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According to S.S. Stevens, what are the two basic characteristics of an object or event that is measurable?
Quality and intensity
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Quality and quantity
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Objectivity and subjectivity
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Who and how
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Which of the following is likely to be qualitative data?
Grade point average
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Student rank
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Exam scores
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Number of credits students enroll in during a given semester
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Which of the following is not represented by a numeral?
Individuals' response time to answering a question presented on a computer monitor.
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Counting gestures made by a speaker in a minute.
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Recording whether individuals prefer white, dark, or milk chocolate.
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The ratio of individuals who prefer coffee over tea.
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Which of the following does not explain why measurements scales are important for understanding statistics and data?
Measurement scales tell us whether or not it is appropriate to perform mathematical operations on data.
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Measurement scales tell us about the nature of the data and how to most appropriately interpret and analyze them.
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Measurement scales tell us whether or not our data support hypotheses we generate.
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All of the above are important aspects of measurement scales.
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What are the two columns you need to create an ungrouped frequency distribution?
The frequency and relative proportion
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The individual datum and the relative proportion
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Each datum and its frequency
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None of the above
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