Question

1. IDENTIFY THE LEVEL OF MEASUREMENT: QUALITATIVE ( NOMINAL OR ORDINAL) OR QUANTITATIVE

a. a military title

b. field position of a football player ( midfield , goalkeeper, forward)

c. City traffic during rush hour ( light, medium , heavy)

2. WE WISH TO MEASURE THE BODY TEMPERATURE OF ALL THE CHLDREN IN A FAMILY

a. Classify either census or sample

b. What is the data collecting method ( experiment, direct observation, survey)

3. THE ANNUAL PHYSICAL COUNT OF STOCK IN INVENTORY FOR A RETAIL STORE

a. classify either census or sample

b. what is the population for which the sample was selected.

Answer 1

1. a) Military title is a name and so it is a qualitative type. Also we can not arrange the names in order so it is nominal level of measurement.

b) The field position is also a qualitative type and because here we order the position so it is a ordinal scale of measurement.

c) It is also a qualitative type, because it depends only on the rush, also it is ordinal level of measurement.

2, a) Here we collect data on all the units (here children are the sampling units) of the population so it a census.

b) The data collect directly from the available units so it a direct observation method.