called the support center were transferred to a 1-56. You have collected the following information on 15 third party who asked the customer a series of different real estate investment trusts (REITs). Identify questions. whether the data are cross-sectional or time-series. a. income distribution by region in 2008 CHAPTER 1 The Where, Why, and How of Data Collection 25 b. per share (diluted) funds from operations (FFO) for cars and trucks. These data are in the file called the years 2002 to 2008 Automobiles. c. number of properties owned as of December 31, 2008 Indicate the level of data measurement for each of d. the overall percentage of leased space for the the variables in this data file. 1 19 properties in service as of December 31, 2008 1-58. Recently the manager of the call center for a large e. dividends per share for the years 2002-2008 Internet bank asked his staff to collect data on a 1-57. A loan manager for Bank of the Cascades has the random sample of the bank's customers. Data on the responsibility for approving automobile loans. following variables were collected and placed in a file To assist her in this matter, she has compiled data on 428 called Bank Call Center: Column A Column B Column C Column D Column E Column F Account Holder Current Amount Was This a Billing Account Number Caller Gender Gender Past Due Amount Due Question? le Tracking # 1 = Male 1 = Male Numerical Value Numerical Value 3 = Yes 2 = Female 2 = Female 4 = No A small portion of the data is as follows: Account Holder Current Amount Was This a Billing Account Number Caller Gender Gender Past Due Amount Due Question? 4348291 40.35 82.85 N 6008516 -129.67 17476479 76.38 - N - - - NN - 13846306 99.24 21393711 37.98 a. Would you classify these data as time-series or c. For each of the six variables, indicate the level of cross-sectional? Explain. data measurement. b. Which of the variables are quantitative and which are qualitative? END EXERCISES 1-4