1. Determine if the following list of variables are quantitative or qualitative

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1. Determine if the following list of variables are quantitative or qualitative (categorical) variables. For the quantitative variables, further classify them as continuous or discrete.

a) Eye color:

b) Length of a cancer tumor (in centimeters):

c) Breed of a dog:

d) Speed of a car driving down High Street:

e) Amount of time it takes a student to complete this homework assignment:

f) Number of pens in a student’s backpack:

2. Indicate whether the following graphical displays are appropriate to display quantitative or qualitative data (categorical).

a)Pie Chart:

b)Histogram:

c)Stem-and-Leaf Display:

d)Time Series Plot:

e)Box plot:

f)Dot plot:

g)Frequency / Relative Frequency Distribution:

h)Bar Graph:

Explanation / Answer

1- A) Qualitative and discrete

B) quantitative and continous

C) qualitative and discrete

D) quantitative and continous

E) quantitative and continous

F) quantitative and discrete

2- A) qualitative

B) qualitative

C) qualitative

D) quantitative

E) qualitative

F) quantitative

G) qualitative

H) qualitative

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