VARIABLES AND MEASURES OF DATA
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
Angela is collecting data on the number of classes that students take. what type of data is this? - correct
answers-discrete quantitative
Jason is investigating if age has any effect on the number of hours of sleep. which of the following gives
the explanatory and response variables respectively?
A. the number of people that are being studied and the number of hours of sleep
B. the number of hours of sleep and age
C. age and the number of hours of sleep
D. the number of people that are being studied and age - correct answers-C.
an explanatory variable is a value or component of the independent variable applied in an experiment -
correct answers-false
Patrick is collecting data on show size. what type of data is this? - correct answers-discrete quantitative
because it only takes on certain values such as 5, 5.5, 6, 6.5, etc
what is the type of quantitative data that is the result of measuring? - correct answers-continuous
which of the following surveys have quantitative data?
A. a 2013 CDC survey on youth fitness asked students which sport they enjoy the most. possible answers
included baseball, golf and gymnastics
B. a 2015 Gallup survey asked about free expression on campus asked students which news sources they
follow
C. a 2015 CDC survey on family growth asks women hoe many times they have been pregnant
D. a survey on youth health asked participants for the number of sports they played in the previous
week - correct answers-C and D
which of the following is continuous data?
A. the 2015 CDC family growth survey also asked women how many cigarettes they smoked per day
B. a survey management company measured how much time each participant takes to complete a
survey
C. an environmental researcher measured the average length of fish in a certain lake
D. a librarian counted the number of books returned in a day - correct answers-B and C
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
Angela is collecting data on the number of classes that students take. what type of data is this? - correct
answers-discrete quantitative
Jason is investigating if age has any effect on the number of hours of sleep. which of the following gives
the explanatory and response variables respectively?
A. the number of people that are being studied and the number of hours of sleep
B. the number of hours of sleep and age
C. age and the number of hours of sleep
D. the number of people that are being studied and age - correct answers-C.
an explanatory variable is a value or component of the independent variable applied in an experiment -
correct answers-false
Patrick is collecting data on show size. what type of data is this? - correct answers-discrete quantitative
because it only takes on certain values such as 5, 5.5, 6, 6.5, etc
what is the type of quantitative data that is the result of measuring? - correct answers-continuous
which of the following surveys have quantitative data?
A. a 2013 CDC survey on youth fitness asked students which sport they enjoy the most. possible answers
included baseball, golf and gymnastics
B. a 2015 Gallup survey asked about free expression on campus asked students which news sources they
follow
C. a 2015 CDC survey on family growth asks women hoe many times they have been pregnant
D. a survey on youth health asked participants for the number of sports they played in the previous
week - correct answers-C and D
which of the following is continuous data?
A. the 2015 CDC family growth survey also asked women how many cigarettes they smoked per day
B. a survey management company measured how much time each participant takes to complete a
survey
C. an environmental researcher measured the average length of fish in a certain lake
D. a librarian counted the number of books returned in a day - correct answers-B and C
