Saint Leo University Statistics Questions

question 1The table shows the number (in millions) of the United States’ foreign-born population by place of birth.

Using the table, submit the following activities and question.

(a) Construct a relative frequency distribution.
(b) Sketch the data in a bar graph. (Use Excel)
(c) Is “place of birth” quantitative, or categorical?

question 2A survey asks subjects to rate three issues according to their importance in determining voting intention for a U.S. senator, using the scale (very important, somewhat important, unimportant). The issues are foreign policy, the economy, and the environment. The evaluations can be treated as three variables: foreign policy importance, economic importance, and environmental importance. These variables represent what scale of measurement? Why?