NOVA Quiz 1 | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
2026 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
ALREADY GRADED A+
Summarize data in a useful and informative manner. - ANSWERS-The main
purpose of descriptive statistics is to:
Ordinal - ANSWERS-A group of women tried five brands of finger nail polish
and ranked them according to preference. What level of measurement is
this?
Nominal - ANSWERS-A survey includes a question regarding marital status
that has the following responses: single, married, divorced, separated or
widowed. What is the scale of measurement for this question?
True - ANSWERS-The CIA World Factbook cited these numbers for the United
States:
• Birthrate is 14.14 births per 1,000 population
• Average life expectancy for females is 80 years
• Approximately 290 million persons residing in the United States
Each of these numbers is referred to as statistic.
Number of miles between New York City and Chicago. - ANSWERS-Which
one of the following is NOT an example of discrete data?
Statistics - ANSWERS-The general process of gathering, organizing,
summarizing, analyzing, and interpreting data is called
2026 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
ALREADY GRADED A+
Summarize data in a useful and informative manner. - ANSWERS-The main
purpose of descriptive statistics is to:
Ordinal - ANSWERS-A group of women tried five brands of finger nail polish
and ranked them according to preference. What level of measurement is
this?
Nominal - ANSWERS-A survey includes a question regarding marital status
that has the following responses: single, married, divorced, separated or
widowed. What is the scale of measurement for this question?
True - ANSWERS-The CIA World Factbook cited these numbers for the United
States:
• Birthrate is 14.14 births per 1,000 population
• Average life expectancy for females is 80 years
• Approximately 290 million persons residing in the United States
Each of these numbers is referred to as statistic.
Number of miles between New York City and Chicago. - ANSWERS-Which
one of the following is NOT an example of discrete data?
Statistics - ANSWERS-The general process of gathering, organizing,
summarizing, analyzing, and interpreting data is called
