Which of the Following Statistics Is a Ratio

question 64

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statistics is a ratio?

• A)The firefighters saved 23 people from the apartment fire.
• B)Seventy-five percent of my class is Christian, 5% Jewish, and 20% prefer not to answer.
• C)The most common score on the test was a 92%.
• D)Half of the plumbers in our city earn more than $52,000 per year, while the other half earn less.
• E)For every three weeks that I work, I earn one day of paid vacation.

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Definitions:

Centration

Young children’s tendency to focus on only one feature of an object to the exclusion of all other features.

Decentration

The cognitive ability to consider multiple aspects of a situation simultaneously, essential for understanding concepts like conservation in Piaget's theory of cognitive development.

Centration

A cognitive limitation in early childhood, where the child focuses on one aspect of a situation, neglecting other important features.

Objectivity

The quality of being unbiased, not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts.