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Chapterl1
1. Alstudylislconductedlonlstudentsltakinglalstatisticslclass.lSeverallvariableslarelrecordedlinlthelsurvey.lIdent
ifyleachlvariablelaslcategoricallorlquantitative.
A. Theltypeloflcarlthelstudentlowns
B. Thelnumberloflcreditlhoursltakenlduringlthatlsemester
C. Theltimelthelstudentlwaitedlinllinelatlthelbookstoreltolpaylforlhislorlherltextbooks
D. Thelhomelstateloflthelstudent
ANSWER:l A.lCategorical,lB.lQuantitative,lC.lQuantitative,lD.lCategorical

2. Researcherslarelconductinglalstate-
widelsurveylforlthelU.S.lPostallService.lThelsurveylrecordslmanyldifferentlvariablesloflinterest.lWhichloflth
elfollowinglvariableslislcategorical?
a. Thelcountyloflresidence
b. Thelnumberloflpeople,lbothladultslandlchildren,llivinglinlthelhousehold
c. Theltotallhouseholdlincome,lbeforeltaxes,linl2020
d. Thelageloflthelrespondent
ANSWER:la

3. Alparticularlylcommonlquestionlinlthelstudyloflwildlifelbehaviorlinvolveslobservinglcontestslbetweenl“resident
s”loflalparticularlarealandl“intruders.”lInleachlcontest,lthelresidentsleitherlwinlorlloselthelencounterl(assumingltherel
arelnolties).lObserverslmightlrecordlseverallvariables,lsomeloflwhichlarellistedlbelow.lWhichlofltheselvariableslislca
tegorical?
a. Theldurationloflthelcontestl(inlseconds)
b. Thelnumberloflanimalslinvolvedlinlthelcontest
c. Whetherlthelresidentslwinlorllose
d. Theltotallnumberloflcontestslwonlbylthelresidents
ANSWER:lc

4. Aldescriptionlofldifferentlhouseslonlthelmarketlincludeslthelfollowinglthreelvariables.lWhichlofltheselvaria
bleslislquantitative?
a. Thelsquarelfootageloflthelhouse
b. Thelmonthlylgaslbill
c. Thelmonthlylelectriclbill
d. Allloflthelabove
ANSWER:ld

5. Jasonlislbuyinglalsmartphone.lHelislcomparinglvariouslmodelslusinglmanyldifferentlvariables.lTheselvariableslwil
llplaylanlimportantlrolelaslheldecideslwhichlsmartphonelhelwilllbuy.lIdentifyleachloflthelfollowinglvariableslaslcatego
ricallorlquantitative.
A. Doeslthelsmartphonelhavelfast-charginglcapability?
B. Howlmanylmegapixelsldoeslthelfront-facinglcameralhave?
C. Whatloperatinglsystemldoeslthelsmartphoneluse?
D. Howlmuchldoeslthelsmartphonelcost?
ANSWER:l A.lCategorical,lB.lQuantitative,lC.lCategorical,lD.lQuantitative

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Chapterl1
6. Alvariablelislalcharacteristiclofla:




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a. case.
b. label.
c. value.
d. Noneloflthelabove
ANSWER:la

7. Categoricallvariableslplacelcaseslinto group(s).
a. one
b. no
c. many
d. numeric
ANSWER:lc

8. Variableslthatltakelnumericlvalueslforlwhichlarithmeticloperationslmakelsenselarelcalled _.
a. quantitative
b. categorical
c. distributions
d. cases
ANSWER:la

9. Variableslonlwhichlarithmeticloperationsldolnotlmakelsenselarelcalled .
a. quantitative
b. categorical
c. distributions
d. cases
ANSWER:lb

10. Variablesltakelon .
a. values
b. cases
c. distributions
d. Noneloflthelabove
ANSWER:la

11. Whatlarellabelslusedlforlinldatalsets?
a. Tolidentifyldistributions
b. Tolidentifylvalues
c. Tolidentifylcases
d. Noneloflthelabove
ANSWER:lc

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Chapterl1
12. Welhavelaldatalsetlwherelthelcaseslarelcollegelstudents.lOneloflthelvariableslinltheldatalsetlisl“gender.”lThelvaluesl
oflgenderlarel1liflthelstudentlislmalelandl2liflthelstudentlislfemale.lWhatltypeloflvariablelislgender?
a. Quantitative
b. Categorical
c. Quantitativelandlcategorical
d. Noneloflthelabove
ANSWER:lb

13. Welhavelaldatalsetlwherelthelcaseslarelcollegelstudents.lOneloflthelvariableslinltheldatalsetlisl“ageloflthelstudent
.”lWhatltypeloflvariablelislageloflthelstudent?
a. Quantitative
b. Categorical
c. Quantitativelandlcategorical
d. Noneloflthelabove
ANSWER:la

14. Welhavelaldatalsetlwherelthelcaseslarelcollegelstudents.lOneloflthelvariableslinltheldatalsetlisl“hometown.”lWhatlt
ypeloflvariablelislhometown?
a. Quantitative
b. Categorical
c. Quantitativelandlcategorical
d. Noneloflthelabove
ANSWER:lb

15. Unitsloflmeasurementlarelanlimportantlpartlofltheldescriptionloflwhatltypeloflvariables?
a. Quantitative
b. Categorical
c. Quantitativelandlcategorical
d. Noneloflthelabove
ANSWER:la

16. Isltheldistributionlshownlbelowlunimodal?




a. No
b. Yes
ANSWER:la

17. Supposelyoularelinterestedlinlcomparinglthelqualitylofldifferentlhospitalslbasedlonlinfectionslthatlhave

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