Statistics chapter 1 definition

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More types of calculations can be performed with data at the nominal level than with data at the interval level.

False. More types of calculations can be performed with data at the interval level than with data at the nominal level.

Quantitative data

Data that is represented by measurements or counting.

What is the level of measurement for ​"Temperature​"?

Interval

What is the level of measurement for ​"Year of birth​"?

Interval

What is the level of measurement for ​"Allergies​"?

Nominal

What is the level of measurement for ​"Disabilities​"?

Nominal

What is the level of measurement for ​"Marital status​"?

Nominal

The list of books that your friend read for school for the past five months is shown below.

Nominal. The data are categorized using names, labels, or qualities, but the data cannot be ranked or arranged in order

The jersey numbers for players on a basketball team are listed below.

Nominal. The data are categorized using​ numbers, but no mathematical computations can be made.

What is the level of measurement for ​"Pain level scale of 0 to 10 right parenthesis​"?

Ordinal

Levels of measurement for which data can be quantitative

Ordinal, Interval, Ratio

Levels of measurement for which data can be qualitative

Ordinal, nominal

The regions of a country with the six longest life expectancy last year are shown below.

Qualitative. Ordinal.

Population of country or origin

Quantitative

The heights in centimeters right parenthesis of a sample of a species of plant 30 days after sprouting are shown below.

Quantitative. Ratio

What is the level of measurement for ​"Age​"?

Ratio

What is the level of measurement for ​"Time since last visit​"?

Ratio

What is the level of measurement for ​"Weight​"?

Ratio

The heights (in centimeters) of a sample of a species of plant 30 days after sprouting

Ratio. The data can be ordered and differences between data entries are​ meaningful, and a zero entry is an inherent zero.

Data at the ratio level cannot be put in order.

The statement is false. A true statement is​ "Data at the ratio level can be placed in a meaningful​ order."

For data at the interval​ level, you cannot calculate meaningful differences between data entries.

The statement is false. A true statement is​ "For data at the interval​ level, you can calculate meaningful differences between data​ entries."

Interval level

not only classifies and orders the measurements, but it also specifies that the distances between each interval on the scale are equivalent along the scale from low interval to high interval.

Select three examples of data sets that have inherent zeros below.

Average age of college students in years. Average monthly precipitation in inches. Maximum wind speed during a hurricane

Select three examples of data sets that do not have inherent zeros below.

Temperature in degrees Fahrenheit. A​ student's level of happiness measured from 0 to 10. Average IQ score of a high school class

Ordinal level

This level of measurement depicts some ordered relationship between the number of items.

What is an inherent​ zero?

a zero that implies none.

Qualitative data

information about the 'qualities' or characteristics of what is being studied. Can be descriptions, words, meanings, pictures, texts etc

Ratio level

the divisions between the points on the scale have an equivalent distance between them, and the rankings assigned to the items are according to their size.

Nominal level

the numbers are used to classify the data. Also, in this level of measurement, words and letters can be used.


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