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Truef/fFalsefQuestions
1. Categoricalfdatafhavefvaluesfthatfarefdescribedfbyfwordsfratherfthanfnumbers.
TRUE
Categoriesfarefnominalfdatafbutfcouldfalsofbefrankedf(e.g.,fsophomore,fjunior,fsenior).
Accessibility:f Keyboardf Navigation
Blooms:fRemember
fDifficulty:f 1fEasy
LearningfObjective:f02-
02fExplainfthefdifferencefbetweenfnumericalfandfcategoricalfdata.fLearningfObjective:f02-
09fDescribefbasicfelementsfoffsurveyftypes,fsurveyfdesigns,fandfresponsefscales.
Topic:fVariablesfandfData
2. Numericalfdatafcanfbefeitherfdiscreteforfcontinuous.
TRUE
Numericalfdatafcanfbefcountsf(e.g.,fcarsfowned)forfcontinuousfscalesf(e.g.,fheight).
Accessibility:f Keyboardf Navigation
Blooms:fRemember
Difficulty:f 1fEasy
f
LearningfObjective:f02-
02fExplainfthefdifferencefbetweenfnumericalfandfcategoricalfdata.fLearningfObjective:f02-
09fDescribefbasicfelementsfoffsurveyftypes,fsurveyfdesigns,fandfresponsefscales.
Topic:fVariablesfandfData
,3. Categoricalfdatafarefalsofreferredftofasfnominalforfqualitativefdata.
TRUE
Categoriesfarefnominalfdataf(nonnumerical),fsometimesfcalledfqualitativefdata.
Accessibility:f Keyboardf Navigation
Blooms:fRemember
fDifficulty:f 1fEasy
LearningfObjective:f02-
02fExplainfthefdifferencefbetweenfnumericalfandfcategoricalfdata.fLearningfObjective:f02-
09fDescribefbasicfelementsfoffsurveyftypes,fsurveyfdesigns,fandfresponsefscales.
Topic:fVariablesfandfData
4. Thefnumberfoffchecksfprocessedfatfafbankfinfafdayfisfanfexamplefoffcategoricalfdata.
FALSE
Integersfarefactuallyfnumericalfdata.
Accessibility:f Keyboardf Navigation
Blooms:fApplyf
Difficulty:f1fEasy
LearningfObjective:f02-
02fExplainfthefdifferencefbetweenfnumericalfandfcategoricalfdata.fLearningfObjective:f02-
09fDescribefbasicfelementsfoffsurveyftypes,fsurveyfdesigns,fandfresponsefscales.
Topic:fVariablesfandfData
,5. Thefnumberfoffplanesfperfdayfthatflandfatfanfairportfisfanfexamplefoffdiscretefdata.
TRUE
Integersfarefdiscretefnumericalfdata.
Accessibility:f Keyboardf Navigation
Blooms:fApplyf
Difficulty:f1fEasy
LearningfObjective:f02-
02fExplainfthefdifferencefbetweenfnumericalfandfcategoricalfdata.fLearningfObjective:f02-
09fDescribefbasicfelementsfoffsurveyftypes,fsurveyfdesigns,fandfresponsefscales.
Topic:fVariablesfandfData
6. Thefweightfoffafbagfoffdogffoodfisfanfexamplefoffdiscretefdata.
FALSE
Weightfisfmeasuredfonfafcontinuousfscale.
Accessibility:f Keyboardf Navigation
Blooms:fApplyf
Difficulty:f1fEasy
LearningfObjective:f02-
02fExplainfthefdifferencefbetweenfnumericalfandfcategoricalfdata.fLearningfObjective:f02-
09fDescribefbasicfelementsfoffsurveyftypes,fsurveyfdesigns,fandfresponsefscales.
Topic:fVariablesfandfData
, 7. Inflastfyear'sfannualfreport,fThompsonfDistributorsfindicatedfthatfitfhadf12fregional
warehouses.fThisfisfanfexamplefoffordinalflevelfdata.
FALSE
"Numberfof"fisfafcount,fwhichfisfratiofdatafbecausefafzerofexistsf(betterfthanfordinal).
Accessibility:fKeyboardfNavigation
Blooms:fApplyf
Difficulty:f1fEasy
LearningfObjective:f02-
04fRecognizeflevelsfoffmeasurementfinfdatafandfwaysfoffcodingfdata.fLearningfObjective:f02-
09fDescribefbasicfelementsfoffsurveyftypes,fsurveyfdesigns,fandfresponsefscales.
Topic:fLevelfoffMeasurement
8. Nominalfdatafreferftofdatafthatfcanfbeforderedfinfafnaturalfway.
FALSE
Nominalf(categorical)fdatafwouldfbefcalledfordinalfonlyfiffcategoriesfcanfbefranked.
Accessibility:f Keyboardf Navigation
Blooms:fRemember
fDifficulty:f 1fEasy
LearningfObjective:f02-
04fRecognizeflevelsfoffmeasurementfinfdatafandfwaysfoffcodingfdata.fLearningfObjective:f02-
09fDescribefbasicfelementsfoffsurveyftypes,fsurveyfdesigns,fandfresponsefscales.
Topic:fLevelfoffMeasurement