Question

Monday’s Child poem is an old English nursery rhyme poem first recorded in 1838.

Monday’s Child is Fair of Face.
Tuesday’s Child is Full of Grace.
Wednesday’s Child is Full of Woe.
Thursday’s Child has Far to Go.
Friday’s Child is Loving and Giving.
Saturday’s Child Works Hard for a Living.
And the Child Born on the Sabbath Day

Is Bonny and Blithe, and Good and Gay.

Fortune telling rhymes based on the day when a child was born originated in England around the 1500s. Many superstitions existed regarding the day of the week when a child was born. Children fortunes, personalities, and temperaments were considered to be regulated by that day.

What are the cases in the poem? What variables are used? Are they categorical or quantitative?

• A :

  The variables are the day of the week and the personality type of a child.

  The cases are the children in England.

  Both variables are quantitative.

• B :

  The variables are the day of the week and the personality type of a child.

  The cases are the children in England.

  Both variables are categorical.

• C :

  The variables are the day of the week and the personality type of a child.

  The cases are the children in England.

  The day of the week is the quantitative variable and the personality type is the categorical variable.

• D :

  The variables are the children in England and their personality types.

  The cases are the days of the week.

  Both variables are quantitative.

• E :

  The variables are the children in England and their personality types.

  The cases are the days of the week.

  Both variables are categorical.

Answer 1

The correct answer is -

B :
The variables are the day of the week and the personality type of a child.
The cases are the children in England.
Both variables are categorical.

Reasoning:

The subject under study is children in England hence classified as cases.

It is given that Many superstitions existed regarding the day of the week when a child was born. Children fortunes, personalities, and temperaments were considered to be regulated by that day. Thus, the variables are the day of the week and the personality type of a child corresponding to it

Both the variables describe property and non numeric value. Thus, Both variables are categorical.