AIS Midterm Chapter 4

The Fahrenheit scale of temperature measurement would be described as an example of: A) Interval data B) Discrete data C) Nominal data D) Continuous data

A) Interval data

____ data would be considered the most sophisticated type of data. A) Ratio B) Interval C) Ordinal D) Nominal

A) Ratio

Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals would be examples of: A) Nominal Data B) Ordinal Data C) Structured Data D) Test data

B) Ordinal Data

Line charts are not recommended for what type of data? A) Normalized data B) Qualitative data C) Continuous data D) Trend Lines

B) Qualitative data

Which of the following is not a typical example of nominal data? A) Gender B) SAT Scores C) Ethnic group D) Hair color

B) SAT Scores

Justin Zobel suggests that revising your writing requires you to "Be egoless- ready to dislike anything you have previously written", suggesting that it is_______ you need to please: A) Yourself B) The reader C) The Customer D) Your Boss

B) The reader

In the late 1960s, Ed Altman developed a model to predict if a company was at severe risk of going bankrupt. He called it his statistical Altman's Z-score, now a widely used score in finance. Based on the name of the statistic, which statistical distribution would you guess this came from ? A) Normal Distribution B) Poisson Distribution C) Standardize Normal Distribution D) Uniform Distribution

C) Standardize Normal Distribution

____ data would be considered the least sophisticated type of data. A) Ratio B) Interval C) Ordinal D) Nominal

D) Nominal