1.2
top 5 books on best seller list 1. Gone Girl 2. Private London 3. Threat Vector 4. The Forgotten 5. Kiss the Dead level of measurement?
Ordinal- The data can be arranged in order, but the differences ?between data entries are not meaningful.
T/F Data at the ordinal level are quantitative only.
False- Data at the ordinal level can be qualitative or quantitative. Data at this level can be arranged in order, or ranked, but differences between data entries are not meaningful.
The region of a country with the highest level of food production for the past six years is shown below. Southwest Northeast Eastern Eastern Eastern Western Is the data Qual or Quant?
Qualitative because the regions are nonnumerical labels.
The masses (gm's) of a sample of a species of fish caught in the waters of a region 15.1 14.3 12.4 12.3 15.7 17.2 14.5 15.5 16.4 Qual or Quant?
Quantitative
level of measurement?
Ratio
Qual or Quant? fav musical style
qualitative- describes an attribute or characteristic
time to finish a marathon
quantitative- time is found by measuring or counting
ordinal
ranking, standing, order
level of measurement for height/weight?
ratio
time since last visit
ratio
ratio
age, prices of homes
allergies
nominal
physician intake form- marital status
nominal
Happiness level 0-10
ordinal
What is the data set's level of measurement?
ordinal
change in health (scale -5 to 5)
ordinal
nomialr
names of NFL teams SSN no computations
The following appear on a physician's intake form. disabilities, T, Ht, change in health (scale of -5 to 5) level of measurement for disabilities?
nominal
level of measurement for temperature?
interval
year of birth
interval
3 data sets with NO inherent zero
level of happiness from 0-10 T in degrees Fahrenheit avg IQ of a high school class
Interval
temperature, year of birth
what is an inherent zero?
a zero that implies "none"
3 data sets that contain inherent zeroes
avg monthly precip in inches avg age of college students in years max wind speed during hurricane
T/F More types of calculations can be performed with data at the nominal level than with data at the interval level.
False- Data at the nominal level can be put in a category. Data at the interval level can be put in a category, put in order, and you can find differences between values. Therefore, more types of calculations can be performed with data at the interval level than with data at the nominal level.
Name each level of measurement for which data can be qualitative.
Nominal Ordinal
