Answer Key - Worksheet 1
Answer Key - Worksheet 1
Answer Key - Worksheet 1
BSTA205
Answer Key of Work Sheet 1
Statistics is the science of collecting, organizing, presenting, analyzing and interpreting data
to assist in making more effective decisions.
3. Types of Statistics:
4. Types of Variables:
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5. Levels of Measurement:
Data can be classified according to the level of measurement. The level of measurement of the
data dictates the calculations that can be done to summarize and present the data.
There are four levels of measurement: nominal, ordinal, interval and ratio.
a) Nominal-level data:
Data are sorted into categories with no particular order. (Example: Colors)
c) Interval-level data:
The interval level of measurement has the ranking characteristic of the ordinal level of
measurement plus the characteristic that the distance between values is a constant size.
(Example: Temperature)
d) Ratio-level data:
The ratio level of measurement has all the characteristic of the interval level plus there is 0 point
and the ratio of two values is meaningful. (Example: Income)
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Problems
Problem 1
Tell whether each variable, in the below statements, is a quantitative variable or a qualitative
variable:
a- Number of employees of an insurance company.
Quantitative
b- Distance student drive to school every day.
Quantitative
c- University major of students.
Qualitative
d- Scores of students on an English exam.
Quantitative
e- Ranking of athletes in a competition.
Qualitative
f- The colour of drafts provided during finals.
Qualitative
g- The number of hours spent studying for BSTA 205 exam.
Quantitative
h- The salary you expect to get when you start your future job.
Quantitative
i- The list of student names registered in your class.
Qualitative
Problem 2
Specify the level of measurement (Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, and Ratio) for each variable in the
statements below
a- Classification of people by their educational level.
Ordinal
b- Number of hours spent by children watching TV every week.
Ratio
c- Measuring yearly rainfall in Beirut.
Ratio
d- Sizes of dress.(ex: Small, Medium, Large…)
Ordinal
e- Different brands of television in the market.
Nominal
f- The senator’s name is Sam Wilson.
Nominal level, name is a description and it can be categorized but not ordered
g- The company CEO is 58 years old.
The age is Ratio Level.
h- The annual income of a senior employee is $60000.
Ratio level
i- Room temperature (0F) in CEO’s private office
Interval level, at this level it makes sense to compare the differences between data values
j- A Driver is ranked seventh in a cars race.
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Problem 3
Tell whether each statement corresponds to a sample or to a population
a- Respondents to a magazine survey.
Sample.
b- Average height of people randomly selected from a database.
Sample.
c- All Lebanese university students in 2015 academic year.
Population.
d- Total items produced on a machine during one month.
Population.
e- Number of houses sold in Lebanon during 2016.
Population.
f- 50 students in LIU are participating in a questionnaire to study students’ debts.
Sample.
g- Twenty cats were given a special vaccine under a medical experiment at LIU for the
purpose of testing the new vaccine.
Sample (20 cats).
h- Smokers in the United States.
Population .
Problem 4
For each of the following statements, identify the variable; indicate the type and the level of
measurement, then classify the quantitative variables as continuous or discrete .
Problem 5
Determine whether each statement corresponds to a sample or to a population: