Variables

Question 0

Describe the numerical variables

Answer 0

Quantitative

Discrete: counts (shoe size, exam grade, days sick per year, number of CDs owned)

Continuous: any value in a range of values (height, weight, amount of sleep)

Question 1

Describe the categorical variables

Answer 1

Qualitative

Nominal: mutually exclusive and unordered (gender, eye colour)

Ordinal: mutually exclusive and ordered (blood group)