Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) recently released a report measuring the economic impact of the COVID-19. The report provides information on the adverse impacts of COVID-19 experienced by businesses operating in Australia in mid-March 2020. A random sample of 214 businesses was selected for this survey, with a response rate of 65%.
Using the information above, answer the following questions:
What is the non-response rate in this survey? (Express the answer as a decimal with 2dp) Answer: 0.35
Indicate the type of each variable from the choices provided:
(a) Sales revenue (Million AUD$) - continuous
(b) Number of employees: Small (0-19 employees), Medium (20-199 employees), and Large (200+ employees) - ordinal
(c) Industry: Mining, Tourism, Education, Service, Health Care, Finance, and IT - nominal
(d) State: QLD, NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS, SA, WA, NT - nominal
Indicate the most appropriate graph to investigate the relationship between the variables:
(a) Industry: (Mining, Tourism, Education, Service, Health Care, Finance, and IT) - bar chart
(b) Types of Businesses: (Sole Proprietorship, Partnership, Limited Liability Company, Cooperative), Profit last year (Million AUD$) - scatter plot
(c) Sales revenue (Million AUD$) - histogram
(d) Industry: (Mining, Tourism, Education, Service, Health Care, Finance, and IT), Sales revenue (Million AUD$) - scatter plot