A pediatrician keeps some basic health information about all his patients. Here are four of the variables that he keeps track of for each patient: • Body temperature (in degrees Fahrenheit, at time of doctor visit) • Eye Color (blue, brown, or green) • Height (in inches, at time of their last doctor visit) • Birth Order (whether they were born 1st , 2 nd , 3 rd, etc., among their sibling) Of these four variables, one is Nominal, one is Ordinal, one is Interval, and one is Ratio. Question 1. Match each variable with its scale of measurement. Of the four variables, state which one is Nominal, which is Ordinal, which is Interval, and which is Ratio. • Body Temp – ? • Eye Color -- ? • Height -- ? • Birth Order -- ?

A pediatrician keeps some basic health information about all his patients. Here are four of the variables that he keeps track of for each patient: • Body temperature (in degrees Fahrenheit, at time of doctor visit) • Eye Color (blue, brown, or green) • Height (in inches, at time of their last doctor visit) • Birth Order (whether they were born 1st , 2 nd , 3 rd, etc., among their sibling) Of these four variables, one is Nominal, one is Ordinal, one is Interval, and one is Ratio. Question 1. Match each variable with its scale of measurement. Of the four variables, state which one is Nominal, which is Ordinal, which is Interval, and which is Ratio. • Body Temp – ? • Eye Color -- ? • Height -- ? • Birth Order -- ?

Glencoe Algebra 1, Student Edition, 9780079039897, 0079039898, 2018

18th Edition

ISBN:9780079039897

Author:Carter

Publisher:Carter

Chapter10: Statistics

Section10.6: Summarizing Categorical Data

Problem 28PPS

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