Chapter 01 - Data and Statistics

6. The entities on which data are collected are

1. Which of the following is an example of _____.
quantitative data? a. elements
a. the player’s number on a baseball uniform b. populations
b. the serial number on a one-dollar bill c. sets
c. the part number of an inventory item d. samples
d. the number of people in a waiting line
7. The set of measurements collected for an
2. Which of the following is NOT an example of element is called a(n) _____.
descriptive statistics? a. census
a. a histogram depicting the age distribution for b. variable
30 randomly selected students c. observation
b. an estimate of the number of Alaska d. sample
residents who have visited Canada
c. a table summarizing the data collected in a 8. A characteristic of interest for the elements is
sample of new-car buyers called a(n) _____.
d. the proportion of mailed-out questionnaires a. sample
that were returned b. data set
c. variable
3. Which of the following is an example of d. observation
categorical data?
a. social security number 9. All data collected in a study are referred to as
b. score on a multiple-choice exam the _____.
c. height, in meters, of a diving board a. census
d. number of square feet of carpet b. inference
c. variable
4. The number of observations in a complete d. data set
data set having 10 elements and 5 variables is
_____. 10. In a data set, the number of observations
a. 5 will always be the same as the number of
b. 10 a. variables
c. 25 b. elements
d. 50 c. data sets
d. data
5. Facts and figures collected, analyzed, and
summarized for presentation and interpretation 11. Which of the following is NOT a scale of
are called _____. measurement?
a. data a. nominal
b. variables b. ordinal
c. elements c. interval
d. variables and elements d. categorical
12. When the data are labels or names used to 17. Which of the following variables uses the
identify an attribute of the elements, the interval scale of measurement?
variable has which scale of a. name of stock exchange
measurement? b. time
a. nominal c. SAT scores
b. ordinal d. social security number
c. interval
d. ratio 18. Which of the following variables uses the
ratio scale of measurement?
13. When the data are labels or names used to a. name of stock exchange
identify an attribute of the elements and the b. time
rank of the data is meaningful, c. SAT scores
the variable has which scale of measurement? d. social security number
a. nominal
b. ordinal 19. Quantitative data _____.
c. interval a. are always nonnumeric
d. ratio b. may be either numeric or nonnumeric
c. are always numeric
14. When the data have the properties of d. are always labels
ordinal data and the interval between ANSWER: c
observations is expressed in terms of a
fixed unit of measure, the variable has which 20. Categorical data _____.
scale of measurement? a. are always nonnumeric
a. nominal b. may be either numeric or nonnumeric
b. ordinal c. are always numeric
c. interval d. indicate either how much or how many
d. ratio
21. _____ analytics is the set of analytical
15. When the data have the properties of techniques that yield a course of action.
interval data and the multiplication or division a. Descriptive
of two values is meaningful, the b. Predictive
variable has which scale of measurement? c. Prescriptive
a. nominal d. Data
b. ordinal
c. interval 22. What organization developed the report,
d. ratio “Ethical Guidelines for Statistical Practice”?
a. Ethics Committee for Statistical Practices
16. Which two scales of measurement can be b. American Statistical Association
either numeric or nonnumeric? c. International Statistical Organization
a. nominal and ratio d. Federal Bureau for Ethical Practices in
b. ordinal and interval Statistics
c. interval and ordinal
d. nominal and ordinal
23. Arithmetic operations are inappropriate for an undergraduate degree program, 2 indicates
a. categorical data the student is enrolled in a master’s degree
b. quantitative data program, and 3 indicates the student is enrolled
c. both categorical and quantitative data in a doctoral degree program. In this case, the
d. large data sets data are which scale of measurement?
a. nominal
24. In a questionnaire, respondents are asked to b. ordinal
mark their gender as Male, Female, c. interval
Transgender MtoF, Transgender d. ratio
F to M, Non-binary, or Intersex. Gender is an
example of a(n) _____ variable. 29. Income is an example of _____.
a. categorical a. categorical data
b. quantitative b. either categorical or quantitative
c. interval data
d. ratio c. currency data
d. quantitative data
25. In a questionnaire, respondents are asked to
record their age in years. Age is an example of a 30. The birth weight of newborns, measured in
a. categorical variable grams, is an example of _____.
b. quantitative variable a. categorical data
c. categorical or quantitative variable, b. either categorical or quantitative data
depending on how the respondents answered c. neither categorical nor quantitative data
the question d. quantitative data
d. ratio variable

26. In an application for a credit card, potential

customers are asked for their social security
numbers. A social security
number is an example of a _____.
a. categorical variable
b. quantitative variable
c. categorical or quantitative variable,
depending on how the respondents answered
the question
d. ratio variable

27. Temperature is an example of which scale of

measurement?
a. nominal
b. ordinal
c. interval
d. ratio
28. For ease of data entry into a university
database, 1 denotes the student is enrolled in