What is a variable and data scenario or example, that ties variable and data concepts together that illustrates why there is a distinction in those terms?
A variable is any characteristic that can be measured. Examples of variable are: age, gender, income, country of birth, eye color etc. The variables can be numeric variables or categorical variable. Examples of numeric variables are: age, income, Examples of categorical variable.are: gender, country of birth, eye color.
The data is the set of values taken by a variable. For example, suppose marks obtained by 5 students: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50. Here marks obtained by 5 students is the variable. 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 are the data values.
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