In a time series variation caused by a one-time event such as a frost in the Florida orange industry is known

as

seasonal variation

episodic variation

cyclical variation

moving average

religious trend

secular trend

None of the above

In a time series, unexplained variation that can only be attributed to chance is known as

seasonal variation

episodic variation

cyclical variation

residual variation

religious trend

secular trend

None of the above

Information that has been collected but not processed is known as

inferential statistics

descriptive statistics

data set

fuzzy data

census data

raw data

samples

Of the four levels of measurement, which includes a non-arbitrary zero, meaning zero indicates the absence of the characteristic?

nominal

ordinal

interval

ratio

ratio and interval

ordinal, interval, and ratio

all four

Rank the following levels of measurement according to how accurately a variable measures something. Rank them from weakest to strongest.

interval, ordinal, ratio, nominal

ordinal, ratio, interval and nominal tied for strongest

ratio, ordinal, interval, nominal

ordinal, ratio, interval, nominal

ordinal, ratio, nominal, interval

nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio

nominal, interval, ordinal, ratio