Mobile office manager Vanessa Mendez is responsible for the fleet of vans that comprise the Saint Francis Mobile Veterinary Clinic, particularly safety, comfort, cleanliness and maintenance issues.She is currently reviewing the arrival times when these clinic vans return to the central garage for servicing before the next day's rotation.For example a van was logged back in at9:55 P.M.Which of the followingtypes, labels, and levelspertain to this data, thetime on the clockwhen a van is returned to the central garage?

a.quantitative

b.nominal

c.discrete

d.ordinal

e.ratio

f.continuous

g.qualititative

h.interval

I.None of these answers

Mobile office manager VanessaMendez isresponsible for the fleet of vans that comprise the Saint Francis Mobile Veterinary Clinic, particularlysafety,comfort, cleanliness and maintenance issues.She is currently reviewing the monthly mileage recorded on the vans.For example a clinic van which traveled to appointments uptown and in some northern suburbslogged2,400milesin a month.Which of the followingtypes, labels, and levelspertain to this data, thenumberof milesa clinic van had been driven in a month?

a.continuous

b.ordinal

c.ratio

d.qualititative

e.quantitative

f.nominal

g.discrete

h.interval

i.None of these answers

Mobile office manager VanessaMendez isresponsible for the fleet of vans that comprise the Saint Francis Mobile Veterinary Clinic, particularlysafety,comfort, cleanliness and maintenance issues.She recently surveyed the van drivers and veterinary techniciansabout how comfortable each clinic van was in terms of temperature and noise levels.For example, a van with a broken heater and a defective muffler ranked last out of all the vans in the fleet.Which of the followingtypes, labels, and levelspertain to this data, therankingsof thevans on comfort and noise issues, rated from first to last?

a.qualititative

b.discrete

c.nominal

d.ordinal

e.quantitative

f.interval

g.None of these answers

h.ratio

i.continuous

Mobile office manager VanessaMendez isresponsible for the fleet of vans that comprise the Saint Francis Mobile Veterinary Clinic, particularlysafety,comfort, cleanliness and maintenance issues.She is sorting the vans according to their clinic-assigned vehicle identificationnumbers, which are meaningless and assigned arbitrarily by the veterinary officeon the date the vehicle was acquired.For example, a van with vehicle number#13just completed patient visits to the south ward and downtown locations.Which of the followingtypes, labels, and levelspertain to this data, theserialnumbersof thevans?

a.continuous

b.None of these answers

c.discrete

d.nominal

e.qualititative

f.quantitative

g.ratio

h.ordinal

i.interval

Mobile office manager VanessaMendez isresponsible for the fleet of vans that comprise the Saint Francis Mobile Veterinary Clinic, particularlysafety,comfort, cleanliness and maintenance issues.She is currently reviewing the altitudes at which her vans travel on special service calls and mission trips.For example a clinic van visited an animal sanctuary located at anelevation 6,600 feet above sea level.Manager Mendezremembered that certain statistical software only acknowledge three data levels: nominal, ordinal or scale which combines interval and ratio.Which of these three abridgedlevelsbest describes this data, theelevationin feet above or below sea level?And yes,levelis being used two different ways in this item.

a.nominal

b.ordinal

c.scale

Mobile office manager VanessaMendez isresponsible for the fleet of vans that comprise the Saint Francis Mobile Veterinary Clinic, particularlysafety,comfort, cleanliness and maintenance issues.She requests that her maintenance vendorteam carefully recreate hazardous road conditions in a remote parking lot to check how well the vans' currenttires perform under mocked-up road conditions like icy streets or ponding water on roadways.Computer models from the manufacturers may also be used for these recreations.(They arenot,however,testing performance of one tire brand,make or modelagainst another, for example.)Whichapproach to data collectionbest describes this technique?Select the best response.

a.none of these answers

b.simulation

c.census

d.survey

e.sample

f.experiment

Mobile office manager VanessaMendez isresponsible for the fleet of vans that comprise the Saint Francis Mobile Veterinary Clinic, particularlysafety,comfort, cleanliness and maintenance issues.She wants to collect data about the current mileage of each van; she instructs an office assistantto record the mileageof each and every clinic van when next they return to the central garage, thereby collecting data forallthe vans in the fleet, not just a subgroup.Whichapproach to data collectionbest describes this technique?Select the best response.

a.none of these answers

b.simulation

c.census

d.survey

e.sample

f.experiment

Athletic Director Amanda Davenport at Saint Patrick's College is concerned about reports focusing on safety, comfort and maintenance issues with the passenger vans which transport her student-athletes and coaches to practices and competitions.She requests that college operations perform a touch test with severalnew fabrics for the seatsin the passenger vans since students-athletes and coaches have complained the current fabric is rough, unpleasant to touch and somewhat abrasive to the skin.The testing scenario has several van bench seats set up for randomly selected test subjects to try out and choose their favorite, most comfortable fabric.Whichapproach to data collectionbest describes this technique?Select the best response.

a.simulation

b.experiment

c.census

d.none of these answers

e.sample

f.survey

Mobile office manager VanessaMendez isresponsible for the fleet of vans that comprise the Saint Francis Mobile Veterinary Clinic, particularlysafety,comfort, cleanliness and maintenance issues.She instructs an officeassistant to compile a short questionnaire about generalsafety, comfort and maintenance concerns regarding the vans, and to administer it anonymouslyto randomly-selected pet owners aftertheir pets are examined in one of the vans.Whichapproach to data collectionbest describes this technique?Select the best response.

a.survey

b.experiment

c.simulation

d.none of these answers

e.census

f.sample

1. Mobile office manager VanessaMendez isresponsible for the fleet of vans that comprise the Saint Francis Mobile Veterinary Clinic, particularlysafety,comfort, cleanliness and maintenance issues.She works with the purchasing assistant to acquire some cabin air filters with the intention of improving air quality and circulation in the vans.Sherequests the maintenance team select asubgroupof the vans, replacing those air filters.Anofficeassistantthentracks complaints or comments from staff and pet ownersabout comfort regarding thatsubgroupof the vans.Whichapproach to data collectionbest describes this technique?Select the best response.

a.simulation

b.experiment

c.sample

d.survey

e.none of these answers

f.census

Mobile office manager VanessaMendez isresponsible for the fleet of vans that comprise the Saint Francis Mobile Veterinary Clinic, particularlysafety,comfort, cleanliness and maintenance issues.She gathers asubgroup or subset of selected files on animals or pets treated in these mobile clinics over the past month,taken from the whole group or setof animals and pets treated.These individuals as a collection represent which of the following?

a.population

b.sample

c.none of these answers

Mobile office manager VanessaMendez isresponsible for the fleet of vans that comprise the Saint Francis Mobile Veterinary Clinic, particularlysafety,comfort, cleanliness and maintenance issues.As she contemplate her data-informeddecisions, she considers how these choices will impact thewhole group or entire set of all animals and pets who receive veterinary services withinthese clinic vans.These animals as a collection represent which of the following?

a.none of these answers

b.sample

c.population