ELEMENTARY STATISTICS IN SOCIAL
RESEARCH CERTIFICATION EVALUATION
EXAMS SET FULL QUESTIONS AND
COMPLETE SOLUTION
●● Statistic
Answer: A numerical measurement describing some characteristic of a
sample.
●● Quantitative Data
Answer: Consist of numbers representing counts or measurements.
●● Example of Quantitative Data
Answer: The weights of supermodels.
●● Categorical Data
Answer: Consist of names or labels (not numbers that represent counts
or measurements).
●● Example of Categorical Data
Answer: The gender (male/female) of professional athletes.
, ●● Discrete Data
Answer: Result when the data values are quantitative and the number of
values is finite, or 'countable.'
●● Example of Discrete Data
Answer: The number of tosses of a coin before getting tails.
●● Continuous Data
Answer: Result from infinitely many possible quantitative values, where
the collection of values is not countable.
●● Example of Continuous Data
Answer: The lengths of distances from 0 cm to 12 cm.
●● Nominal Level
Answer: Characterized by data that consist of names, labels, or
categories only.
●● Example of Nominal Level
Answer: Survey responses of yes, no, and undecided.
●● Ordinal Level
RESEARCH CERTIFICATION EVALUATION
EXAMS SET FULL QUESTIONS AND
COMPLETE SOLUTION
●● Statistic
Answer: A numerical measurement describing some characteristic of a
sample.
●● Quantitative Data
Answer: Consist of numbers representing counts or measurements.
●● Example of Quantitative Data
Answer: The weights of supermodels.
●● Categorical Data
Answer: Consist of names or labels (not numbers that represent counts
or measurements).
●● Example of Categorical Data
Answer: The gender (male/female) of professional athletes.
, ●● Discrete Data
Answer: Result when the data values are quantitative and the number of
values is finite, or 'countable.'
●● Example of Discrete Data
Answer: The number of tosses of a coin before getting tails.
●● Continuous Data
Answer: Result from infinitely many possible quantitative values, where
the collection of values is not countable.
●● Example of Continuous Data
Answer: The lengths of distances from 0 cm to 12 cm.
●● Nominal Level
Answer: Characterized by data that consist of names, labels, or
categories only.
●● Example of Nominal Level
Answer: Survey responses of yes, no, and undecided.
●● Ordinal Level
