Types of Variables and Measurement Scales

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A variable that contains the menu items would be what type of variable?

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Categorical variable because it has values that can only be placed into categories.

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A variable that contains the prices would be what type of variable?

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Numerical variable because it has numerical values that arise from a measuring process.

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One menu item and the price of that item would be one _______ of data.

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Instance

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What type of variable is business size?

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Categorical variable because it has values that represent quantities.

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What measurement scale does the variable use?

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Ordinal measurement scale.

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Is the variable for the time (in tenths of a second) runners take to complete a closed course discrete or continuous?

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Continuous numerical variable because it has numerical values that arise from a measuring process.

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Number of smartphone owners in the household

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Categorical

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Whether a household has a smartphone family plan

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Categorical

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Time in hours spent browsing the internet with the smartphone

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Continuous numerical

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Number of smartphones in the household

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Discrete numerical