Question

For each of the following scenarios, classify the data by type and by level of measurement

1) Time in checkout line at the grocery store

Lifetime(in hours) of a cell phone battery

2) Brand of toothpaste

3) Favorite baseball team

4) Number of competing computer speadsheet software packages

5) Distance(in miles) to the closest movie theater

6) Capacity(in gallons) of a swimming pool

7) Distance from your home to the nearest grocery store

8) Number of students enrolled at Georgia highlands college

Answer choices:

Qualitative

Quantitative discrete

Quantitative continuous

Nominal

Ordinal

Interval

Ratio

Answer 1

Ans:

1) Time in checkout line at the grocery store Lifetime(in hours) of a cell phone battery

Quantitative continuous,ratio

2) Brand of toothpaste

Qualitative,Nominal

3) Favorite baseball team

Qualitative,Nominal

4) Number of competing computer speadsheet software packages

Quantitative discrete,ratio

5) Distance(in miles) to the closest movie theater

Quantitative continuous,interval

6) Capacity(in gallons) of a swimming pool

Quantitative continuous,interval

7) Distance from your home to the nearest grocery store

Quantitative continuous,interval

8) Number of students enrolled at Georgia highlands college

Quantitative discrete,ratio