Levels of Measurement

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Hair color on a high school tennis team.

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numbers on the shirts of a girl's soccer team.

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age of students in a statistic class

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temperatures of 73 selected refrigerators.

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number of milligrams of tar in 85 cigarettes

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number of pages in your statistics book.

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marriage status (married, single, or divorced) of the faculty at the University of Colorado.

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list of 1239 social security numbers

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the ratings of a movie ranging from "poor" to "good" to "excellent"

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the final grades (A, B, C, D, and F) for students in a statistics class.

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the annual salaries for all teachers in California.

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List of zip codes for Chicago

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the nationalities listed in a recent survey (for example, Asian, European, or Hispanic).

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the amounts of fat (in grams) in 29 cookies.

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the years the summer Olympics were held in the United States.