DATA TYPE PRACTICE QUESTION - solutions

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Open the file College Salaries.xls [a random sample of 100 professors at some Colleges in Ontario] A part of the data show below: DATA Dictionary: 1. Salary: 2011 salary 2. Seniority: Number of years since first time academic appointment 3. Doctorate: 1 = holds a PhD or equivalent 0 = does not hold PhD 4. Teaching: Average teaching evaluation score out of 5.0 5. Citations: Number of times any publication of the author’s is cited in another refereed publication 6. Gender: 1 = male 0 = female Match the data type [Nominal/Ordinal/Interval/Ratio] to the column’s data: Data Salary Ratio Seniority Ordinal Doctorate Nominal Teaching Interval (raw data was ordinal) Citations Ratio Gender Nominal Salary Seniority Doctorate Teaching Citations Gender 82184 32 0 3.24 45 0 61552 8 1 4.57 96 0 83052 20 1 3.91 85 1

What are the data types: 1) Consider a dataset that represents the favorite colors of a group of individuals. Participants were asked to select their preferred color from the options: Red, Blue, Green, and Yellow. What is the data type of this dataset? Nominal 2) In a survey, participants were asked to rate their level of satisfaction with a product on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being "Very Dissatisfied" and 5 being "Very Satisfied." What is the data type of this dataset? Ordinal 3) A study measures the reaction times of participants in milliseconds for a specific task. What is the data type of this dataset? Ratio 4) A research study measures the level of pain experienced by patients using a pain intensity scale ranging from 0 to 10, where 0 represents "No Pain" and 10 represents "Extreme Pain." What is the data type of this dataset? Ordinal

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