A researcher wishes to know the type of car each person drives in the United Sta

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A researcher wishes to know the type of car each person drives in the United States. So he gets permission to go to the student parking lot at a college and record some data. He then made a spreadsheet that includes each car's model, color, level of damage, weight and number of cylinders Model Color Level of damage Weight (lb.) Number of cylinders Honda Toyota White Ford Blue a) What is the population? 1. Black No 2495.8 2568.7 3001.56 Minor de Severe b) What is the sample? Describe the data type for the variables (categorical, numerical, discrete, continuous, ordinal, nominal): Model c) Color Level of damage Weight Number of cylinders

Explanation / Answer

a) Population : different type of cars used be all the persons in the United states.

b) Sample : Some of the students data at parking lot.

c) Model : categorical, since there are 3 categories of models

Color : Nominal,

level of damage : Nominal, since response levels are always nominal

weight : ratio, since it is numerical or fraction value but not range of values

number of sylinders : ratio, since it is numerical value.

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