Question 461699: 1. (A) Classify the following as an example of nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio level of measurement, and state why it represents this level: major field of study of 100 college students
(B) Determine if this data is qualitative or quantitative: Red hair
(C) In your own line of work, give one example of a discrete and one example of a continuous random variable, and describe why each is continuous or discrete.
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! (A) Classify the following as an example of nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio level of measurement, and state why it represents this level:
major field of study of 100 college students:::nomial because you
are naming something, not quantifying it.
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(B) Determine if this data is qualitative or quantitative: Red hair::
qualitative.
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(C) In your own line of work, give one example of a discrete and one example of a continuous random variable, and describe why each is continuous or discrete.
your hourly pay is a discrete random variable.
Your actual quitting time for the week is a continuous random variable.
(you need an analog timepiece to see that; digit time is discrete)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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