Determine whether the following variables are nominal, ordinal, or continuous. R

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Question

Determine whether the following variables are nominal, ordinal, or continuous.

Race

Number of nights spent in the hospital

Number of steps taken in a day

Education level (less than high school; high school graduate; some college; college graduate)

Blood Pressure (Normal, Pre-hypertension, Hypertension)

Race

Number of nights spent in the hospital

Number of steps taken in a day

History or diagnosed depression (yes or no)

Education level (less than high school; high school graduate; some college; college graduate)

Blood Pressure (Normal, Pre-hypertension, Hypertension)

Nominal- Nominal comes from name, These variable are measured on nominal scale , for eg male or female , black or white etc

So here

RACE, and History or diagnosed depression (yes or no) are nominal variables

Now

Ordinal - Ordinal variable means , the variables which are associate with rank or order for eg Rank in school (first, second, third)

Here

Education level and Blood Pressure are Ordinal variables

Now,

Number of night spent in the hospital and number of steps taken in day are continuous type variables

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