) Thefclosingfpricefoffafstockfisfanfexamplefoffratiofdata.
Answer:f f TRUE
Explanation:f Truefzerofexistsfasfafreferencefpoint,fwhetherforfnotfitfisfobserved.fDifficulty:f2f
Medium
Topic:f f 02.02fLevelfoffMeasurement
LearningfObjective:f 02-
04fRecognizeflevelsfoffmeasurementfinfdatafandfwaysfoffcodingfdata.fBloom's:f Apply
AACSB:f AnalyticalfThinkingfAccessibility
:f KeyboardfNavigation
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mics 3rd Edition Doanef f f
EssentialfStatisticsfinfBusinessfandfEconomics,f3ef(Doane)fC
hapterf2 DatafCollection
1) Categoricalfdatafhavefvaluesfthatfarefdescribedfbyfwordsfratherfthanfnumbers.
Answer:f f TRUE
Explanation:f Categoriesfarefnominalfdatafbutfmayfsometimesfalsofbefrankedf(e.g.,fsophomore,fjuni
or,fsenior).
Difficulty:f1fEasy
Topic:f f 02.01fVariablesfandfData
LearningfObjective:f 02-
02fExplainfthefdifferencefbetweenfnumericalfandfcategoricalfdata.fBloom's:f Remember
AACSB:f AnalyticalfThinkingfAccessibility
:f KeyboardfNavigation
2) Numericalfdatafcanfbefeitherfdiscreteforfcontinuous.
Answer:f f TRUE
Explanation:f Numericalfdatafcanfbefcountsf(e.g.,fcarsfowned)forfcontinuousfmeasuresf(e.g.,fheight).
Difficulty:f1fEasy
Topic:f f 02.01fVariablesfandfData
LearningfObjective:f 02-
02fExplainfthefdifferencefbetweenfnumericalfandfcategoricalfdata.fBloom's:f Remember
AACSB:f AnalyticalfThinkingfAccessibility
:f KeyboardfNavigation
3) Categoricalfdatafarefalsofreferredftofasfnominalforfqualitativefdata.
Answer:f f TRUE
Explanation:f Categoriesfarefnominalfdataf(nonnumerical),fsometimesfcalledfqualitativefdata.fDiffic
ulty:f1fEasy
Topic:f f 02.01fVariablesfandfData
LearningfObjective:f 02-
02fExplainfthefdifferencefbetweenfnumericalfandfcategoricalfdata.fBloom's:f Remember
AACSB:f AnalyticalfThinkingfAccessibility
:f KeyboardfNavigation
1
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4) Thefnumberfoffchecksfprocessedfatfafbankfinfafdayfisfanfexamplefoffcategoricalfdata.
Answer:f f FALSE
Explanation:f Integersfarefnumericalfdata.fDi
fficulty:f1fEasy
Topic:f f 02.01fVariablesfandfData
LearningfObjective:f 02-
02fExplainfthefdifferencefbetweenfnumericalfandfcategoricalfdata.fBloom's:f Apply
AACSB:f AnalyticalfThinkingfAccessibility
:f KeyboardfNavigation
5) Thefnumberfoffplanesfperfdayfthatflandfatfanfairportfisfanfexamplefoffdiscretefdata.
Answer:f f TRUE
Explanation:f Integersfarefdiscretefnumericalfdata.fDifficulty:f
1fEasy
Topic:f f 02.01fVariablesfandfData
LearningfObjective:f 02-
02fExplainfthefdifferencefbetweenfnumericalfandfcategoricalfdata.fBloom's:f Apply
AACSB:f AnalyticalfThinkingfAccessibility
:f KeyboardfNavigation
6) Thefweightfoffafbagfoffdogffoodfisfanfexamplefoffdiscretefdata.
Answer:f f FALSE
Explanation:f Weightfisfmeasuredfonfafcontinuousfscale.fDiffic
ulty:f1fEasy
Topic:f f 02.01fVariablesfandfData
LearningfObjective:f 02-
02fExplainfthefdifferencefbetweenfnumericalfandfcategoricalfdata.fBloom's:f Apply
AACSB:f AnalyticalfThinkingfAccessibility
:f KeyboardfNavigation
7) Inflastfyear'sfannualfreport,fThompsonfDistributorsfindicatedfthatfitfhadf12fregionalfwa
rehouses.fThisfisfanfexamplefoffordinalflevelfdata.
Answer:f f FALSE
Explanation:f "Numberfof"fisfratiofdatafbecausefafzerofexists.fDifficulty:f1f
Easy
Topic:f f 02.02fLevelfoffMeasurement
LearningfObjective:f 02-
04fRecognizeflevelsfoffmeasurementfinfdatafandfwaysfoffcodingfdata.fBloom's:f Apply
AACSB:f AnalyticalfThinkingfAccessibility
:f KeyboardfNavigation
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8) Nominalfdatafreferftofdatafthatfcanfbeforderedfinfafnaturalfway.
Answer:f f FALSE
Explanation:f Nominalf(categorical)fdatafwouldfbefcalledfordinalfonlyfiffcategoriesfcanfbefran
ked.
Difficulty:f1fEasy
Topic:f f 02.02fLevelfoffMeasurement
LearningfObjective:f 02-
04fRecognizeflevelsfoffmeasurementfinfdatafandfwaysfoffcodingfdata.fBloom's:f Remember
AACSB:f AnalyticalfThinkingfAccessibility
:f KeyboardfNavigation
9) Thisfyear,fOxnardfUniversityfproducedftwoffootballfAll-
Americans.fThisfisfanfexamplefoffcontinuousfdata.
Answer:f f FALSE
Explanation:f Thef"numberfof"fanythingfisfdiscrete.fDifficulty:
f1fEasy
Topic:f f 02.01fVariablesfandfData
LearningfObjective:f 02-
02fExplainfthefdifferencefbetweenfnumericalfandfcategoricalfdata.fBloom's:f Apply
AACSB:f AnalyticalfThinkingfAccessibility
:f KeyboardfNavigation
10) Theftypefoffstatisticalftestfthatfwefcanfperformfisfindependentfofftheflevelfoffmeasurementfoffthef
variablefoffinterest.
Answer:f f FALSE
Explanation:f Somefstatisticalfoperationsfarefrestrictedfunlessfyoufhavefratioforfintervalfdata.fDifficul
ty:f1fEasy
Topic:f f 02.02fLevelfoffMeasurement
LearningfObjective:f 02-
04fRecognizeflevelsfoffmeasurementfinfdatafandfwaysfoffcodingfdata.fBloom's:f Understand
AACSB:f AnalyticalfThinkingfAccessibility
:f KeyboardfNavigation
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11) Yourfweightfrecordedfatfyourfannualfphysicalfwouldfnotfbefratiofdata,fbecausefyoufcannotfhav
efzerofweight.
Answer:f f FALSE
Explanation:f Zerofisfonlyfafreferencefpoint,fnotfnecessarilyfanfobservablefdatafvalue.fDifficul
ty:f2fMedium
Topic:f f 02.02fLevelfoffMeasurement
LearningfObjective:f 02-
04fRecognizeflevelsfoffmeasurementfinfdatafandfwaysfoffcodingfdata.fBloom's:f Apply
AACSB:f AnalyticalfThinkingfAccessibility
:f KeyboardfNavigation
12) Theflevelfoffmeasurementfforfcategoricalfdatafisfnominal.
Answer:f f TRUE
Explanation:f Categoricalfandfnominalfarefequivalentfterms.fD
ifficulty:f1fEasy
Topic:f f 02.02fLevelfoffMeasurement
LearningfObjective:f 02-
04fRecognizeflevelsfoffmeasurementfinfdatafandfwaysfoffcodingfdata.fBloom's:f Remember
AACSB:f AnalyticalfThinkingfAccessibility
:f KeyboardfNavigation
13) TemperaturefmeasuredfinfdegreesfFahrenheitfisfanfexamplefoffintervalfdata.
Answer:f f TRUE
Explanation:f Forftemperature,fscalefdistancesfarefmeaningfulf(20ftof25fisfthefsamefasf50ftof55fdegree
s),fandf0fdegreesfFahrenheitfdoesfnotfmeanfthefabsencefoffheat,fsofitfisfnotfafratiofmeasurement.
Difficulty:f2fMedium
Topic:f f 02.02fLevelfoffMeasurement
LearningfObjective:f 02-
04fRecognizeflevelsfoffmeasurementfinfdatafandfwaysfoffcodingfdata.fBloom's:f Apply
AACSB:f AnalyticalfThinkingfAccessibility
:f KeyboardfNavigation
14) Thefclosingfpricefoffafstockfisfanfexamplefoffratiofdata.
Answer:f f TRUE
Explanation:f Truefzerofexistsfasfafreferencefpoint,fwhetherforfnotfitfisfobserved.fDifficulty:f2f
Medium
Topic:f f 02.02fLevelfoffMeasurement
LearningfObjective:f 02-
04fRecognizeflevelsfoffmeasurementfinfdatafandfwaysfoffcodingfdata.fBloom's:f Apply
AACSB:f AnalyticalfThinkingfAccessibility
:f KeyboardfNavigation
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