document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=672549>Question 672549</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\">  Provide a different example for each of the following types of variables from your work or home life:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A) A qualitative variable<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B) A quantitative variable </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Not all data is measured in terms of numbers. Other forms of data<BR>\n" );
document.write( "such as hair color, favorite music, or gender may sometimes be<BR>\n" );
document.write( "gathered. When this type of data is represented by a variable, the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "variable is called a qualitative variable.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Qualitative variable is a variable that expresses a qualitative attribute or<BR>\n" );
document.write( "quality; values do not have a numerical meaning and cannot be ordered <BR>\n" );
document.write( "numerically; also called categorical variable.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Example:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a. The data for capital city, official flower, and official bird would not contain<BR>\n" );
document.write( "any numerical meaning and cannot be ordered numerically. So, these categories<BR>\n" );
document.write( "contain qualitative data.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " hair color (Black, Brown, Gray, Red, Yellow) is a qualitative variable, name \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "c.names\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "like Adam, Becky, Christina, Dave  and so on\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "B.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Quantitative data differs in amount, or quantity. Quantitative data are those that can be measured with an ordinal or ratio scale.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "An ordinal scale does not have a true zero, so multiplicative relationships can't be expressed with the quantitative variables obtained from it.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Here are some examples of quantitative variables:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Variable ----------------------------------Measurement<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Height----------------------------- Inches, feet, centimeters,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Temperature ----------------------Celsius, Fahrenheit, Kelvin, Réaumur...<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Age --------------------------------Years, months, decades, minutes<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Weight ---------------------------Pounds, tons, ounces, grams<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Area ------------------------------Acres, square miles, square feet<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Speed -----------------------------Miles per hour, light years, feet per second\r<BR>\n" );
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