Identify the type of data (qualitative/quantitative) and the level of measuremen

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Identify the type of data (qualitative/quantitative) and the level of measurement for the data described below. Explain your choice. A list of restaurants by distance from a central location Are the data qualitative or quantitative? A. Quantitative, because descriptive terms are used to measure or classify the data B. Qualitative, because descriptive terms are used to measure or classify the data C. Qualitative, because numerical values, found by either measuring or counting, are used to describe the data D. Quantitative, because numerical values, found by either measuring or counting, are used to describe the data. What is the data set's level of measurement? A. Interval, because the differences in the data can be meaningfully measured, but the data do not have a true zero point. B. Ratio, because the differences in the data can be meaningfully measured, and the data have a true zero point. C. Ordinal, because the data are categories or labels that can be ranked. D. Nominal, because the data are categories or labels that cannot be ranked.

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OPTION B) qualitative beacuse descriptive terms are used to measure or classify data

The interval level of measurement not only classifies and orders the measurements, but it also specifies that the distances between each interval on the scale are equivalent along the scale from low interval to high interval

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