I. Determine the level of measurement. (Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, Ratio)
1. Cars described as compact, midsize, and full-size.
2. Colors of Hershey's chocolate.
3. Weights of M&M candies.
4. Types of markers: washable, permanent, etc.
5. Time it takes to sing the National Anthem.
6. Total annual income for MA3004 students.
7. Body temperatures of bears in the North Pole.
8. Teachers being rated as superior, above average, average, below average, or poor.
9. Height of a person.
II. Identify as Qualitative or Quantitative. If it is quantitative, tell if it is discrete or continuous.
10. Religion of the State teachers at PURES.
11. The number of people that prefer Walmart over Costco.
12. The weight of your dad's car in pounds.
13. The number of criminal indictments against Elizabeth Wettlaufer.
14. The length of his jail sentence.
15. Your telephone area code.
16. How fast you were going when you were pulled over for speeding down 401 (in KPH).
17. The way you felt when you were pulled over for speeding down 404.
III. Label each as descriptive or inferential.
18. The highest batting average for one season so far is 0.438 (achieved by Hugh Duffy in 1894).
19. Last year's homicide rate was 9.2 persons per 100,000 Canadian residents.
20. Sixty-two percent of last year's high school graduates are now enrolled in a college or university.
21. Results of the Canada census conducted every 10 years.
22. A recent study found that eating garlic has a 15% chance of lowering blood pressure.
23. It is predicted that the average number of automobiles each household owns will increase next year.
24. The chance that a person will be robbed in Brampton, ON is 1.5%.
25. Last year's total attendance at Long Run High School's football games was 8,235.
IV. Write the correct term for the definition provided below.
26. A characteristic that can assume different values.
27. Collecting, organizing, analyzing, and drawing conclusions based on data.
28. The values a variable can assume.
29. The entire group to be studied.
