OPRE 3360 Exam 1
FG FG FG
DataFG-
FGtheFGfactsFGandFGfiguresFGcollected,FGanalyzed,FGandFGsummarized FGforFGpr
esentationFGandFGinterpretation.
DataFGSetFG-FGAllFGtheFGdataFGcollectedFGinFGaFGparticularFGstudy
ElementsFG-FGentitiesFGonFGwhichFGdataFGisFGcollected
VariablesFG-FGAFGcharacteristicFGofFGinterestFGforFGtheFGelements
ObservationsFG-FGMeasurementsFGobtainedFGforFGaFGparticularFGelement
DataFGValuesFG-FGnumberFGofFGelementsFGxFGnumberFGofFGvariables
CategoricalFGDataFG-FG-FGreferredFGtoFGasFGqualitativeFGdata
-labels/namesFGusedFGtoFGidentifyFGanFGattributeFGofFGelements
-FGUsesFGeitherFGnominalFGorFGordinalFGscaleFGofFGmeasurement
-FGAppropriateFGstatisticalFGanalysisFGareFGratherFGlimited
, QuantitativeFGDataFG-FG-FGindicateFGhowFGmanyFGorFGhowFGmuch
FG >discrete:FGmeasuringFGhowFGmany
FG >continuous:FGmeasuringFGhowFGmuch
-FGdataFGareFGALWAYSFGnumeric
NominalFGScaleFGDataFG-FG-
Names,FGLabels,FGorFGCategoriesFGonlyFGtoFGidentifyFGanFGattributeFGofFGtheFG
elementFG(canFGbeFGnumericFGorFGnon-numeric)
-FGDoesFGnotFGhaveFGaFGparticularFGorderingFGscheme
-FGArithmeticFGoperationsFGnotFGperformed
OrdinalFGDataFG-FG-
HasFGallFGtheFGcharacteristicsFGofFGnominalFGdata,FGPLUS:
FG >dataFGcanFGbeFGarrangedFGinFGsomeFGorderingFGscheme
>differencesFGbetweenFGdataFGvaluesFGcannotFGbeFGdeterminedFGorFGareFGm
FG
eaningless
FG >appliesFGtoFGcategoriesFGthatFGcanFGbeFGranked
IntervalFGDataFG-FG-HasFGallFGtheFGcharacteristicsFGofFGordinalFGdata,FGPLUS:
FG >differencesFGinFGdataFGvaluesFGareFGmeaningful
FG >resultsFGfromFGcountingFGorFGmeasuring
FG >valueFGofFGzeroFGisFGarbitrarilyFGchosen
FG FG FG
DataFG-
FGtheFGfactsFGandFGfiguresFGcollected,FGanalyzed,FGandFGsummarized FGforFGpr
esentationFGandFGinterpretation.
DataFGSetFG-FGAllFGtheFGdataFGcollectedFGinFGaFGparticularFGstudy
ElementsFG-FGentitiesFGonFGwhichFGdataFGisFGcollected
VariablesFG-FGAFGcharacteristicFGofFGinterestFGforFGtheFGelements
ObservationsFG-FGMeasurementsFGobtainedFGforFGaFGparticularFGelement
DataFGValuesFG-FGnumberFGofFGelementsFGxFGnumberFGofFGvariables
CategoricalFGDataFG-FG-FGreferredFGtoFGasFGqualitativeFGdata
-labels/namesFGusedFGtoFGidentifyFGanFGattributeFGofFGelements
-FGUsesFGeitherFGnominalFGorFGordinalFGscaleFGofFGmeasurement
-FGAppropriateFGstatisticalFGanalysisFGareFGratherFGlimited
, QuantitativeFGDataFG-FG-FGindicateFGhowFGmanyFGorFGhowFGmuch
FG >discrete:FGmeasuringFGhowFGmany
FG >continuous:FGmeasuringFGhowFGmuch
-FGdataFGareFGALWAYSFGnumeric
NominalFGScaleFGDataFG-FG-
Names,FGLabels,FGorFGCategoriesFGonlyFGtoFGidentifyFGanFGattributeFGofFGtheFG
elementFG(canFGbeFGnumericFGorFGnon-numeric)
-FGDoesFGnotFGhaveFGaFGparticularFGorderingFGscheme
-FGArithmeticFGoperationsFGnotFGperformed
OrdinalFGDataFG-FG-
HasFGallFGtheFGcharacteristicsFGofFGnominalFGdata,FGPLUS:
FG >dataFGcanFGbeFGarrangedFGinFGsomeFGorderingFGscheme
>differencesFGbetweenFGdataFGvaluesFGcannotFGbeFGdeterminedFGorFGareFGm
FG
eaningless
FG >appliesFGtoFGcategoriesFGthatFGcanFGbeFGranked
IntervalFGDataFG-FG-HasFGallFGtheFGcharacteristicsFGofFGordinalFGdata,FGPLUS:
FG >differencesFGinFGdataFGvaluesFGareFGmeaningful
FG >resultsFGfromFGcountingFGorFGmeasuring
FG >valueFGofFGzeroFGisFGarbitrarilyFGchosen