Question

A family's phone number qualifies as what kinds of data?

A. Discrete and numerical
B. Discrete and categorical
C. Continuous and numerical
D. Continuous and categorical
E. None of the above

Answer 1

for sure its discrete (i explained cont to u in last qs )

Answer 2

yea i thought it was b i just wanted to double check

Answer 3

so discrete means counted

Answer 4

yea, so am i right?

Answer 5

hmm no

Answer 6

u can count family members , and give it a value while categorical defines levels like classes for example

Answer 7

@jim_thompson5910 can i get your opinion please?(:

Answer 8

you are correct, it's a discrete categorical variable

Answer 9

:|

Answer 10

it's discrete because you can't have half a number (it's countable)

it's categorical because each number is like a label or a name

Answer 11

a phone number isn't a number that you can do math on, so it's not numerical

Answer 12

ok thats what i thought, thanks!!

Answer 13

wait sorry i though it was family members number xD