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,dnexample ofquantitative data: 2. Give an example of qualitative data: 3. What

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,dnexample ofquantitative data: 2. Give an example of qualitative data: 3. What type of data requires a histogram? Bar graph? 4. What is a frequency distribution? skeurd othe rah Before we can begin entering our data into SPSS, it is impor- tant to note the types of variables we are working with. 5. Which of the following variables are qualitative and which are quantitative? Which are nominal or ordinal variables? Which are discrete or continuous variables? A. Age B. Eye Color c. Height in Inches D. Year in School

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1. Height, age, crop yield, GPA, salary, temperature, area, air pollution index (measured in parts per million), etc are examples of quantitative variable

2. The color of a ball (e.g., red, green, blue) or the breed of a dog (e.g., collie, shepherd, terrier) would be examples of qualitative or categorical variables.

3. Most right skewed distributions you come across in elementary statistics will have the mean to the right of the median for Income Distribution

A bar graph (also known as a bar chart or bar diagram) is a visual tool that uses bars to compare data among categories. A bar graph may run horizontally or vertically. The important thing to know is that the longer the bar, the greater its value.

4. In statistics, a frequency distribution is a table or graph that displays the frequency of various outcomes in a sample. Each entry in the table contains the frequency or count of the occurrences of values within a particular group or interval, and in this way, the table summarizes the distribution of values in the sample.