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Data set: (from 25 participants) ID Education Age Marital Status Race Gender Han

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Question

Data set: (from 25 participants)

ID

Education

Age

Marital Status

Race

Gender

Handedness

MMSE

IQ

1

16

69

3

1

2

1

29

125

2

13

73

4

1

2

1

30

123

3

16

71

2

1

1

2

30

129

4

9

70

4

3

1

1

26

107

5

18

73

2

3

1

3

29

112

6

16

69

2

1

1

1

30

121

7

18

79

2

1

1

1

30

110

8

14

77

4

1

2

1

30

121

9

18

70

2

2

2

1

29

131

10

16

77

2

1

1

1

27

136

11

16

77

2

1

1

1

30

121

12

15

77

2

1

1

1

30

116

13

16

76

2

1

2

1

30

121

14

15

83

2

1

1

1

29

115

15

14

72

4

1

2

3

28

111

16

14

87

3

1

1

1

29

115

17

14

70

1

3

2

2

30

100

18

19

82

3

2

1

1

29

117

19

19

80

2

1

2

1

28

117

20

14

73

2

1

2

1

30

111

21

14

71

2

1

1

1

25

102

22

8

77

2

1

1

1

28

103

23

16

73

2

2

1

1

28

119

24

15

72

2

1

2

1

29

117

25

14

71

4

3

2

2

29

115

Q1. Variable type (6 points)       

Indicate the scale of measurement for each of the six variables from the data set. Indicate each variable as nominal (or categorical), ordinal, or interval (or equal-interval) scale, then explain your rationale for the chosen scale of measurement. (6 points total: .5 for each variable type, .5 for each rationale)

a. Age:

b. Marital:

c. Race:

d. MMSE:

e. Education:

f. IQ:

ID

Education

Age

Marital Status

Race

Gender

Handedness

MMSE

IQ

1

16

69

3

1

2

1

29

125

2

13

73

4

1

2

1

30

123

3

16

71

2

1

1

2

30

129

4

9

70

4

3

1

1

26

107

5

18

73

2

3

1

3

29

112

6

16

69

2

1

1

1

30

121

7

18

79

2

1

1

1

30

110

8

14

77

4

1

2

1

30

121

9

18

70

2

2

2

1

29

131

10

16

77

2

1

1

1

27

136

11

16

77

2

1

1

1

30

121

12

15

77

2

1

1

1

30

116

13

16

76

2

1

2

1

30

121

14

15

83

2

1

1

1

29

115

15

14

72

4

1

2

3

28

111

16

14

87

3

1

1

1

29

115

17

14

70

1

3

2

2

30

100

18

19

82

3

2

1

1

29

117

19

19

80

2

1

2

1

28

117

20

14

73

2

1

2

1

30

111

21

14

71

2

1

1

1

25

102

22

8

77

2

1

1

1

28

103

23

16

73

2

2

1

1

28

119

24

15

72

2

1

2

1

29

117

25

14

71

4

3

2

2

29

115

Explanation / Answer

Answer to the question is as follows:

a. Age: Interval scale. A difference between 2 ages is same as same amount of difference between other 2 ages

b. Marital: This is either 0 or 1, a binomial variable. It is categorical in nature and therefore, NOMINAL

c. Race: Again a categorical variable, as they are categories of race. Therefore, NOMINAL

d. MMSE:Is INTERVAL variable , as it is again a continous variable, with same meaning of variable if 2 sets of MMSE are subtracted

e. Education: Again a continuous variable and a difference of any 2 eudcation values are equal to Education difference between other 2 education, therefore a INTERVAL variable

f. IQ:Again a continous variable, therefore IQ is a INTERVAL variable