Overview of Statistics
Flaws w/ a Survey
Levels of Measurement
Quan/Qual
Random!
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Information coming from observations, counts, measurements, or responses.
What is Data?
50

A survey flaw that could be done intentionally or accidently 

Truthfulness

50

Categorized using names, labels, or qualities.

What is Nominal Level of Measurement?

50
Attributes, labels, or numerical entries.
What is Qualitative?
50

A type of survey where you ask the ENTIRE population (which can be very difficult)

Census

100
Science of collecting, organizing, analyzing, and interpreting data in order to make decisions.
What is Statistics?
100

A survey flaw where we might all have different meanings of the word "often" or "occasionally"

Vague wording

100

Categorized using order or ranking.

What is Ordinal Level of Measurements?

100
Numerical measurements or counts.
What is Quantitative?
100

Calendar Dates (Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, or Ratio?)

What is Interval?

150
All the members in a group.
What is Population?
150

A survey flaw where the interview may sway the response

Interviewer Influence

150

Are ordered and has equal distances between data entries. 0 represents position on scale, not an actual 0.

What is Interval Level of Measurement?

150

The measurement of the brand of shoes you have on

Qualitative

150

A type of survey you would use for a potentially dangerous situation would be

Simulation

200
A subset, or part, of a population.
What is Sample?
200

A survey flaw where people who have a strong opinion will probably answer

Voluntary response

200

A kind of Interval with meaningful 0 point.

What is Ratio Level of Measurements?

200

The measurement of your body fat percentage

Quantitative

200

Age (Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, or Ratio?)

What is Ratio?

250

A condition or characteristic that can have different values.

What is variable?

250

A survey flaw where the person answering just doesn't remember the events correctly

Faulty recall

250

The time needed to get home from school would be..?

Interval

250
The measurement of how fast a car was going.
What is an example of Quantitative Data?
250

Street Numbers (Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, or Ratio?)

What is Ordinal?