Question

Statistics, different types of data.
Stumped on this question:
"3. (Ch2)
Which of the following statements is true?
a. The type of charge card used by a customer (Visa, MasterCard, AmEx) is interval data.
b. The number of Nobel prize-winning faculty at Oxnard University is continuous data.
c. The duration (minutes) of a flight from Boston to Minneapolis is ratio data.
d. The number of regional warehouses owned by Jankord Industries is ordinal data."

Answer 1

Could someone go over why each of the false ones is false and why?

Answer 2

Never heard it before. Just looked it up:
http://www.usablestats.com/lessons/noir

Answer 3

Looks like a) is Nominal date because it refers to a name: Visa, Master Card, ...

Answer 4

B) cannot be continuous data because the number of Nobel prize winners must be an integer. So it is a discrete data not continuous.

Answer 5

Thanks! I didn't see your reply until now, sorry.

Answer 6

np. yw.