document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1162041>Question 1162041</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Is a person height in inches numerical or categorical: I believe it’s numerical <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Class room number in a science building : I believe it’s categorical \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hairs on a persons head discrete or continuous \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Temperature Fahrenheit of a cup of coffee </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #785726 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=MathLover1><B>MathLover1(20850)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=MathLover1><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=MathLover1><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=785726\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Quantitative or numerical data are numbers, and that way they 'impose' an order. Examples are age, height, weight.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so, a person height in inches is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=numerical ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"numerical\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Since hairs are something we can count, this is a discrete random variable.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so, hairs on a persons head is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=discrete ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"discrete\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Temperature Fahrenheit of a cup of coffee is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=continuous ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"continuous\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > (continuous variables can have an infinite number of possible values) </SPAN>\n" );
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