* not completed

. What is the purpose of descriptive statistics?

Make predictions about the next sample correct incorrect

Summarize data correct incorrect

Examine each individual datum specifically correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

* not completed

. Which of the following is most likely quantitative data?

Survey respondents' favorite type of candy bar correct incorrect

Individuals' choice out of 4 movie genres to watch at the cinema correct incorrect

Individuals' weight correct incorrect

What vegetable consumers most recently ate correct incorrect

* not completed

. Which of the following is true about qualitative data?

It cannot be in the form of numbers. correct incorrect

It can be in the form of numbers. correct incorrect

It is far less informative than quantitative data. correct incorrect

It contains only description and words. correct incorrect

* not completed

. Qualitative data is generally concerned with _____________________ whereas quantitative data is concerned with _____________________.

categorization; intensity correct incorrect

counting how many; categorization correct incorrect

categorization; counting how many correct incorrect

how the observations were made; when the observations were made correct incorrect

* not completed

. While number of children a family has is on a ____________ scale, the major one pursues in college is usually a __________ scale.

nominal; interval correct incorrect

interval; ordinal correct incorrect

interval; ratio correct incorrect

ratio; nominal correct incorrect