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Exercises: Identifying Types of Data

Select the answer that best represents the type of data presented in the question

1. What type of data is the following?

  Age:
0-16
17-25
26-35
36-48
49-56
57-70
71+ 

Nominal Data
Ordinal Data
Scale Data

1b. What is the appropriate measure of the central tendency of the above data?

Mode
Median
Mean

 

2. What type of data is the following?

  International Tourism, Receipts (% of total exports)


Nominal Data
Ordinal Data
Scale Data

 

2b. What is the appropriate measure of the central tendency of the above data?

Mode
Median
Mean

 

3. What type of data is the following?

 

Market share rankings in the airline industry:

1 = American University Jetways
2 = American University Air
3 = Air AU
4 = AU International Air


Nominal Data
Ordinal Data
Scale Data

 

3b. What is the appropriate measure of the central tendency of the above data?

Mode
Median
Mean

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