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1.A survey is conducted to determine how many bottles of juice students bought a

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Question

1.A survey is conducted to determine how many bottles of juice students bought at lunch and what brand of juice they purchased. Identify the types of variables.

a.number of bottles--qualitive;brand of juice-quantitative

b. number of bottles-discrete quantitative;brand of juice--qualitative

c. number of bottles-qualitative; qualitative

2.A survey is conducted to determine the speed of a car on a Boston tollway during rush hour traffic and how many passengers are in the car. Identify the types of variables.

a. speed of the car- contunuous quantitative;number of passengers-continuous quantitave

b.speed of the car--continious quattitave; number of passengers--discrete quantitative

c. speed of the car--discrete quantitative; number of passengers--continuous quantitative

d. speed of the car--discrete quantitative-number of passrngers--discrete quantitative

3. Determine the highest level of measurement of the variable:

the medal received (gold, silver, bronze) by an Olympic gymnist

a. ratio

b. interval

c. ordinal

d. nominal

4.Determine the highest level of measurement of the variable:

height of a tree

a.ordinal

b. nominal

c. interval/ratio

d. cannot be determined

5.Determine the highest level of measurement of the variable:

the native language of a tourist

a. interval/ratio

b. nominal

c. cannot be determined

d. ordinal

Explanation / Answer

1)b. number of bottles-discrete quantitative;brand of juice--qualitative

2)  b.speed of the car--continious quattitave; number of passengers--discrete quantitative

3) c. ordinal

4)c. interval/ratio

5) b. nominal