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Classify the following attributes as discrete (D) or continuous (C), qualitative

ID: 3862976 • Letter: C

Question

Classify the following attributes as discrete (D) or continuous (C), qualitative (QL) or quantitative (QN), and as binary (B) or nominal (N) or ordinal (O) or interval (I) or ratio (R). Circle your selection in each of the three sets that classify the attribute. (a) {D, C}, {QL, QN}, {B, N, O, I, R}: Number of students enrolled in a course. (b) {D, C}, {QL, QN}, {B, N, 0, 1, R}: Names of the students enrolled in a college. (c) {D, C}, {QL, QN}, {B, N, O, I, R}: Level of happiness {very happy..... very unhappy). (d) {D, C}, {QL, QN}, {B, N, 0, 1, R}: Shoe size (in whole sizes).

Explanation / Answer

Answer:

a) Number of students enrolled in a course

  Discrete

  Quantitative

Nominal

b) Names of the students enrolled in a college

  Discrete

  Qualitative

   Nominal

c) Level of hapiness

   Qualitative

Discrete

Ordinal

d) Shoe size

discrete

qualitative

ordinal