NOVA QUIZ 1 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Most students rated the instructor as poor or average. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅What level of measurement is the Centigrade temperature scale?
False - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Descriptive statistics are used to find out something about a population
based on a sample.
Ordinal - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The final rankings of the top 20 NCAA college basketball teams are an
example of which level of measurement?
False - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The order that runners finish in a race would be an example of continuous
data.
True - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Data measured on a nominal scale can only be classified into categories.
Predicting - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Which word is NOT a part of the definition of descriptive statistics?
True - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A sample is a portion or part of the population of interest.
Ordinal - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A bank asks customers to evaluate the drive-thru service as good,
average, or poor. Which level of measurement is this classification?
Ratio - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The main purpose of
descriptive statistics is to:
Most students rated the instructor as poor or average. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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 - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅What level of measurement is the Centigrade temperature scale?
False - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Descriptive statistics are used to find out something about a population
based on a sample.
Ordinal - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The final rankings of the top 20 NCAA college basketball teams are an
example of which level of measurement?
False - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The order that runners finish in a race would be an example of continuous
data.
True - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Data measured on a nominal scale can only be classified into categories.
Predicting - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Which word is NOT a part of the definition of descriptive statistics?
True - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A sample is a portion or part of the population of interest.
Ordinal - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A bank asks customers to evaluate the drive-thru service as good,
average, or poor. Which level of measurement is this classification?
Ratio - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅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. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The main purpose of
descriptive statistics is to:
