Question

Which of the below is categotical data?
A.salary
B. Height
C.age
D. Type of car driven
E. Housing prices

Answer 1

which one u cant measure directly ?

Answer 2

salary, u can measure
height, u can measure
.. which one u cant measure ?

Answer 3

Type of c r

Answer 4

??

Answer 5

Car driven?

Answer 6

Yup ! only that one is the categotical data

Answer 7

Why?

Answer 8

have a look at wat categorical data means
http://www.stat.yale.edu/Courses/1997-98/101/catdat.htm

Answer 9

Should not by housi prices?

Answer 10

Categorical variables represent types of data which may be divided into groups.

Answer 11

i dont think so, but not fully sure -_-

Answer 12

Thanks

Answer 13

While the latter two variables may also be considered in a numerical manner by using exact values for age and highest grade completed, it is often more informative to categorize such variables into a relatively small number of groups.

Answer 14

if u consider Housing Prices, then u will have to consider Salary also

Answer 15

I feel , oly Car driven is hte categorical data, as it cannot be measured

Answer 16

but it can be divided into a group

Answer 17

and house prices it is hard to do so

Answer 18

-_-