Name: _____________________________ Score:
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I. Determine the level of measurement. (Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, Ratio)
1. Cars described as compact, midsize, and full-size.
2. Colors of M&M candies.
3. Weights of M&M candies
5. types of markers (washable, permanent, etc.)
6. time it takes to sing the National Anthem
7. total annual income for statistics students
8. body temperatures of bears in the north pole
9. teachers being rated as superior, above average, average, below average, or poor
II. Identify as Qualitative or Quantitative. If it is quantitative, tell if it is discrete or continuous.
10. hair color of the math teachers at PHS
11. the number of people that prefer Pepsi over Coke
12. the weight of your sister’s car (in pounds)
13. the number of criminal indictments against Michael Vick
14. the length of his jail sentence
15. your telephone area code
16. how fast you were going when you were pulled over for speeding down Main Street ( in MPH)
17. the way you felt when you were pulled over for speeding down Main Street
Name: _____________________________ Score:
_________________
I. Determine the level of measurement. (Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, Ratio)
1. Cars described as compact, midsize, and full-size.
2. Total annual income for statistics students.
3. Body temperatures of bears in the north pole
5. Time it takes to sing the National Anthem
6. Types of markers (washable, permanent, etc.)
7. Colors of M&M candies.
8. Weights of M&M candies.
9. Teachers being rated as superior, above average, average, below average, or poor
II. Identify as Qualitative or Quantitative. If it is quantitative, tell if it is discrete or continuous.
10. hair color of the math teachers at PHS
11. the number of people that prefer Pepsi over Coke
12. length of his jail sentence.
13. How fast you were going when you were pulled over for speeding down Main Street (in MPH)
14. Your telephone area code. The
15. The weight of your sister’s car (in pounds)
16. The number of criminal indictments against Michael Vick
17. the way you felt when you were pulled over for speeding down Main Street
III. Label each as descriptive or inferential.
18. The highest batting average for one season (so far) is 0.438. (Achieved by Hugh Duffy in 1894.)
19. Last year’s homicide rate was 9.2 persons per 100,000 US residents.
20. Sixty-two percent of last year’s high school graduates are now enrolled in a college or university.
21. Results of the US census conducted every 10 years
22. A recent study found that eating garlic has a 15% chance of lowering blood pressure.
23. It is predicted that the average number of automobiles each household owns will increase next year.
24. The chance that a person will be robbed in Greenville, NC is 15%.
25. Last year’s total attendance at Long Run High School’s football games was 8,235.
IV. Write the correct term for the definition provided below.
26. The science of collecting, organizing, presenting, analyzing, and interpreting numerical data.
27. It deals with the predictions and inferences based on the analysis and interpretation of the results of
information gathered by the statistician.
28. A numerical characteristic or attribute associated with the population being studied.
29. It connotes ranking or inequalities. One category is higher than the other one.
30. A scale of measurement that has an absolute zero and multiples are meaningful.
31. The raw material which the statistician works.
32. The person who is involved in collecting information and the one who prepares analysis and
interpretations.
33. It deals with the collection and presentation of data and collection of summarizing values to describe
its group characteristic.
34. A variables whose values can be counted using integral value.
35. It indicates an actual amount and there is equal unit of measurement separating each score.
III. Label each as descriptive or inferential.
18. The highest batting average for one season (so far) is 0.438. (Achieved by Hugh Duffy in 1894.)
19. The chance that a person will be robbed in Greenville, NC is 15%.
20. is predicted that the average number of automobiles each household owns will increase next year.
21. Last year’s homicide rate was 9.2 persons per 100,000 US residents.
22. A recent study found that eating garlic has a 15% chance of lowering blood pressure.
23. Sixty-two percent of last year’s high school graduates are now enrolled in a college or university. It
24. Results of the US census conducted every 10 years.
25. Last year’s total attendance at Long Run High School’s football games was 8,235.
IV. Write the correct term for the definition provided below.
26.. It indicates an actual amount and there is equal unit of measurement separating each score.
27. It deals with the collection and presentation of data and collection of summarizing values to describe
its group characteristic.
28. A scale of measurement that has an absolute zero and multiples are meaningful.
29. The raw material which the statistician works.
30. A numerical characteristic or attribute associated with the population being studied.
31. It connotes ranking or inequalities. One category is higher than the other one.
32. The person who is involved in collecting information and the one who prepares analysis and
interpretations.
33. It deals with the predictions and inferences based on the analysis and interpretation of the results of
information gathered by the statistician.
34. A variables whose values can be counted using integral value.
35. The science of collecting, organizing, presenting, analyzing, and interpreting numerical data.
