Statistics and Statistical Process Control in Manufacturing
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Which type of variable refers to mathematical characteristics of populations?

  • Ordinal variables
  • Quantitative variables (correct)
  • Nominal variables
  • Discrete variables
  • What type of variables are used to make decisions and draw conclusions about populations in inferential statistics?

  • Ordinal variables
  • Nominal variables
  • Qualitative variables
  • Quantitative variables (correct)
  • What is a carefully chosen subset of the population used to generalize to the entire population?

  • Entire variable
  • Sample (correct)
  • Nominal variable
  • Qualitative variable
  • Which of the following types of variables are almost always too large to gather information from every case?

    <p>Discrete variables</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are mathematical characteristics of populations?

    <p>Parameters</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of variable represents characteristics that can be observed but not measured?

    <p>Nominal variable</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of variable categorizes or describes an element of a population?

    <p>Qualitative Variable</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of variable allows arithmetic operations like addition and averaging?

    <p>Qualitative Variable</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of variable incorporates an ordered position or ranking?

    <p>Ordinal Variable</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of variable has a gap between any two values along a line interval?

    <p>Discrete Variable</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of variable can assume any value along a line interval, including every possible value between any two values?

    <p>Continuous Variable</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of variable will always have variability in the data?

    <p>Discrete Variable</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of variable is 'number of ounces in a can of soda'?

    <p>Quantitative</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the context of soda cans, what does 'variability' refer to?

    <p>Some cans containing more soda while others containing less</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following best describes '12 ounces' in the context of cans of soda?

    <p>Discrete variable</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of variable is 'brand of soda' in this scenario?

    <p>Nominal</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Considering the labels on the cans (12 ounces), what type of variable do the labels represent?

    <p>Ordinal</p> Signup and view all the answers

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