Question

Identify the following variables as qualitative, quantitative, discrete and continuous
Height, area, color, income, location, beauty, temperature, sex, political affiliation, number of
students attending a conference.

Answer 1

Here’s the classification of the variables you provided:

1. **Height**: Continuous (can take any value within a range)
2. **Area**: Continuous (can take any value within a range)
3. **Color**: Qualitative (categorical attribute, not numerical)
4. **Income**: Continuous (can vary and take any value within a range)
5. **Location**: Qualitative (categorical attribute, not numerical)
6. **Beauty**: Qualitative (subjective attribute, often rated on a scale but still qualitative)
7. **Temperature**: Continuous (measured on a continuous scale)
8. **Sex**: Qualitative (categorical attribute, typically binary or grouped)
9. **Political Affiliation**: Qualitative (categorical attribute)
10. **Number of students attending a conference**: Discrete (countable; can only take whole numbers)

In summary:
- **Qualitative Variables**: Color, Location, Beauty, Sex, Political Affiliation
- **Quantitative Variables**: Height, Area, Income, Temperature, Number of students attending a conference
- **Discrete**: Number of students attending a conference
- **Continuous**: Height, Area, Income, Temperature