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1) Categoricalmdatamhavemvaluesmthat maremdescribed mbymwordsmrathermthanmnumbers.
2) Numericalmdatamcanmbemeithermdiscretemormcontinuous.
3) Categoricalmdatamaremalsomreferred mtomasmnominalmormqualitativemdata.
4) Themnumbermof mchecksmprocessed mat mambankminmamdaymismanmexamplemof mcategoricalmdata.
5) Themnumbermof mplanesmpermdaymthat mland mat manmairport mismanmexamplemof mdiscretemdata.
6) Themweight mof mambagmof mdogmfood mismanmexamplemof mdiscretemdata.
7) Inmlast myear'smannualmreport,mThompsonmDistributors mindicated mthat mit mhad m12mregionalmwarehous
es.mThismismanmexamplemof mordinalmlevelmdata.
8) Nominalmdatamrefermtomdatamthat mcanmbemordered minmamnaturalmway.
9) Thismyear,mOxnard mUniversitymproduced mtwomfootballmAll-
Americans.mThismismanmexamplemof mcontinuousmdata.
10) Themtypemof mstatisticalmtest mthat mwemcanmperformmismindependent mof mthemlevelmof mmeasurement
mof mthemvariablemof minterest.
11) Yourmweight mrecorded mat myourmannualmphysicalmwould mnotmbemratiomdata,mbecausemyoumcan
not mhavemzeromweight.
12) Themlevelmof mmeasurement mformcategoricalmdatamismnominal.
13) Temperaturemmeasured minmdegreesmFahrenheit mismanmexamplemof minterval mdata.
14) Themclosingmpricemof mamstockmismanmexamplemof mratiomdata.
15) ThemStatisticalmAbstractmofmthemUnitedmStatesmis mamhugemannualm compendiummof mdatamformt
hemUnited mStates,mand mit mismavailablemonlinemfreemof mcharge.
16) Ordinalmdatamcanmbemtreated masmif mit mweremnominalmdatambut mnot mvicemversa.
17) Responsesmonmamseven-point mLikert mscalemaremusuallymtreated masmratiomdata.
18) Likert mscalesmaremespeciallymimportant minmopinionmpollsmand mmarketingmsurveys.
19) Ordinalmdatamaremdatamthat mcanmbemranked mbased monmsomemnaturalmcharacteristicmof mthemitems.
20) Ratiomdatamaremdistinguished mfrommintervalmdatambymthempresencemof mamzeromreferencempoint.
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21) It mismbettermtomattempt mamcensusmof mamlargempopulationminstead mof mrelyingmonmamsample.
22) Judgment msamplingmand mconveniencemsamplingmaremnonrandommsamplingmtechniques.
23) A mproblemmwithmjudgment msamplingmismthat mthemsamplemmaymnot mreflect mthempopulation.
24) Whenmthempopulationmismlarge,mamsamplemestimatemismusuallympreferablemtomamcensus.
25) Samplingmerrormismavoidablembymchoosingmthemsample mscientifically.
26) A msamplingmframemismused mtomidentifymthemtarget mpopulationminmamstatisticalmstudy.
27) Bymtakingmamsystematicmsample,minmwhichmwemselect meverym50thmshoppermarrivingmat mamspeci
ficmstore,mwemaremapproximatingmamrandommsamplemof mshoppers.
28) A mworkermcollectingmdatamfrommeverymothermshoppermwhomleavesmamstoremismtakingmamsim
plemrandommsamplemof mcustomermopinion.
29) Creatingmamlist mof mpeoplembymtakingmthemthird mnamemlisted monmeverym10thmpagemof mthemphonemb
ookmismanmexamplemof mconveniencemsampling.
30) Internet msurveysmposted monmpopularmwebsitesmhavemnombiasmsincemanyonemcanmreply.
31) Analysismof mmonth-by-
monthmchangesminmstockmmarket mpricesmduringmthemmost mrecent mrecessionmwould mrequiremthemusemo
f mtimemseriesmdata.
32) A mclustermsamplemismamtypemof mstratified msamplemthat mismbased monmgeographicalmlocation.
33) Anmadvantagemof mamsystematicmsamplemismthat mnomlist mof menumerated mdatamitemsmismrequired.
34) Telephonemsurveysmoftenmhavemamlowmresponsemratemand mfailmtomreachmthemdesired mpopulation.
35) Mailmsurveysmaremattractivembecausemof mtheirmhighmresponsemrates.
36) A mproblemmwithmconveniencemsamplingmismthat mthemtarget mpopulationmismnot mwell-defined.
37) If myoumrandomlymsamplem50mstudentsmabout mtheirmfavoritemplacesmtomeat,mthemdatamcollected mwo
uld mbemreferred mtomasmcross-sectionalmdata.
38) Themnumbermof mFedExmshippingmcentersminmeachmof m50mcitiesmwould mbemordinalmlevelmdata.
39) Internet msurveysmposted monmpopularmwebsitesmsuffermfrommnonresponsembias.
40) Different mvariablesmaremusuallymshownmasmcolumnsmof mammultivariatemdatamset.
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41) Eachmrowminmammultivariatemdatammatrixmismanmobservationm(e.g.,manmindividualmresponse).
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42) A mbivariatemdatamset mhasmonlymtwomobservationsmonmamvariable.
43) Runningmtimesmform3,000mrunnersminmam5kmracemwould mbemammultivariatemdatamset.
44) Runningmtimesmform500mrunnersminmam5kmracemwould mbemamunivariatemdatamset.
45) A mlist mof mthemsalaries,mages,mand myearsmof mexperiencemform50mCEOsmismammultivariatemdatamset.
46) Themdailymclosingmpricemof mApplemstockmovermthempast mmonthmwould mbemamtimemseries.
47) Themnumbermof mwordsmonm50mrandomlymchosenmtextbookmpagesmwould mbemcross-sectionalmdata.
48) A mLikert mscalemwithmanmevenmnumbermof mscalempointsmbetweenm"StronglymAgree"mand m"Stron
glymDisagree"mismintended mtomprevent m"neutral"mchoices.
49) Privatemstatisticalmdatabasesm(e.g.,mCRSP)maremusuallymfree.
50) Anminvestment mfirmmratesmbondsmformAard mComInc.masm"B+,"mwhilembondsmof mDevamCorp.maremra
ted m"AA."mWhichmlevelmof mmeasurement mwould mbemappropriatemformsuchmdata?
A) Nominal
B) Ordinal
C) Interval
D) Ratio
51) Whichmvariablemismleastmlikelymtombemregarded masmratiomdata?
A) Lengthmof mtimemrequired mformamrandomlymchosenmvehiclemtomcrossmamtollmbridgem(minutes)
B) Weight mof mamrandomlymchosenmstudent m(pounds)
C) Numbermof mfatalitiesminmamrandomlymchosenmtrafficmdisasterm(persons)
D) Student'smevaluationmof mamprofessor'smteachingm(Likert mscale)
52) Whichmof mthemfollowingmismnumericalmdata?
A) Yourmgender
B) Thembrand mof mcellmphonemyoumown
C) WhethermyoumhavemanmAmericanmExpressmcard
D) Themfuelmeconomym(MPG)mof myourmcar
53) Measurementsmfrommamsamplemaremcalled
A) statistics.
B) inferences.
C) parameters.
D) variables.
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