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Chapterv2 DatavCollection
1) Categoricalvdatavhavevvaluesvthatvarevdescribedvbyvwordsvrathervthanvnumbers.
Answer:v v TRUE
Explanation:v Categoriesvarevnominalvdatavbutvmayvsometimesvalsovbevrankedv(e.g.,vsophomore,vj
unior,vsenior).
Difficulty:v1vEasy
Topic:v v 02.01vVariablesvandvData
LearningvObjective:v 02-
02vExplainvthevdifferencevbetweenvnumericalvandvcategoricalvdata.vBloom's:v Remember
AACSB:v AnalyticalvThinkingvAccessibility
:v KeyboardvNavigation
2) Numericalvdatavcanvbeveithervdiscretevorvcontinuous.
Answer:v v TRUE
Explanation:v Numericalvdatavcanvbevcountsv(e.g.,vcarsvowned)vorvcontinuousvmeasuresv(e.g.,vheig
ht).
Difficulty:v1vEasy
Topic:v v 02.01vVariablesvandvData
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02vExplainvthevdifferencevbetweenvnumericalvandvcategoricalvdata.vBloom's:v Remember
AACSB:v AnalyticalvThinkingvAccessibility
:v KeyboardvNavigation
3) Categoricalvdatavarevalsovreferredvtovasvnominalvorvqualitativevdata.
Answer:v v TRUE
Explanation:v Categoriesvarevnominalvdatav(nonnumerical),vsometimesvcalledvqualitativevdata.vDi
fficulty:v1vEasy
Topic:v v 02.01vVariablesvandvData
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02vExplainvthevdifferencevbetweenvnumericalvandvcategoricalvdata.vBloom's:v Remember
AACSB:v AnalyticalvThinkingvAccessibility
:v KeyboardvNavigation
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4) Thevnumbervofvchecksvprocessedvatvavbankvinvavdayvisvanvexamplevofvcategoricalvdata.
Answer:v v FALSE
Explanation:v Integersvarevnumericalvdata.vD
ifficulty:v1vEasy
Topic:v v 02.01vVariablesvandvData
LearningvObjective:v 02-
02vExplainvthevdifferencevbetweenvnumericalvandvcategoricalvdata.vBloom's:v Apply
AACSB:v AnalyticalvThinkingvAccessibility
:v KeyboardvNavigation
5) Thevnumbervofvplanesvpervdayvthatvlandvatvanvairportvisvanvexamplevofvdiscretevdata.
Answer:v v TRUE
Explanation:v Integersvarevdiscretevnumericalvdata.vDifficulty
:v1vEasy
Topic:v v 02.01vVariablesvandvData
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02vExplainvthevdifferencevbetweenvnumericalvandvcategoricalvdata.vBloom's:v Apply
AACSB:v AnalyticalvThinkingvAccessibility
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6) Thevweightvofvavbagvofvdogvfoodvisvanvexamplevofvdiscretevdata.
Answer:v v FALSE
Explanation:v Weightvisvmeasuredvonvavcontinuousvscale.vDiff
iculty:v1vEasy
Topic:v v 02.01vVariablesvandvData
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02vExplainvthevdifferencevbetweenvnumericalvandvcategoricalvdata.vBloom's:v Apply
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:v KeyboardvNavigation
7) Invlastvyear'svannualvreport,vThompsonvDistributorsvindicatedvthatvitvhadv12vregionalv
warehouses.vThisvisvanvexamplevofvordinalvlevelvdata.
Answer:v v FALSE
Explanation:v "Numbervof"visvratiovdatavbecausevavzerovexists.vDifficulty:
v1vEasy
Topic:v v 02.02vLevelvofvMeasurement
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04vRecognizevlevelsvofvmeasurementvinvdatavandvwaysvofvcodingvdata.vBloom's:v Apply
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8) Nominalvdatavrefervtovdatavthatvcanvbevorderedvinvavnaturalvway.
Answer:v v FALSE
Explanation:v Nominalv(categorical)vdatavwouldvbevcalledvordinalvonlyvifvcategoriesvcanvbevranke
d.
Difficulty:v1vEasy
Topic:v v 02.02vLevelvofvMeasurement
LearningvObjective:v 02-
04vRecognizevlevelsvofvmeasurementvinvdatavandvwaysvofvcodingvdata.vBloom's:v Remember
AACSB:v AnalyticalvThinkingvAccessibility
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9) Thisvyear,vOxnardvUniversityvproducedvtwovfootballvAll-
Americans.vThisvisvanvexamplevofvcontinuousvdata.
Answer:v v FALSE
Explanation:v Thev"numbervof"vanythingvisvdiscrete.vDifficult
y:v1vEasy
Topic:v v 02.01vVariablesvandvData
LearningvObjective:v 02-
02vExplainvthevdifferencevbetweenvnumericalvandvcategoricalvdata.vBloom's:v Apply
AACSB:v AnalyticalvThinkingvAccessibility
:v KeyboardvNavigation
10) Thevtypevofvstatisticalvtestvthatvwevcanvperformvisvindependentvofvthevlevelvofvmeasurementvofvt
hevvariablevofvinterest.
Answer:v v FALSE
Explanation:v Somevstatisticalvoperationsvarevrestrictedvunlessvyouvhavevratiovorvintervalvdata.vDif
ficulty:v1vEasy
Topic:v v 02.02vLevelvofvMeasurement
LearningvObjective:v 02-
04vRecognizevlevelsvofvmeasurementvinvdatavandvwaysvofvcodingvdata.vBloom's:v Understand
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