Question

1. Which of the following would be defined as categorical data?

i. The high temperatures in Palm Springs, Ca. in July.

ii. The makes of cars for sale at a used car lot.

iii. The ethnic groups living in Australia.

iv. The points scored at home games by the RU basketball team last year.

ANSWER choices:

a. Only choice ii.

b. Choices ii and iii.

c. Only choice iv.

d. Choices i and iv.

e. Choices ii, iii.

Answer 1

Ans. Choice ii and iii.

Reason : Categorical variables represent types of data which may be divided into groups based on their characteristics.

For eg : ii : The makes of cars for sale at a used car lot is Categorical data. It is divided into groups of make of cars or not.

For eg : iii : The ethnic groups living in Australia. Data is divided into groups of ethnic or non-ethnic people.

Rest of the choices are quantitative data.

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