Question

Levels of measurement are a way of analyzing how ____ a variable measures something. The ____ level of measurement is the weakest measure. The ____ level of measurement is present when the data can be put in some order, such as lowest to highest.

Forty-five percent of people living in Pleasantville are Baptist. In this statement, the percentage is a numeric, or ____ measure, and Baptist is a ____ measure.

Larry Maugh is a male, 43-year old, a rock star who wears size 12 Doc Marten boots. His guitar ability is rated as "expert" but his song choices are considered "amateur." These last two ratings are the ____ level of measurement.

Larry Maugh is a male, 43-year old, a rock star who wears size 12 Doc Marten boots. Last year he earned $23,222 but expects to earn millions this year due to the wrongful death lawsuit related to his wife. He requires that his Tab Cola backstage be exactly 86 degrees. This temperature is the ____ level of measurement.

Larry Maugh is a male, 43-year old, a rock star who wears size 12 Doc Marten boots. Last year he earned $23,222 but expects to earn millions this year due to the wrongful death lawsuit related to his wife. His gender is the ____ level of measurement.

Larry Maugh is a male, 43-year old, rock star who wears size 12 Doc Marten boots. Last year he earned $23,222, but expects to earn millions this year due to the wrongful death lawsuit related to his wife. His income is the ____ level of measurement.

Larry Maugh is a male, 43-year old, rock star who wears size 12 Doc Marten boots. Last year he earned $23,222, but expects to earn millions this year due to the wrongful death lawsuit related to his wife. His music style, rock, is the ____ level of measurement.

Larry Maugh is a male, 43-year old, a rock star who wears size 12 Doc Marten boots. Last year he earned $23,222 but expects to earn millions this year due to the wrongful death lawsuit related to his wife. Larry wants to fulfill the Prince lyric to "Act your age, not your shoe size." Larry's shoe size is the ____ level of measurement.

Of the 5,000 products at the Pleasantville Wal-Mart, researchers collected 50 to see if the prices were correct. The 5,000 are the ____ and the 50 are just a ____. Had the researchers checked all 5,000 products it would have been a ____.

The ____ level of measurement is like the ordinal level of measurement in that we can order the values from lowest to highest, but this level of data has equal increments between each measure. ____ is the strongest level of measurement because this level of measurement has all the characteristics of the other three levels.

The ____ method is a process of trying to discover some truth (or perhaps disprove some fallacy) by 1) defining the question, 2) gathering information and resources, 3) form ____, 4) perform experiments and collect data, 5) analyze data, 6) interpret data, and 7) publish results.

____ data can only assume specific values, usually whole numbers. ____ data can assume any value within a reasonable range.

____ data is data that has been measured at the same time. ____ data measures the same variable over time.

____ data is numeric data. ____ data is sometimes referred to as attribute data and is non-numeric data.

____ is a measure of the association between two variables.

____ is a number between 0 and 1 indicating the likelihood of an event occurring.

____ is the science of collecting data, describing data, and interpreting data for effective decision making.

____ refers to all cases of interest to the researcher. ____ is a subset of the population.

Answer 1

Levels of measurement are a way of analyzing how well a variable measures something. The Nominal level of measurement is the weakest measure. The Ordinal level of measurement is present when the data can be put in some order, such as lowest to highest.

Forty-five percent of people living in Pleasantville are Baptist. In this statement, the percentage is a numeric, or continuous measure, and Baptist is a categorical measure.

Larry Maugh is a male, 43-year old, a rock star who wears size 12 Doc Marten boots. His guitar ability is rated as "expert" but his song choices are considered "amateur." These last two ratings are the Ordinal level of measurement.

Larry Maugh is a male, 43-year old, a rock star who wears size 12 Doc Marten boots. Last year he earned $23,222 but expects to earn millions this year due to the wrongful death lawsuit related to his wife. He requires that his Tab Cola backstage be exactly 86 degrees. This temperature is the Interval level of measurement.

Larry Maugh is a male, 43-year old, a rock star who wears size 12 Doc Marten boots. Last year he earned $23,222 but expects to earn millions this year due to the wrongful death lawsuit related to his wife. His gender is the Nominal level of measurement.

Larry Maugh is a male, 43-year old, rock star who wears size 12 Doc Marten boots. Last year he earned $23,222, but expects to earn millions this year due to the wrongful death lawsuit related to his wife. His income is the Interval level of measurement.

Larry Maugh is a male, 43-year old, rock star who wears size 12 Doc Marten boots. Last year he earned $23,222, but expects to earn millions this year due to the wrongful death lawsuit related to his wife. His music style, rock, is the Nominal level of measurement.

Larry Maugh is a male, 43-year old, a rock star who wears size 12 Doc Marten boots. Last year he earned $23,222 but expects to earn millions this year due to the wrongful death lawsuit related to his wife. Larry wants to fulfill the Prince lyric to "Act your age, not your shoe size." Larry's shoe size is the Interval level of measurement.

Of the 5,000 products at the Pleasantville Wal-Mart, researchers collected 50 to see if the prices were correct. The 5,000 are the Population and the 50 are just a Sample. Had the researchers checked all 5,000 products it would have been a ____.

The Interval level of measurement is like the ordinal level of measurement in that we can order the values from lowest to highest, but this level of data has equal increments between each measure. ____ is the strongest level of measurement because this level of measurement has all the characteristics of the other three levels.

The hypothesis method is a process of trying to discover some truth (or perhaps disprove some fallacy) by 1) defining the question, 2) gathering information and resources, 3) form hypothesis, 4) perform experiments and collect data, 5) analyze data, 6) interpret data, and 7) publish results.

Continuous data can only assume specific values, usually whole numbers. ____ data can assume any value within a reasonable range.

____ data is data that has been measured at the same time. ____ data measures the same variable over time.

Continuous data is numeric data. Categorical data is sometimes referred to as attribute data and is non-numeric data.

Correlation coefficient is a measure of the association between two variables.

Probability is a number between 0 and 1 indicating the likelihood of an event occurring.

Statistics is the science of collecting data, describing data, and interpreting data for effective decision making.