Understanding Quantitative Data Accuracy and Precision

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Which type of data measurement has a natural zero value?

Ratio data

In which type of variable do the differences between the numbers hold meaning, but the variable doesn't have a natural zero value?

Interval variable

What type of variable is used when trying to explain other variables?

Independent variable

Which measure of central tendency should only be used for continuous data?

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

If your data has an even amount of observations, what becomes the median?

<p>The average of the two middle values</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which term describes how close repeated measurements are to each other?

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

What is the term for digits expressing a measurement in which only the last digit is uncertain?

<p>Significant figures</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of data has no particular measurement between the different possibilities and doesn't make sense to average them?

<p>Nominal or categorical data</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of variable is one where there is a natural, meaningful way to order the possibilities but can't do anything else?

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

What characteristic do significant figures indicate about a measuring tool used to measure a value?

<p>The precision of the measuring tool</p> Signup and view all the answers

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