Nova Southeastern University

QNTP 5000

Chapter 1

1)Which one of the following is NOT an example of discrete data?

2. What level of measurement is a person's "favorite sport"?

3. What type of variable is the number of robberies reported in your city?

4. A marketing class of 50 students evaluated the instructor using the following scale: superior, good, average, poor, or inferior. The descriptive summary showed the following survey results: 2% superior, 8% good, 45% average, 45% poor, and 0% inferior.

5. The performance of personal and business investments is measured as a percentage called "return on investment." What type of variable is "return on investment"?

6. What type of variable is the number of gallons of gasoline pumped by a filling station during a day?

7. The Nielsen Ratings break down the number of people watching a particular television show by age. What level of measurement is age?

8. The general process of gathering, organizing, summarizing, analyzing, and interpreting data is called

9. Shoe style is an example of what level of measurement?

10. Which word is NOT part of the definition of descriptive statistics?

11. A group of women tried five brands of fingernail polish and ranked them according to preference. What level of measurement is this?

12. The reported unemployment is 5.5% of the population. What measurement scale is used to measure unemployment?

13. The incomes of 50 loan applicants are obtained. Which level of measurement is income?

14. The Equal Employment Opportunity Act requires employers to classify their employees by gender and national origin. Which level of measurement is this?