Worksheet 1:
Answer the following on a long bond paper.
What is the level of measurement for each of the following? Give your reasoning.
1. Polls asked 50 families, "Would you say you are financially better off now than you were a year ago?" The responses:
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Better off 42%
worse off 29%
same 26%
no opinion 3%
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2. Every 4 hours the quality control inspector at selects 100 bedsheets at random and records the intensity of the blue color. There is some latitude, but if the color is too deep, or too light, the sheet is "irregular". The irregular sheets are sold at a discount. The percentages defective for the ten checks Monday through Friday are 1%, 2%, 0%, 1%, 1%, 0%, 0%, 1%, 3% and 0%.
3. Coaching staff rated each San Miguel basketball player who participated in more than five plays in the game against Purefoods.
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Rating Number of Players
Outstanding 4
Excellent 10
Good 8
Fair 5
Poor 7
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4. The National Center for Education Statistics cited the following college enrollment figures in a certain university.
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Gender 1992 2000
Male 4900 5750
Female 5250 6150
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5. Answers to the even-numbered Exercises are at the back of the book. Refer to table
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Probable Field of Study Percentage
Business 25
math and physics 13
Engineering 10
Social sciences 10
Arts and humanities 9
Education 9
Biological sciences 4
Chemistry 3
Physical Sciences 2
Other 15
total 100
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Explain your answers in a paragraph form.
