1. Indicate whether the following measures are nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio scales.

Please also indicate the appropriate descriptive statistics (e.g. mean, std, range, percentile, frequency, etc. ) for each measure. A) Prices on the stock market B) Marital status C) Whether or not a respondent has ever been unemployed D) Professional rank E) Grades: A, B, C, D, or F.
F) Gender: Male and Female. Can we calculate descriptive statistics on gender?

Answers: A ratio B nominal C nominal D ordinal E ordinal F nominal, yes

2. Comment on the coding scheme for the following: Please do not show your income level.

In which of these groups did your total family income, from all sources, fall last year--before taxes, that is? Just tell me the code number. RESPONSE CODE Under $ 4,000 01 $4,000 to 29,999 02 $30,000 to $39,999 03 $40,000 to $59,999 05 $60,000 to $99,000 06 $100,000 or over 10 Refused to answer 11 Dont know 98 No answer 99

3. Highway speed limits for 13 countries are as follows.

Country Italy France Hungary

Highway miles per hour 87 81 75

Belgium Portugal Britain Spain Denmark Netherlands Greece Japan Norway Turkey

75 75 70 62 62 62 62 62 56 56

1) Calculate the mean, median and mode for this data. 2) Prepare a frequency distribution for the data in the previous question.

Answers: Mean = 68.08 Median = 62 Mode = 62 Mph 56 62 70 75 81 87 Tally 11 11111 1 111 1 1 frequency 2 5 1 3 1 1