Question

Determine which data are qualitative and which data are quantitative. Explain your reasoning

a. The yearlysalaries of the employees at aschool district.(2pts)
b. The employeenumbers of the employees at an accounting firm.(2pts)
c. The areacodes of a sample of 350 residents of nursing homes.(2pts)
d. The ages of a sample of 350 residents of nursing home. (2pts)
e. The answers to a survey of 5000 people about how likely is it that the US will enter a 1930s-like depression. The answers are: Very likely, somewhat likely, not very likely, not at all likely. (2pts)
f. The IQ index of the students in a statistics class.(2pts)

Answer 1

a. Quantitative

b. Qualitative

c. Qualitative

d. Quantitative

e. Qualitative

f. Quantitative

Explanation:

Qualitative measures:

Answers are labels, that is, yes/no, good/bad, or numbers in which comparisons or operations cannot be made.

Quantitative measures:

Answers are numbers in which comparisons are made, or possible operations.

a. The yearly salaries of the employees at a school district.(2pts)

Salaries are numbers, in which comparisons can be made(more or less), so quantitative.

b. The employee numbers of the employees at an accounting firm.(2pts)

Number, but comparisons aren't made with these numbers, so qualitative.

c. The area codes of a sample of 350 residents of nursing homes.(2pts)

Number, but comparisons aren't made with these numbers, so also qualitative.

d. The ages of a sample of 350 residents of nursing home. (2pts)

Number, comparisons made, you can rank by age for example, so quantitative.

e. The answers to a survey of 5000 people about how likely is it that the US will enter a 1930s-like depression. The answers are: Very likely, somewhat likely, not very likely, not at all likely. (2pts)

Labels, so qualitative.

f. The IQ index of the students in a statistics class.(2pts)

Students can be ranked by IQ, so quantitative.