COURSE
MATH225N: Week 1 Solutions
To determine whether or not grade level influences time spent studying, Samuel has designed a survey. What is the response variable?
At a comic convention, a researcher asks attendees what their favorite comic book is. What is the level of measurement of the data?
True or False?
An explanatory variable is a value or component of the independent variable applied in an experiment.
A market researcher finds the price of several brands of fabric softener. What is the level of measurement of the data?
Jason is collecting data on the number of books students read each year. What type of data is this?
Patrick is collecting data on shoe size. What type of data is this?
Which of the following best describes the term response variable?
Margaret is investigating if gender has any effect on political party associations. What is the response variable?
Is the statement below true or false? Continuous data is the type of quantitative data that is the result of counting.
What is the type of quantitative data that is the result of measuring?
Given that Ruth is collecting data on political party preference, what type of data is she working with?
Which of the following graphs show qualitative data? Select all that apply.
A 2016 Gallup poll collected data on people’s political party affiliation for the upcoming presidential election. People either affiliated themselves as “Republican,” “Democratic,” or “Independent.” Is this data qualitative or quantitative discrete, or quantitative continuous?
A new mother keeps track of the time when her baby wakes up each morning. What is the level of measurement of the data?
A track runner keeps track of how long it takes her to run the 200-meter dash. What is the level of measurement of the data?
Solution
To determine whether or not grade level influences time spent studying, Samuel has designed a survey. What is the response variable?
Answer: time spent studying
At a comic convention, a researcher asks attendees what their favorite comic book is. What is the level of measurement of the data?
Answer: Nominal
True or False?
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