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?

The distances between consecutive numbers are equal. 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?

Interval level Signup and view all the answers

What distinguishes ratio data from interval data?

Ratio data have a meaningful zero. Signup and view all the answers

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

Continuous data Signup and view all the answers

What type of scale yields discrete data?

Discrete scale Signup and view all the answers

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

Continuous variables Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following examples represents discrete data?

Counting the number of defects in a batch of items Signup and view all the answers

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

Continuous data Signup and view all the answers

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

Measuring the length of bus journeys Signup and view all the answers

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?

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

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

What is true about interval-level data?

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

What distinguishes ratio data from interval data?

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

What type of scale yields discrete data?

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

Which of the following examples represents discrete data?

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

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

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