FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND COMMUNICATION

module code • BUSINESS STATISTICS

Title : CLASS TUTORIAL1

Due Date : Week 4

Lecturer : Maizon Mohd Darus

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Chapter 1: Introduction to Statistics

1. State the type of measurements (nominal/ordinal//interval/ratio) for each of the

following data:

(a) Examination scores for Statistics. _______________ Interval ______________

(b) Blood type. __________________ Nominal _________________

(c) Ratings given to the lecture room conditions. _______ Ordinal _______________

(d) The weights of beauty contestants. _________________ Ratio ____________

(e) Shoes size. __________________ Interval _______________

(f) The top three bestselling car models in Malaysia. ________ Nominal __________

(g) Football teams ranking by FIFA. ___________________ Ordinal ____________

(h) Time taken to serve a customer at the post office counter. ______ Ratio ______

(i) The distance jumped by the athletes. _________________ Ratio _____________

(j) Brands of electric fans. __________________ Nominal _______________

2. State whether the following statements are true or false:

(a) Examination grades of A to F are nominal scale of measurements. (False).

(b) The highest scale of measurement is the interval scale. (False).

(c) Age of person is a ratio scale of measurement. (True).

(d) The ranking of the singing competitors by the judges is ordinal scale. (True).

(e) Marital status is an example of a qualitative variable. (True).

(f) The weight of a durian is considered a continuous variable. (True).

3. State whether each of the following variables is qualitative or quantitative. If it is
quantitative identify whether it is discrete or continuous.

(a) The number of students in the class.

________________Quantitative (Discrete)___________________________

➢ This variable is quantitative discrete as well. It represents a count or a whole

number of students in the class

(b) Time taken to write a computer programme.

________________Quantitative (Continuous)_________________________

➢ This variable is quantitative continuous as well. It represents the duration of

time to write a computer programme.

(c) Computer brands exhibited at the computer fair.

_________________Qualitative_______________________________________

➢ This variable is qualitative because it represents different categories or labels

(brands) rather than numerical values.

(d) Colors of the cars preferred by the buyers.

_________________Qualitative______________________________________

(e) Income of the workers in a plastic manufacturing company.

_________________Quantitative (Continuous)___________________________

(f) Number of books read in a year.

_________________Quantitative (Discrete)______________________________

➢ This variable is quantitative discrete as well. It represents a count or a whole

number of books read in a year.

❖ Qualitative variables represent categories or labels.

❖ Quantitative discrete variables represent counts or whole numbers.
❖ Quantitative continuous variables represent numerical values that can vary