Question

Students at UCSC were asked to name their favorite campus eatery or café. Their responses were as follows:

Banana Joe’s, Terra Fresca, Owl’s Nest, Vivas, Vivas, Iveta, Vivas, Iveta, Iveta, Terra Fresca,  Iveta, Terra Fresca, Owl’s Nest, Oake’s Café, Terra Fresca, Banana Joe’s, Owl’s Nest, Vivas, Iveta, Iveta, Terra Fresca, Owl’s Nest, Oake’s Café, Banana Joe’s

a) Complete the frequency table. Show your work for the percentage calculation.

b) What scale of measurement is this data?

Answer 1

a) Complete the frequency table. Show your work for the percentage calculation.

Solution:

From given data, we have the frequency table with corresponding percentages given as below:

Campus	Frequency	Prob.	Percent
Banana Joe’s	3	3/24 = 0.125	0.125*100 = 12.50%
Iveta	6	6/24 = 0.25	0.25*100 = 25.00%
Oake’s Café	2	0.083333333	8.33%
Owl’s Nest	4	0.166666667	16.67%
Terra Fresca	5	0.208333333	20.83%
Vivas	4	0.166666667	16.67%
Total	24	1	100.00%

b) What scale of measurement is this data?

This data have nominal scale of measurement, because all values of the variable are nominal in nature or they are names of the favourite campus eatery or cafes.