Modern Business Statistics with Microsoft Office Excel 6th Edition by David R. Anderson Test bank

 b. inference
 c. variable
 d. data set
 
ANSWER:  d
POINTS:  1
DIFFICULTY:  Easy
REFERENCES:  Data
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:  MBST.ASWC.18.01.02 - 1.2
NATIONAL STANDARDS:  United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
KEYWORDS:  Bloom's: Knowledge
 
10. In a data set, the number of observations will always be the same as the number of _____.
 a. variables
 b. elements
 c. data sets
 d. data
 
ANSWER:  b
POINTS:  1
DIFFICULTY:  Easy
REFERENCES:  Data
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:  MBST.ASWC.18.01.02 - 1.2
NATIONAL STANDARDS:  United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
KEYWORDS:  Bloom's: Knowledge
 
11. Which of the following is NOT a scale of measurement?
 a. nominal
 b. ordinal
 c. interval
 d. categorical
 
ANSWER:  d
POINTS:  1
DIFFICULTY:  Easy
REFERENCES:  Data
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:  MBST.ASWC.18.01.02 - 1.2
NATIONAL STANDARDS:  United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
KEYWORDS:  Bloom's: Knowledge
 
12. When the data are labels or names used to identify an attribute of the elements, the variable has which scale of measurement?
 a. nominal
 b. ordinal
 c. interval
 d. ratio
 
ANSWER:  a
POINTS:  1
DIFFICULTY:  Easy
REFERENCES:  Data
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:  MBST.ASWC.18.01.02 - 1.2
NATIONAL STANDARDS:  United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
KEYWORDS:  Bloom's: Knowledge
 
13. When the data are labels or names used to identify an attribute of the elements and the rank of the data is meaningful, the variable has which scale of measurement?
 a. nominal
 b. ordinal
 c. interval
 d. ratio
 
ANSWER:  b
POINTS:  1
DIFFICULTY:  Easy
REFERENCES:  Data
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:  MBST.ASWC.18.01.02 - 1.2
NATIONAL STANDARDS:  United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
KEYWORDS:  Bloom's: Knowledge
 
14. When the data have the properties of ordinal data and the interval between observations is expressed in terms of a fixed unit of measure, the variable has which scale of measurement?
 a. nominal
 b. ordinal
 c. interval
 d. ratio
 
ANSWER:  c
POINTS:  1
DIFFICULTY:  Easy
REFERENCES:  Data
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:  MBST.ASWC.18.01.02 - 1.2
NATIONAL STANDARDS:  United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
KEYWORDS:  Bloom's: Knowledge
 
15. When the data have the properties of interval data and the multiplication or division of two values is meaningful, the variable has which scale of measurement?
 a. nominal
 b. ordinal
 c. interval
 d. ratio
 
ANSWER:  d
POINTS:  1
DIFFICULTY:  Easy
REFERENCES:  Data
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:  MBST.ASWC.18.01.02 - 1.2
NATIONAL STANDARDS:  United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
KEYWORDS:  Bloom's: Knowledge
 
16. Which two scales of measurement can be either numeric or nonnumeric?
 a. nominal and ratio
 b. ordinal and interval
 c. interval and ordinal
 d. nominal and ordinal
 
ANSWER:  d
POINTS:  1
DIFFICULTY:  Easy
REFERENCES:  Data
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:  MBST.ASWC.18.01.02 - 1.2
NATIONAL STANDARDS:  United States - Business Program.1: - Reflective Thinking
KEYWORDS:  Bloom's: Knowledge
 
17. Which of the following variables uses the interval scale of measurement?
 a. name of stock exchange
 b. time
 c. SAT scores
 d. social security number
 
ANSWER:  c
POINTS:  1
DIFFICULTY:  Easy