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This document discusses different types of variables: qualitative variables which express categorical attributes, and quantitative variables which have numeric values and units of measure. Quantitative variables can be further classified as either discrete, which can be counted, or continuous, which can be measured and have uncountably infinite possible values. An example is given of variables from a student survey that could be classified as qualitative, discrete quantitative, or continuous quantitative.

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1 Continuous Discrete

This document discusses different types of variables: qualitative variables which express categorical attributes, and quantitative variables which have numeric values and units of measure. Quantitative variables can be further classified as either discrete, which can be counted, or continuous, which can be measured and have uncountably infinite possible values. An example is given of variables from a student survey that could be classified as qualitative, discrete quantitative, or continuous quantitative.

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Discrete and Continuous

Random Variables
Variables

Variables can be broadly classified as


either quantitative or qualitative,
with the latter further classified into
discrete and continuous types
Qualitative variables express a
categorical attribute, such as sex
(male or female), religion, marital
status, region of residence, highest
educational attainment. Qualitative
variables do not strictly take on
numeric values
Quantitative (otherwise called numerical)
data, whose sizes are meaningful, answer
questions such as “how much” or “how
many”. Quantitative variables have actual
units of measure. Examples of quantitative
variables include the height, weight, number
of registered cars, household size, and total
household expenditures/income of survey
respondents.
Quantitative data may be further classified into:

a. Discrete data are those data that can be


counted, e.g., the number of days for
cellphones to fail, the ages of survey
respondents measured to the nearest
year, and the number of patients in a
hospital. These data assume only (a finite
or infinitely) countable number of values.
b. Continuous data are those
that can be measured, e.g. the
exact height of a survey
respondent and the exact
volume of some liquid
substance. The possible
values are uncountably
infinite.
Example 2:

A survey of students in a certain school


is conducted. The survey questionnaire
details the information on the following
variables. For each of these variables,
identify whether the variable is
qualitative or quantitative, and if the
latter, state whether it is discrete or
continuous. (MS word)

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