Concept explainers
a)
To identify the individual’s description from given data set.
a)
Answer to Problem 1.1E
The individuals are the students of the teacher.
Explanation of Solution
Given:
Name | S | Homeroom | Gr | Calculator# | Test 1 |
Hsu, Danny | M | Blair | Sr. | B319 | 81 |
Iris, Rancine | F | Kingsley | Sr. | B298 | 92 |
Ruiz,Ricardo | M | Alfonso | Jr. | B304 | 87 |
The Individuals are the objects which described by the set of data. Therefore, the individuals are the students of the teacher. Danny Hsu, Rancine Iris and Ricardo Ruiz.
b)
To identify the categorical variables from given data set.
b)
Answer to Problem 1.1E
Gender (S) , Homeroom, Grade(Gr) and Calculator# are categorical variables.
Explanation of Solution
Given:
Name | S | Homeroom | Gr | Calculator# | Test 1 |
Hsu, Danny | M | Blair | Sr. | B319 | 81 |
Iris, Rancine | F | Kingsley | Sr. | B298 | 92 |
Ruiz,Ricardo | M | Alfonso | Jr. | B304 | 87 |
Categorical variable: It describes the quality or characteristics of the data. It does not have numeric or quantitative meaning.
Creating a table in which describes the type of the variables.
Variables | Type of variable |
Name | Categorical |
S | Categorical |
Homeroom | Categorical |
Gr | Categorical |
Calculator# | Categorical |
Test 1 | Quantitative |
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