Question

classifying data by level in exercises 19 - 24, determine whether the data are qualitative or quantitative, and identify the data sets level of measurement. explain your reasoning.

1. football the top five teams in the final college football poll released in january 2010 are listed. (source: associated press)
2. alabama 2. texas 3. florida 4. boise state 5. ohio state
3. politics the three political parties in the 111th congress are listed below.

republican democrat independent

1. top salespeople the regions representing the top salespeople in a corporation for the past six years are given.

southeast northwest northeast
southeast southwest southwest

1. fish lengths the lengths (in inches) of a sample of striped bass caught in maryland waters are listed. (adapted from national marine fisheries service, fisheries statistics and economics division)

16 17.25 19 18.75 21 20.3 19.8 24 21.82

1. best seller list the top five hardcover nonfiction books on the new york times best seller list on january 19, 2010 are shown. (source: the new york times)
2. committed 2. have a little faith 3. the checklist manifesto
3. going rogue 5. stones into schools
4. ticket prices the average ticket prices for 10 broadway shows in 2009 are listed. (adapted from the broadway league)

$149 $128 $124 $91 $96 $106 $112 $95 $86 $74

Explanation:

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The data are team names, which are non - numerical labels. The ranking implies an order, so it's ordinal. Qualitative data are non - numerical, and ordinal is a level of measurement for data with an order.

The data are party names, non - numerical. There is no natural order among political parties in terms of the data provided, so it's nominal. Nominal is for categorical data with no order.

The data are region names, non - numerical. There is no inherent order in the regions in this context, so it's nominal.

Answer:

Qualitative, Ordinal

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