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Statisitics Online Chapter 1 HW

1. What level of measurement classifies data into mutually exclusive (nonoverlapping), exhausting
categories in which no order or ranking can be imposed on the data?
A) Ratio
B) Ordinal
C) Interval
D) Nominal
2. Variables with values that are determined by chance are called......
A) data value
B) Random variables
C) data set
D) datum
3. Each value in a data set may be referred to as either a data value or a ...........
A) data subset
B) data point
C) Datum
4. STATISTICS is the science of conducting studies to.......
A) hypothesize, experiment, and form conclusions
B) monitor, study, and report on a subject.
C) solve a system of equations
D) collect, organize, summarize, analyze, and draw conclusions from data
5. If you classified the fruit in a basket as apple, orange, or banana, this would be an example of which
level of measurement?
A) Ordinal
B) Nominal

C) Ratio
D) Interval
6. The amount of time needed to run the DUBAI marathon is an example of which type of variable?
A) Discrete
B) Qualitative
C) Continuous
7. What level of measurement possesses all the characteristics of interval measurement, and there
exists a true zero?
A) Ratio
B) Nominal
C) Interval
D) Ordinal
8. What level of measurement would be applied when doing a survey on the average American's shoe
size?
A) Interval
B) Nominal
C) Ratio
D) Ordinal
9. ...........(Quantitative/Qualitative)can be placed into distinct categories according to some
characteristic or attribute.
10. ............. Quantitative/Qualitative)are numerical in nature and can be ordered or ranked.
11. Numbers printed on the T-shirt of football players are measures at the(
Nominal/Ordinal/Ratio/Interval) ............ level
12. Rankings (1st, 2nd, 3rd) are measures at the ............( Nominal/Ordinal/Ratio/Interval) level
13. In interval measurement the distance between values DOES NOT have meaning.
A) False
B) True

14. Rain fall is an example of ......( Nominal/Ordinal/Ratio/Interval).level

15. ............ are the most common method of collecting data. SURVEYS
16. RANDOM ( Systematic /Stratified Random/ Cluster ) samples are selected using chance methods
17. Researchers obtain ....................samples by numbering each subject of the populations and then
selecting every kth number
A) Random
B) stratified
C) systematic
D) cluster
18. Researchers select ..............by dividing the population into groups according to some characteristic
that is important to the study, then sampling from each group.
A) Random samples
B) systematic samples
C) cluster samples
D) stratified samples
19. A group of subjects selected from the group of allsubjects under study is called a ...........
A) Sample
B) Population
C) datum
D) Data sat
20. The height of BURJ KHALIFA building is an example of ..............
A) a quantitative data.
B) both qualitative and quantitative .
C) a qualitative data.
D) neither quantitative nor qualitative
21. Data that can be classified according to color are measured on what scale?

A) Ratio
B) Nominal
C) Ordinal
D) Interval
22. A researcher divided subjects into two groups according to gender and then selected members from
each group for her sample. What sampling method was the researcher using?
A) Cluster
B) Random
C) Systematic
D) Stratified
23. VARIABLE What is the term for a characteristic or attribute that can assume different values?
24. If a variable has possible values 1/2, 6.2, and 1.9, then this variable is
A) both a continuous and a discrete variable
B) a discrete variable
C) a continuous variable
D) neither a continuous nor a discrete variable
25. Which statement below is false?
A) A sample is a collection of all-possible individuals, objects or measurements of interest.
B) Data that can only be classified into categories is referred to as nominal level of measurement
C) The number of robberies reported in a city is an example of discrete data.
D) Zip codes are an example of qualitative data.
26. For the following statement, decide whether descriptive or inferential statistics is used. " The
average life expectancy in New Zealand is 78.49 years."
A) Inferential statistics
B) Both descriptive and inferential statistics
C) Descriptive

D) Neither descriptive nor inferential statistics

27. All of the following are examples of Qualitative data EXCEPT:
A) Grades of Cluster Subjects of G12 students
B) Marital status (single, married, divorce, etc)
C) Grades of Core subjects of G12 students
D) Type of a car
28. A variable is a characteristic or attribute that can assume different values. Based on this definition
answer the following question: All of the following are examples of variable EXCEPT:
A) The height of a maple tree.
B) The height of BURJ KHALIFA building
C) The weight of a student
D) The temperature
29. For the following statement, which statistics is used? In 2013, the number of IAT graduates will be
3.2 thousands students
A) Descriptive
B) Inferential
30. In Interval measurement the distance between values DOES NOT have meaning.
A) False
B) True
31. In Ordinal measurement the distance between values DOES NOT have meaning.
A) True
B) False
Statistics Question
32. Read the following information about the transportation industry and answer the questions. The
chart on Picture shows the number of job-related injuries for each of the transportation industries for
1998. What are the variables under study?
A) 4520, 5100, 6850, 7144, 9950 Only

B) Industry Only
C) Number of injuries Only
D) Industry and Number of injuries
E) 4520, 5100, 6850, 7144, 9950 and Railroad , Intercity bus, Subway , Trucking , Airline
Statistics Question
33. Read the following information about the transportation industry and answer the questions. The
chart on Picture shows the number of job-related injuries for each of the transportation industries for
1998. What are the data in the study?
A) Industry Only
B) Number of injuries Only
C) Industry and Number of injuries
D) 4520, 5100, 6850, 7144,4520, 5100, 6850, 7144, 9950 and Railroad , Intercity bus, Subway , Trucking ,
Airline 9950
E) 4520, 5100, 6850, 7144, 9950 Only
34. Zip Codes is an example of .............. level NOMINAL
35. Temperature(temperature in centigrade (in Fahrenheit)is an example of .............. level
A) Interval
B) Nominal
C) Ratio
D) Ordinal
36. The production of tomatoes by weight is an example of .............. data
A) Discrete
B) Continuous
37. The production of tomatoes by number of cans is an example of .............. data
A) Discrete
B) Continuous
38. Numbers printed on the T-shirt players is an example of ........................ data

A) Continuous Quantitative
B) Quantitative
C) Discrete Quantitative
D) Qualitative
39. Numbers printed on the T-shirt players is an example of ........................ level
A) Interval
B) Ordinal
C) Nominal
D) Ratio
40. U.A.E Population is an example of ................... data
A) Continuos
B) Discrete
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Answer Key
1.D 2.B 3.C 4.D 5.B 6.C 7.A 8.A 9. Qualitative 10. Quantitative 11. Nominal 12. Ordinal 13.A
14. Ratio 15. Surveys 16. Random 17.C 18.D 19.A 20.A 21.B 22.D 23. variable 24.C 25.A 26.A
27.C 28.B 29.B 30.A 31.A 32.D 33.D 34. nominal 35.A 36.B 37.A 38.D 39.C 40.B

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