ESD 141-2 Quantitative Reasoning

Type of Variables
Tutorial 1

1. Classify each of the following variables as nominal, ordinal, discrete or continuous.

I. The breaking strength of a given type of string.

II. The length of time required to answer telephone call at a certain office.
III. Number of items purchased.
IV. Daily Temperature.
V. Number of Students in your class.
VI. Level of job satisfaction
VII. Income level
VIII. Number of items sale
IX. Monthly rainfall in Uva Province
X. Number of chairs in your class

2. Malika scored 1200 on the Australian College Aptitude Test and entered college as a
physics major. As a first Year student, he changed to business because he thought it
was more interesting. Because he made the dean’s list last semester, his parents gave
him Rs. 3000.00 to buy a new Casio calculator. For this situation, identify one/more
variable/s for a given scale of measures.

a. Nominal:
b. Ordinal:
c. Interval:
d. Ratio:

3. A study was conducted to measure the effect of smoking upon the birth weight of a
baby. The following variables were measured for each woman in the study:
Smoking status (yes, no), Baby birth weight (g), APGAR score, Birth date.

Define the scales of above 4 variables.