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Gender is an example of which measurement scale?

A survey was taken of students enrolled in STEM classes at Taft College. One of the questions asked which city the students live in, and one of the other questions asked about their major. The results are shown below. Use them to answer the probability question that follows.  Probability Table Bakersfield Taft Shafter Other Math 3 5 2 4 Chemistry 9 4 1 5 Biology 4 13 8 6 Engineering  14 15 2 1 Physics 3 1 0 2   What is the probability that a randomly selected student from this survey lives in Bakersfield and is a biology major?    Make sure to type in your answer as a decimal rounded to 3 decimal places. For example, if you thought the answer was 0.12345 then you would type in 0.123. 

Consider the following sample data set below. Calculate the range.  {12, 18, 6, 7, 8, 14, 21, 15, 3, 17} Make sure to round your final answer to 2 decimal places. For example, if you thought the final answer was 87.6543 then you would type in 87.65

Military rank would be an example of which measurement scale?

A study was conducted and it found that the mean annual salary for all California residents was $63,783 and the true standard deviation for all California residents was $7,240. Suppose you were to randomly sample 50 California residents. Use this information to answer the following question.  What is the probability that the average salary for the 50 individuals in your sample would be anywhere from $61,000 to $62,000? Make sure to type in your answer as a decimal rounded to 3 decimal places. For example, if you thought the answer was 0.54321 then you would type in 0.543.

Construct a data set that consists of 5 values where the range is 6 and the mean is 4. Type your answer in the following format: {Value1, Value2, Value3, Value4, Value5}

According to the empirical rule, roughly what percentage of the data will fall within 2 standard deviations of the mean for a normal distribution?

IQ scores are normally distributed with a mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 15. Use this information to answer the following question. What is the probability that a randomly selected person will have an IQ score of at most 123? Make sure to type in your answer as a decimal rounded to 3 decimal places. For example, if you thought the answer was 0.54321 then you would type in 0.543.

Letter grades (A,B,C,D,F) are an example of which measurement scale?

A study was conducted and it found that the mean annual salary for all California residents was $63,783 and the true standard deviation for all California residents was $7,240. Suppose you were to randomly sample 50 California residents. Use this information to answer the following question.  What is the probability that the average salary for the 50 individuals in your sample would be at most $64,000? Make sure to type in your answer as a decimal rounded to 3 decimal places. For example, if you thought the answer was 0.54321 then you would type in 0.543.