Question 1: Every night before closing, the night manager counts the amount of money in the cash register. The amount of money in the cash register is an example of what level of data?
- nominal
- ordinal
- interval
- ratio
Question 2: Which of the following refers to when a researcher gathers data on a group to describe or reach conclusions about that same group?
- descriptive statistics
- inferential statistics
- inside statistics
- non parametric statistics
Question 3: A market research questionnaire asks customers to check which of the following is their occupation: engineer, teacher, business person, minister, construction worker, or other. Each of these six is assigned one of six numbers. For example, if a person checks "other" than they will be assigned a six for computing purposes. These numbers are examples of what level of data?
- nominal
- ordinal
- interval
- ratio
Question 4: A researcher studies the effectiveness of managers at a small company containing 46 employees. The researcher interviews every employee, gathers data, analyzes the data, and writes up a report of her findings for company management. Company management uses the report to improve their administration of the company. This is an example of:
- sample statistics
- descriptive statistics
- decision making statistics
- inferential statistics
Question 5: Consumers are surveyed to determine if they have a positive image of a local company. One of the questions is "Do you think that Company X is good for the community?" Surveyed consumers circle Yes or No. When the answers are coded for analysis, a Yes is given a 2 and a No is given a 1. These numbers are an example of what level of data?
- nominal
- ordinal
- interval
- ratio
Question 6: Which of the following data are sometimes referred to as qualitative data?
- numeric
- interval
- non metric
- metric
Question 7: On a human resources form, an employee lists how many children he has under the age of 21. This number is an example of what level of data?
- nominal
- ordinal
- interval
- ratio
Question 8: One definition of statistics includes all but which one of the following on numerical data
- analysis
- presentation
- creation
- collection
Question 9: The quality control technician records the Fahrenheit temperature in the manufacturing plant every hour. These temperatures are an example of what level of data?
- Nominal
- Ordinal
- Ratio
- Interval
Question 10: A business researcher records the time it takes for a customer to go from their car in the parking lot into the shopping mall entrance. This is an example of what level of data?
- nominal
- ordinal
- interval
- ratio
Question 11: Which level of data has an absolute zero?
- nomial
- ordinal
- interval
- ratio
Question 12: A Internet business site lists the top 50 businesses according to profitability from last year. If one of these businesses is selected, their ranking in the top 50 (eg. number 40) is an example of what level of data?
- nominal
- ordinal
- interval
- ratio
Question 13: A company is rated on the friendliness of its employees on a scale from one to three where a one is very friendly, a two is friendly, and a three is not friendly. These numbers are examples of what level of data?
- nominal
- ordinal
- interval
- ratio
Question 14: Which of the following is represented by Greek letters?
- census
- sample
- statistic
- parameter
Question 15: If the data are nominal or ordinal, then the statistician should use what type of statistics to analyze the data?
- parametric
- non paramteric
- multivariate
- non related