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Types of Variables in Research

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

Weight
Number of children in a family
Marital status (correct)
Height

What type of variable is age?

Discrete
Continuous (correct)
Quantitative
Qualitative

Which of the following is a discrete variable?

Blood type
Height
Number of missing teeth (correct)
Weight

What type of variable is serum cholesterol?

Continuous (B) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following are examples of quantitative variables?

Age and number of children in a family (C) Signup and view all the answers

In the context of measuring variables, which of the following is an example of a qualitative variable?

Whether a child has hearing loss (D) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following best describes an interval-level measurement characteristic?

It has meaningful intervals but ratios of data are not meaningful. (D) Signup and view all the answers

What type of variable is 'whether or not the child has already had chicken pox' in the context provided?

Qualitative (A) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following examples illustrates a continuous quantitative variable?

Amount of fat in g/L in fresh milk containers (C) Signup and view all the answers

Regarding measurement scales, what distinguishes the interval level from the ordinal level?

Interval levels have meaningful differences but no absolute zero. (B) Signup and view all the answers

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