At the National Cheerleading Contest, All the Contestants Are Seated

question 242

Multiple Choice

At the national cheerleading contest, all the contestants are seated in one area within the stadium. Although 1,000 students are seated in this area, your eyes discern about 100 groups due to each group of cheerleaders having different color outfits. The way you grouped these students is most likely due to the perceptual principle of

• A)continuity.
• B)nearness.
• C)similarity.
• D)contiguity.

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Definitions:

Ordinal

Refers to data that represents categories with a meaningful order, but where the differences between the categories cannot be quantified.

Level Of Measurement

The nature of information within the values assigned to variables, which dictates the types of statistical analysis that can be performed.

Frequency Distribution

A summary of how often each value or range of values occurs in a data set.

Sample

A subset of individuals, items, or data extracted from a larger population, used for the purpose of analysis to infer conclusions about the population.