Business Statistics: For Contemporary Decision Making 3rd Canadian Edition by Ken Black Test bank

c) nominal level
d) ratio level
e) relative level
Answer: d
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Explain the difference between variables, measurement, and data, and
compare the four different levels of data: nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio.
Section Reference: 1.2 Variables, Data and Data Measurement
Blooms: Knowledge
AACSB: Analytic
80. A person has decided to code a particular set of sales data. A value of 0 is assigned if the
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sales occurred on a weekday, and a value of 1 means it happened on a weekend. This is an
example of ___.
a) interval level data
b) ordinal level data
c) nominal level data
d) ratio level data
e) relative level data
Answer: c
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Explain the difference between variables, measurement, and data, and
compare the four different levels of data: nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio.
Section Reference: 1.2 Variables, Data and Data Measurement
Blooms: Knowledge
AACSB: Analytic
81. Members of the accounting department's clerical staff were asked to rate their supervisor's
leadership style as either (1) authoritarian or (2) participatory. This is an example of ___.
a) interval level data
b) ordinal level data
c) nominal level data
d) ratio level data
e) relative level data
Answer: c
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Explain the difference between variables, measurement, and data, and
compare the four different levels of data: nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio.
Section Reference: 1.2 Variables, Data and Data Measurement
Blooms: Knowledge
AACSB: Analytic
82. A market research analyst has asked consumers to rate the appearance of a new package
on a scale of 1 to 5. A 1 means that the appearance is awful while a 5 means that it is excellent.
The level of this data is usually considered ___.
a) interval level data
b) ordinal level data
c) nominal level data
d) ratio level data
e) relative level data
Answer: b
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Explain the difference between variables, measurement, and data, and
compare the four different levels of data: nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio.
Section Reference: 1.2 Variables, Data and Data Measurement
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Blooms: Knowledge
AACSB: Analytic
83. The social insurance number of employees would be an example of what level of data
measurement?
a) interval level data
b) ordinal level data
c) nominal level data
d) ratio level data
e) relative level data
Answer: c
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective: Explain the difference between variables, measurement, and data, and
compare the four different levels of data: nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio.
Section Reference: 1.2 Variables, Data and Data Measurement
Blooms: Knowledge
AACSB: Analytic
84. Sales of a restaurant (in dollars) are an example of what level of data measurement?
a) interval level data
b) ordinal level data
c) nominal level data
d) ratio level data
e) relative level data
Answer: d
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Explain the difference between variables, measurement, and data, and
compare the four different levels of data: nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio.
Section Reference: 1.2 Variables, Data and Data Measurement
Blooms: Knowledge
AACSB: Analytic
85. Grades on a test range from 0 to 100. This level of data is ___.
a) interval level data
b) ordinal level data
c) nominal level data
d) ratio level data
e) relative level data
Answer: d
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Explain the difference between variables, measurement, and data, and
compare the four different levels of data: nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio.
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Section Reference: 1.2 Variables, Data and Data Measurement
Blooms: Knowledge
AACSB: Analytic
86. If it were not for the existence of an "absolute zero," ratio data would be considered the
same as ___.
a) interval level data
b) ordinal level data
c) nominal level data
d) ratio level data
e) relative level data
Answer: a
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective: Explain the difference between variables, measurement, and data, and
compare the four different levels of data: nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio.
Section Reference: 1.2 Variables, Data and Data Measurement
Blooms: Knowledge
AACSB: Analytic
87. Law School Admission Test (LSAT) scores are an example of what type of measurement