Understanding Discrete Data

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Which level of data measurement is characterized by having numbers that can be used only to classify or categorize?

  • Ratio level
  • Nominal level (correct)
  • Interval level
  • Ordinal level

What type of data measurement allows for ranking or ordering of objects?

  • Interval level
  • Ratio level
  • Nominal level
  • Ordinal level (correct)

Which level of data measurement has an absolute zero and meaningful ratio between numbers?

  • Nominal level
  • Ordinal level
  • Interval level
  • Ratio level (correct)

What is true about interval-level data?

<p>The distances between consecutive numbers are equal. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of data measurement has a zero that is just another point on the scale and not the absence of the phenomenon?

<p>Interval level (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What distinguishes ratio data from interval data?

<p>Ratio data have a meaningful zero. (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of data consists of numerical values that are not restricted to specific numbers?

<p>Continuous data (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of scale yields discrete data?

<p>Discrete scale (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In which type of variable do values take on every point over a given interval?

<p>Continuous variables (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following examples represents discrete data?

<p>Counting the number of defects in a batch of items (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of data is produced by measuring against a scale made up of distinct steps?

<p>Continuous data (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

For which type of measurement would a stopwatch be more suitable than a clock or wristwatch?

<p>Measuring the length of bus journeys (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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