Quantitative and Qualitative Variables Classification

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What is the term used to refer to a particular characteristic of an individual in a dataset?

Variable

Which of the following is NOT a common demographic variable collected in studies involving people?

Response rate

In a dataset, what do the rows typically represent?

Individuals or observations

What is the term used to refer to a variable that we want to predict or explain in an analysis?

<p>Response variable</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is an example of a quantitative variable?

<p>Age</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to refer to a set of data identified with a particular experiment, scenario, or circumstance?

<p>Dataset</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of variable represents attributes that are numerical in nature?

<p>Quantitative</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is an example of a discrete quantitative variable?

<p>Number of individuals positive for CoVID 19</p> Signup and view all the answers

In which type of variable is there a natural order among the categories?

<p>Ordinal</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which scale of measurement has no natural ordering among the categories?

<p>Nominal</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of variable can take on any value within a range of values?

<p>Continuous</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which variable classification includes attributes that can take category or label values?

<p>Qualitative</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is an example of a ratio variable?

<p>Number of chairs in a school</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a binary or dichotomous variable?

<p>A variable with only two possible values</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following statements about variables is true?

<p>Variables can be classified based on their measurement scale</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary reason for classifying variables according to their measurement scale?

<p>To determine the appropriate statistical methods</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is an example of a qualitative variable?

<p>Types of medications</p> Signup and view all the answers

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