SCM Ch. 1 Data Types Flashcards
1
Q
3rd place in a competition
A
ordinal
2
Q
car make/model
A
nominal
3
Q
stopping distance for a car
A
ratio
continuous
4
Q
hair color
A
nominal
5
Q
annual salary
A
ratio
continuous
6
Q
IQ score
A
interval
discrete
7
Q
military rank
A
ordinal
8
Q
shoe size
A
interval
discrete
9
Q
package weight
A
interval
continuous
10
Q
zip code
A
nominal
11
Q
annual sales volume of iPads
A
ratio
discrete
bc you cannot sell 1/2 of an iPad
12
Q
quarts of milk a family drinks per month
A
ratio
either discrete or continuous, depending
13
Q
time to produce a TV on an assembly line
A
ratio
continuous
14
Q
area codes of US clients
A
nominal
15
Q
ages of employees
A
ratio
discrete
16
Q
student ID number
A
nominal
17
Q
response time of an ambulance
A
ratio
continuous
18
Q
fortune 500 company ranking
A
ordinal
19
Q
soft drink preference (2)
A
nominal- coke vs. pepsi
or
ordinal- coke is better than pepsi
