11. Identify the data set’s level of measurement . Explain your reasoning. a) Th
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11. Identify the data set’s level of measurement. Explain your reasoning.
a) The four major professional tennis tournaments are listed below.
Australia Open French Open
The Lawn Tennis Championships (Wimbledon) U.S. Open
b) The total catches (in thousands) for different species of fish in Alabama waters are listed. (Adapted from National Marine Fisheries Service, Fisheries Statistics and Economics Division)
36.3 14.9 48.8 87.3 48.5 17.2 359.0 0.6 32.3 545.9 1.9
c) The top five teams in the final college football poll released on January 3, 1998 are listed. (Source: Associated Press).
Michigan 4. Florida
Nebraska 5. UCLA
Florida State
d) The average monthly temperatures (in degrees Celsius) at Gulkana Glacier basin in Alaska are listed. (Source: U.S. Geological Survey, a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Interior)
- 4.6 -11.4 - 13.0 -16.7 -13.7 -9.8
- 4.6 -0.1 4.7 6.1 2.8 -0.7
Explanation / Answer
a) ordinal , because there are not numbers , there are names
b)
interval , because there are decimals
c)
ordinal , there are names
d)
interval , there is a interval of temperatures
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