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American University in the Emirates
General Statistics
ASC 205
Assignment 1
Due Date: 19th July, 2013

Assignment 1
(Chapter 1)

Name: ……………………………………………………………………………
ID: ………………………………………………………………………………….
Answer all the following questions below (15 Points ):

A. Choose the correct answer:

1) Hair color of women on a high school tennis team

A) Nominal
B) Interval
C) Ordinal
D) Ratio

2) The number of seats in a movie theater

A) Qualitative B) Quantitative

3) The number on shirts of a girl’s soccer team

A) Qualitative B) Quantitative

4) There is a relationship between smoking cigarettes and getting emphysema. Does this statement describe:

a) Inferential Statistics
b) Descriptive statistics

5) Temperatures of 22 selected refrigerators

A) Interval
B) Ordinal
C) Nominal
D) Ratio

6) The Average age of the students in a statistics class in 22 years. Does this statement describes:

a) Inferential Statistics
b) Descriptive statistics

7) The final grades (A,B,C,D, and F) for students in a statistics class

A) Interval
B) Ratio
C) Nominal
D) Ordinal

8) The years the summer Olympics were held in the United States

A) Ratio
B) Nominal
C) Ordinal
D) Interval

9) The data listed on the horizontal axis in the graph

A) Nominal
B) Ratio
C) Ordinal
D) Interval

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2)
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8)
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10) A study of the salaries of college professors in a particular state

A) Simulation
B) Survey
C) Experiment
D) Observational study

11) Every fifth person boarding a plane is searched thoroughly.

A) Cluster B) Random C) Systematic D) Stratified

12) A study where a drug was given to 57 patients and a placebo to another group of 57 patients to determine if the drug has effect on a patient's illness:

A) Survey
B) Experiment
C) Simulation
D) Observational study

13) A market researcher randomly selects 200 drivers under 35 years of age and 100 drivers over 35 years of age.

A) Systematic
B) Cluster
C ) Random D) Stratified

14) A researcher randomly selects and interviews fifty male and fifty female teachers.

A) Cluster
B) Random
C) Systematic
D) Stratified

15) To ensure customer satisfaction, every 35th phone call received by customer service will be monitored.

A) Systematic`
B) Random
C) Cluster D) Stratified

Good Luck