A Wall Street Journal poll asked 2,150 adults in the United States a series of q
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A Wall Street Journal poll asked 2,150 adults in the United States a series of questions to find out their view on the U.S. economy.Determine what kind of variable the responses to the following questions are.For categorical variables, also specify whether nominal or ordinal.For numerical variables also specify whether discrete or continuous and whether ratio or interval.
"How satisfied are you with the U.S. economy today with 1 = very satisfied, 2 = moderately satisfied, 3 = neutral, 4 = moderately dissatisfied and 5 = very dissatisfied?"
"How many people in your household are unemployed currently?"
"How many more months do you think the U.S. economy will require to get out of a recession?"
"On the scale of 1 to 100 with 1 being extremely anxious and 100 being totally not anxious, rate your level of anxiety in this U.S. economy."
"In which year do you think the last recession in the United States started?"
Explanation / Answer
"How satisfied are you with the U.S. economy today with 1 = very satisfied, 2 = moderately satisfied, 3 = neutral, 4 = moderately dissatisfied and 5 = very dissatisfied?"
It is categorial variable. Since we can ordered data values so it is ordinal.
"How many people in your household are unemployed currently?"
Numerical and discrete
"How many more months do you think the U.S. economy will require to get out of a recession?"
Numerical and discrete
"On the scale of 1 to 100 with 1 being extremely anxious and 100 being totally not anxious, rate your level of anxiety in this U.S. economy."
It is categorial variable. Since we can ordered data values so it is ordinal.
"In which year do you think the last recession in the United States started?"
It is categorial variable and nominal.
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