STAT 325 Types of Variables Review

What type of variable is the following?

Type of car (e.g., sedan, SUV, hatchback)

• Qualitative, nominal

• Qualitative, ordinal

• Quantitative, nominal

• Quantitative, interval

• Qualitative, interval

What type of variable is the following?

Temperature in degrees Fahrenheit

• Qualitative, interval

• Qualitative, ordinal

• Quantitative, ordinal

• Quantitative, interval

• Quantitative, ratio

What type of variable is the following?

Zip codes of respondents in a survey

• Qualitative, nominal

• Qualitative, ordinal

• Quantitative, ordinal

• Quantitative, interval

• Quantitative, ratio

What type of variable is the following?

Start time of an exam (e.g. 7:30pm, 9:00am)

• Qualitative, nominal

• Qualitative, ordinal

• Quantitative, ordinal

• Quantitative, interval

• Quantitative, ratio

What type of variable is the following?

Time taken to complete a task in minutes

• Qualitative, nominal

• Qualitative, ordinal

• Qualitative, ratio

• Quantitative, interval

• Quantitative, ratio

What type of variable is the following?

Year of construction of historical buildings

• Quantitative, ordinal

• Qualitative, ordinal

• Qualitative, interval

• Quantitative, interval

• Quantitative, ratio

What type of variable is the following?

Ranking of teams in a sports league (e.g. 1st, 2nd)

• Quantitative, ordinal

• Qualitative, ordinal

• Qualitative, interval

• Qualitative, nominal

• Quantitative, ratio