Amanda is measuring the temperature. She looks at the thermometer and
sees that it is somewhere between 65 and 66 degrees Fahrenheit. She is
okay with the temperature in between two integers because she knows
temperature is not ________ data, but temperature is _________ data. ✔️Ans
- Discrete, Continuous
The first stage of Davenport and Kim's Three-Stage Model of quantitative
decision making is to ✔️Ans - frame the problem
A manager is looking at his previous quarter and determining the causes
for the sudden sales spike to gain a better understanding of the actions and
outcomes. If using analytics, which kind of analytics would the manager
use? ✔️Ans - Descriptive Analytics
In a study of cancer treatments, the subjects and the treatment allocator
(who is also the data gatherer) are unaware of which treatment is being
given to which subject . This is a ______________ study. ✔️Ans - Double-
Blind
Adam is measuring the temperature as the lake outside his office is
freezing over. He measures the temperatures in Fahrenheit ten times with
the same thermometer and gets the following results: 20, 18, 21, 20, 20, 14,
19, 21, 20, 19. Is his thermometer reliable? Is it valid? ✔️Ans - Reliable
but not valid
Toby is trying to determine the number of people at today's parade in order
to determine the impact of advertising at parades. He asks a number of
different people leaving the parade their projected number of attendants.
He gets the following responses: 70,000; 450,000; 2,000; 130,000;
3,000,000; 75,000; 200,000; 800,000; 150,000; and 210,000. Is this survey
reliable? Is it valid? ✔️Ans - Not reliable or valid
Harry is doing a survey of the city of Los Angeles' population. He is
wondering everyone's favorite food. He sends out a survey to all of the
home-owners and renters in the city and receives basically all of the
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