Answer to Question #113673 in Statistics and Probability for Katenda

Question

Researchers from Africa Check (a fact checking organisation) are tasked with investigating
fake news posts on Social Media. Questions 4 and 5 relates to these researchers.

Question 4

Which one of the following statements is incorrect?
(1) The position (Junior, Mid-Level and Senior) of the researcher is a qualitative nominal variable
(2) The gender of the researchers is a qualitative nominal variable.
(3) The age if the researchers is a quantitative continuous variable.
(4) The salary of the researchers is a quantitative continuous variable.
(5) None of the above.

Question 5
Which one of the following statements is incorrect with regard to scales of measurements?
(1) Researcher’s position has an ordinal scale of measurement.
(2) Researcher’s gender has a nominal scale of measurement.
(3) Researcher’s age has a ratio scale of measurement.
(4) Researcher’s salary has a ratio scale of measurement.
(5) None of the above.

Answer 1

Question 4

The incorrect statement is:

(1) The position (Junior, Mid-Level and Senior)

of the researcher is a qualitative nominal variable.

Because it is a qualitative ordinal variable

Question 5

The incorrect statement is:

(5) None of the above.

Because all the statements are correct.