MATH 534 WEEK 1 QUIZ
Classify each of the following as nominal, ordinal, interval, or
ratio data.
a. The ranking of a company in the Fortune 500. - ORDINAL
b. The number of tickets sold at a movie theater on any given night. - RATIO
c. The identification number on a questionnaire. - NOMINAL
d. Per capita income. - RATIO
e. The trade balance in dollars. - RATIO
f. Profit/loss in dollars. - RATIO
g. A company’s tax identification. - NOMINAL
h. The Standard & Poor’s bond ratings of cities based on the scales below:
ORDINAL
The activity or the process of collecting the data on the
population is called .
a
sample
a data set
a population
a census
A company wants to learn the customers’ purchase habits of
buying certain products. This company did a survey about a
random 1000 customers, who were asked about the times
they purchased the certain products within one month. Then
what is the data in this example:
Times the customers purchased the certain
products.
Customers’ purchase habits.
All the records times of purchasing the certain products for all
of the 1000 customers.
1000 random customers.
Researchers often wish to know the color preference of
consumers and might ask consumers to specify their favorite
color, such as red, blue,
