Question

Need Help!! Confused!!state two examples of your own that are examples of each of the four types of variables( qualitative/ordinal, quantitative/ continuous)

Answer 1

what are your definitions for those types?

Answer 2

what do you mean?

Answer 3

i mean, what are the definitions that your material uses to define the types of variables that you listed

Answer 4

and i missed two qualitative/norminal and quantitative/ discrete

Answer 5

i still don't understand I'm sorry I've missed a week of school and trying to get caught up on make up work

Answer 6

you have 4 type of variables mentioned.

you need to come up with an example of each type of variable, but in order to do that, you must first know the definition for each type.

Your material should give you some definitions, and then we can work thru the problem

Answer 7

give me a sec ill look in my book

Answer 8

qualitative is something eye colour, where the most frequent is the measure of the centre.

ordinal is qualitative data that can be placed in order e.g. names on a ballot paper.

quantitative is data that is measured or counted. E.g. Number of students at school.

continuous is quantitative data that is measured... a person's height...

hope it helps

Answer 9

so how would i give examples of that

Answer 10

Discrete Data: Observation that can take on values that are distinct and separate. For example, the number of people in a household.

Answer 11

discrete data is quantitative data that is counted... students at school...

Answer 12

Nominal Data: if there is no natural order between the categories. For exanple, a person's eye color.

Answer 13

i was thinking eggs laid by a chicken versus weight of the chicken :)

Answer 14

Ordinal Data: Values that can be placed in in order or rated. For example, exam results, or socio-economic status.

Answer 15

thats correct for nomial.... you nominate a category for it to be recorded in....

Answer 16

Continuous Data: Observations that can take on a value within an interval. For example, the weight of a bath towel or the number of inches a tree grew in one season.

Answer 17

providing the grades are A to E of something scale that is similar... if they are percentages... it's quantitative data

Answer 18

these are the definitions in my book can you help get two exapmles of each

Answer 19

I'm Australian, The Australian Bureau of Statistics provides a great explanantion
http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/CaSHome.nsf/Home/CaSQ+3C+CATEGORICAL+DATA:+WHAT'S+THE+DIFFERENCE+BETWEEN+NOMINAL+AND+ORDINAL

Answer 20

so would an example of normial be hair color

Answer 21

hair colour, type of pet, eye colour, car colour, favourite music type... etc

Answer 22

so would how many inches a kid during a growth spurt be an example of continuous

Answer 23

that's correct... the reason it's continuous is that you never get an accurate measurement. It is always dependent on the units of measurement...smaller the units the greater the accuracy.