Question

Besides phone numbers, what are the other categorical variables in your survey?(The survey asks for family size, the kind of pets they have, the grade of the youngest child in the family, the family's annual income in dollars, what the dad does for a living, whether the mom works, and their phone number.)
A. Family size, dad's occupation, whether mom works, and kind of pets
B. Dad's occupation, whether mom works, and kind of pets
C. Grade of youngest child, dad's occupation, whether mom works, and kind of pets
D. Everything but family size
E. Everything but annual income

Answer 1

Ok thanks, i was trying to figure out if grade of the youngest child in the family was counting the number or if that was a category so i wasn't quite sure of that and i know annual income isn't categorical

Answer 2

c,a,e

Answer 3

@ganeshie8 can i get your input on this please?

Answer 4

family size is not categorical for sure

Answer 5

so you can eliminate first and last options right away

Answer 6

yea i was thinking it was b but i wasn't sure if grade level was going to count as categorical or numerical

Answer 7

Exactly! im also thinking the same

Answer 8

ok thank you!

Answer 9

Hint:-
categorical variables is the variable that have specific limited values that are not defined asnumbers

Answer 10

i think Grade of youngest child is categorical variables , when u say he/she in 7th 8th grade u define a level not number

Answer 11

grade of youngest child is ordinal variable

Answer 12

search "grad" here
http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/mult_pkg/whatstat/nominal_ordinal_interval.htm

Answer 13

categorical variables contain ordinal :)
like level of class or degree

Answer 14

Ohhk got you :)

Answer 15

ok is numerical the same thing as ordinal?

Answer 16

like giving bac=1
master =2
phd=3

Answer 17

then it has to be C ?

Answer 18

yosh indeed

Answer 19

ok got it, il go wid C too
@hockeychick23

Answer 20

ok thanks for all your help guys!

Answer 21

:)