problems based on Scale of measurements.

i.            Variables

1. Variables can be:

a.            Quantitative

b.            Qualitative

c.            Categorical

d.            All of the above

e.            None of the above

2. Which of the following is not a qualitative variable?

f.            The maker of a TV

g.            A person's gender

h.            Mileage of a car

i.            Whether a person is a college graduate

ii.            Indicate whether each of the following variables is discrete or continuous:

a.            time it takes for you to get to school ____________________

b.            number of goals scored by a women's hockey team ______________

c.            speed of a bicycle _______________

d.            number of subjects your school offered last year ______________

e.            length of time of a telephone call __________________

f.            annual income of an individual ____________________

g.            number of brothers and sisters you have ____________________

h.            distance between your house and school ____________________

i.            winning time for a horse running in the Kentucky Derby ____________

j.            fraction of children in the fifth-grade class who are reading at or above grade level

iii.            Identify each of the following variables are qualitative or quantitative

a.       door chosen by a mouse in a maze experiment (A, B, or C)

b.      Satisfaction level with medical care provider (unsatisfied, satisfied, Enthusiastic).

c.       The most frequent use of your microwave oven (reheating, defrosting, warming, and other).