Variables: Categorical vs. Quantitative

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What's your favorite subject in school?

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Categorical

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Where do you plan on attending college?

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Categorical

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What is your favorite type of food?

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Categorical

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How many states have you visited in your lifetime?

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Quantitative

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How many siblings do you have?

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Quantitative

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Which of the following is an example of categorical data? High School Graduate or Not, Annual Income, Years of Schooling Completed, Years of playing an instrument

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High School Graduate or Not

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Is the information collected during the survey numerical or categorical data?

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Categorical data. I know this because the responses to the survey are names.

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If your teacher asked you to make categorical observations about the class’s pet hamster, which group of words might be used?

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A long hair, white and brown colored, soft

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Which of the following is an example of quantitative data? High School Graduate or Not, Monthly paycheck amount, Whether or not you are employed, What type of vehicle you drive

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Monthly paycheck amount

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Which of the following is an example of quantitative data? The color of your car, A person's state of residence, A person's Zip Code, A Person's Height

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A Person's Height