Quiz 1, Eco 257 Fall 2009
Eric Dodge
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Quantitative Methods: Quiz #1
You have 20 minutes to complete this 25-point quiz. There is additional space on the back of this sheet. When you’re done, please wait for time to expire.
1. You have been hired by a local art museum to survey visitors (the customers). Your art museum charges no admission fee, but does have a gift shop and cafeteria where visitors can purchase items or food. The purpose of the survey is to gather information about the demographic makeup of the visitors and their spending habits while at the museum. You intend to interview visitors as they enter the museum on July 1.
a. Construct one question that will generate qualitative data and one question that will generate quantitative data. Explain why you have classified them as such. (6 points)
b. Qualitative data can be measured as nominal or ordinal. How do these two measurement scales differ? Explain. (4 points)
2. A study in 2008 reported that Hanover College male students drink, in a typical week, more than four times the amount of alcohol than female students. Specifically, 60 male students reported an average of 10.73 drinks in a typical week, while 39 female students reported an average of 2.56 drinks in a typical week.
a. This study involved the comparison of two populations. Cleary define the populations. (4 points)
b. Was the source of this data primary or secondary? Why? (3 points)
c. Is this a cross-sectional or time-series study? Explain your answers. (3 points)
d. Using this study described above, explain the difference between missing and bad data. (2 points)
e. Using the results given above, provide one example of statistical inference. (3 points)
Extra Credit (1 point): In 1882 the first ever Labor Day parade was held in what city? __________
(1 point): In 1887 the first U.S. state to pass a bill to create a holiday for Labor Day was ___________?