Math 302 Statistics (A+ Graded already)

Categories, colors, names, labels and favorite foods along with yes or no responses are examples of correct answers Nominal scale Data that can be ordered (e.g excellent, good, satisfactory are examples of correct answers Ordinal scale Data that can be ordered but has a difference between data and has no meaning to the order of ratios are examples of correct answers Interval scale Data that is ordered, has meaning and can be ordered meaningfully is an example of correct answers Ratio scale A market researcher polled every tenth person who walks into a store. What type of sampling was used? correct answers Systematic The first 50 people who walk into a sporting event are polled on their television preferences. What type of sampling was used? correct answers Convenience What is the sampling method used in the following scenario? A teacher wants to know if her students are doing homework, so she randomly selects rows two and five and then calls on all students in row two and all students in row five to present the solutions to homework problems to the class. correct answers cluster What was the sampling method that was used in the scenario? A study was done to determine the age, the number of times per week, and the duration (amount of time) of residents using a local park in San Antonio, Texas. The first house in the neighborhood around the park was selected randomly, and then the resident of every eighth house in the neighborhood around the park was interviewed. correct answers systematic "Number of times per week" is what type of data in the scenario? A study was done to determine the age, the number of times per week, and the duration (amount of time) of residents using a local park in San Antonio, Texas. The first house in the neighborhood around the park was selected randomly, and then the resident of every eighth house in the neighborhood around the park was interviewed. correct answers Quantitative Discrete Data What is the term for a characteristic or attribute that can assume different values? correct answers variable A Lake Tahoe Community College instructor is interested in the mean number of days Lake Tahoe Community College math students are absent from class during a quarter. X = number of days a Lake Tahoe Community College math student is absent The instructor's sample produces a mean number of days absent of 3.5 days. This value is an example of a: correct answers parameter