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This document contains three statistics questions and their solutions about one-way data. The first question asks which term would not be used to refer to individuals in a data set, and the solution is "responses" since that is a variable not an individual. The second question asks which is a categorical variable, and the solution is a customer's age grouped into categories. The third question asks which variables for pickup truck specifications are categorical, and the solution is the engine type since it categorizes the engines.

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One Way Data

This document contains three statistics questions and their solutions about one-way data. The first question asks which term would not be used to refer to individuals in a data set, and the solution is "responses" since that is a variable not an individual. The second question asks which is a categorical variable, and the solution is a customer's age grouped into categories. The third question asks which variables for pickup truck specifications are categorical, and the solution is the engine type since it categorizes the engines.

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Topic: One-way data

Question: In statistics problems, the individuals in a data set can be


referred to by many different names. Which of the following words would
not be used to refer to the individuals in a data set?

Answer choices:

A Responses

B Participants

C Cases

D Experimental units

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Solution: A

The individuals in a data set are the items in the data set. The information
about the individuals are the variables that are being measured. In this
case, “responses” would be a variable of the individual respondents. The
other three choices: participants, cases, and experimental units, are types
of individuals that you might see in a statistics problem.

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Topic: One-way data

Question: Which of the following is a categorical variable?

Answer choices:

A The screen size of a cell phone, in inches

B A customer’s age, by age group (toddler, child, preteen, teen, adult)

C The cost of an item, in dollars

D The amount of electrical current in a wire

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Solution: B

A categorical variable is a variable that uses words for variable names.


They’re non-numerical variables, which means they’re not used for
measurement or calculations.

A customer’s age, by age range, would be considered categorical because


we’re calling them a toddler, child, preteen, and adult, even though age
could be considered a number.

A quantitative variable uses numerical measurements. Inches, dollars and


electrical current are all numerical amounts.

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Topic: One-way data

Question: Customers often wish to compare the fuel economy of different


half-ton pickup trucks before making a purchase. Which of the following
variables are categorical?

Vehicles Engine HP / lb-ft City MPG Hwy. MPG Comb. MPG


Chevy Silverado 4.3L V-6 285 / 305 18 24 20
Chevy Silverado 5.3L V-8 355 / 383 16 23 19
Ford F-150 3.7L V-6 302 / 278 17 23 19
Ford F-150 EB 3.5L V-6 TT 365 / 420 16 22 18
Ram 1500 HFE 3.6L V-6 305 / 269 18 25 21
Ram 1500 ED 3.0L V-6 TD 240 / 420 18 28 23
Toyota Tundra 4.0L V-6 270 / 278 16 20 17
Toyota Tundra 4.6L V-8 310 / 327 15 19 16

Answer choices:

A The engine type

B Horse power and pounds per foot

C All of the MPG variables

D All of the answer choices are quantitative

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Solution: A

Categorical data divides things into categories. Even though engine type is
reported as a number, these numbers are types of engines, so this
variable is categorical.

The other variables are measurements, so they’re quantitative variables.

HP / lb-ft means Horsepower and pounds per foot, which is a


measurement of energy that can be converted to watts. MPG means miles
per gallon and is also a measurement.

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