CATEGORICAL VS QUANTITATIVE VARIABLES WORKSHEET

For each of the following variables, indicate whether it is numerical or categorical variable.

Problem 1 :

The time taken to travel to school

Solution

Problem 2 :

The number of cousins a person has

Solution

Problem 3 :

Voting intention at the next election

Solution

Problem 4 :

The number of cars in a household

Solution

Problem 5 :

The speed of cars on a particular stretch of highway

Solution

Problem 6 :

Favorite type of apple.

Solution

Problem 7 :

Town or city where a person was born

Solution

Problem 8 :

The weight of three-year-old children

Solution

Problem 9 :

The color of the bottle of wine.

Solution

Problem 10 :

The number of books a person owns.

Solution

Problem 11 :

A class of 20 students was asked, how many children are there in your household and the following data was collected ?

1   2   3   3    2    4    5    4    2   3    8    1    2    1   3    2   1  2  1   2

i) What is the variable in this investigation ?

ii)  Is the data discreate or continuous?

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