SOLUTION: Classify the following variable as nominal, ordinal, discrete, or continuous and state why it is such a variable: number of MP3 players sold each year

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Question 695522: Classify the following variable as nominal, ordinal, discrete, or continuous and state why it is such a variable:
number of MP3 players sold each year

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Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Classify the following variable as nominal, ordinal, discrete, or continuous and state why it is such a variable:
number of MP3 players sold each year
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It may be a hugh number but it is a whole number.
Ans: discrete
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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Answer by MathLover1(20850)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Quantitative variables can be further classified as or
in your case we have variable, a variable that may assume a , and usually , number of values

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