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This document provides a tutorial on parametric hypothesis and different types of variables in research methods. It contains 10 multiple choice questions that test understanding of nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio variables as well as descriptive versus inferential statistics. An ordinal variable is one that has a natural ordering or ranking of its categories from lowest to highest, like a student's grade. Nominal variables simply classify items into categories without rank, like eye color. Descriptive statistics summarize and describe data, while inferential statistics make generalizations from samples to populations.

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This document provides a tutorial on parametric hypothesis and different types of variables in research methods. It contains 10 multiple choice questions that test understanding of nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio variables as well as descriptive versus inferential statistics. An ordinal variable is one that has a natural ordering or ranking of its categories from lowest to highest, like a student's grade. Nominal variables simply classify items into categories without rank, like eye color. Descriptive statistics summarize and describe data, while inferential statistics make generalizations from samples to populations.

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RESEARCH METHODS

TUTORIAL 1
PARAMETRIC HYPOTHESIS: Data Types

1. Which of the following variables is an example of an ordinal variable?


a. The grade obtained by a student in research methods.
b. The time it takes you to write a test.
c. The geographic region of the country in which you live.
d. The marks scored by a student in an exam.

2. Which of the following is most likely a continuous numerical variable?


a. The number of gallons of paint purchased
b. The number of reams of paper ordered
c. The population of Accra in 2005
d. The number of kilometers of Highways in Ghana

3. Which of the following is a nominal variable?


a. The blood pressure levels of CEOs
b. Bank account balance of the Vice Chancellor
c. Ratings of firms
d. The eye colours of 5 students

4. What is the correct order of data from weakest or lowest level to strongest or highest level?
a. nominal, ordinal, interval and ratio
b. ordinal, nominal, interval and ratio
c. interval, nominal, ratio and ordinal
d. nominal, interval, ordinal and ratio

5. Dr Ohene-Asare graduated from Warwick University with a code value =1 while Professor
Boateng graduated from Manchester University with a code value = 2. The scale of measurement
likely represented by this information is:
a. nominal
b. ordinal
c. interval
d. ratio

6. The type of variables which produce responses that belong to groups or categories, such as
responses to yes or no questions, are called?
a. continuous numerical variables.
b. discrete numerical variables.
c. categorical variables.
d. inverse variables.

7. Which of the following statements is/are incorrect?


a. Ordinal data may be described as qualitative.

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b. Nominal data may be described as quantitative.
c. A categorical variable may produce ordinal data.
d. A discrete numerical variable may produce ratio scale data.

8. A variable is classified as ordinal if:


a. there is a natural ordering of categories.
b. there is no natural ordering of categories.
c. the data arise from continuous measurements.
d. the variable is tracked over a period of time.

9. Which of the following statements involve descriptive statistics as opposed to inferential statistics?
a. 30% of the 380 magazine readers prefer double column articles
b. The Police Service reported that Kumasi had 1,825 registered gun dealers in 2013
c. The Fire Service sampled 425 fire disasters in order to estimate the percentage due to job related
stress
d. From a sample of 350 players, a magazine reports that 23% of player’s parents did not play ball

10. An automobile insurance agent believes that company A is more reliable than company B.
Which level of measurement does this information represent?
a. Nominal
b. Ordinal
c. Interval
d. Ratio

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