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The number of each color of balls on the right represents what level of data?

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How many lies per day the average person tells

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What kind of data does Rosenberg’s self esteem scale, on the right, yield?

INSTRUCTIONS: Please circle the appropriate number for each statement depending on whether you strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly disagree with it.

1. On the whole, I am satisfied with myself. 1 2 3 4 5

2. At times I think I am no good at all. 1 2 3 4 5

3. I feel that I have a number of good qualities. 1 2 3 4 5

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The average heights of two basketball teams represents which type or level of data?

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An instructor gives out letter grades on tests, including plus and minus grades. What type of data is this?

A+ CA C-A- D+B+ DB D-B- F+C+ F

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Number of “red” vs. “blue” states in the last presidential election

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A child’s temperature is 1010 Fahrenheit. What kind of data is this?

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How bald is someone? The “baldness scale” to the right relies on what level of measurement?

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Rank order of the top 10 grossing (box office success) movies of 2011

Rank PROGRAM Network

1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2

$1.3 billion

2 Transformers: Dark of the Moon

$1.1 billion

3 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

$1 billion

4 Kung Fu Panda 2 $663 million

5 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn

$648 million

6 Fast Five $626 million

7 The Hangover, Part II $581.5 million

8 The Smurfs $562.4 million

9 Cars 2 $551.9 million

10 Rio $484.6 million

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A nurse asks patients to express the amount of pain they are feeling on a scale of 1 to 10.

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Ethnic diversity in the U.S., based on 2009 census data

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Your car’s odometer records what type of data?

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An ophthalmologist classifies patients’ risk of developing glaucoma based, in part, on their eye color. What kind of data is “eye color”?

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A person’s freeway commute to and from work each day is 41 minutes on average. What type or level of data is this?

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The percentage of male teachers in elementary school has dropped from a high of approximately 18% in 1981 to 9% today, according to figures from the National Education Association.

Percentages represent what level of data?

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An animal shelter classifies dogs according to their breed, including the category “mixed breed” to see if some breeds are more likely to be adopted than others. What type of data is this?