Question

(1 point) Which of the following show examples of collecting categorical data? CHECK ALL THAT APPLY. A. Counting the number of students in STAT 200 with black hair, brown hair, blonde hair, and other hair colours. B. A doctor designates newborns as having low birth weight if they weigh less than 2500g (5.5 pounds), and as not having low birth weight otherwise. C. MacroSoft wants to measure thee number of computers owned by households in Vancouver, BC, in order to sell more software. D. The professor is interested in the nationality of the students taking STAT 200. A WeBWorK question was made to ask the students which country they are from. E. None of the above

Answer 1

A.

This is a categorical variable with categories -

Black hair, brown hair, blonde hair, other hair colors

B.

This is a categorical variable with categories -

Weight less than 5.5 pounds and weight more than 5.5 pounds

C.

This is a numerical variable

D.

This is also a categorical variable

With countries being the categories.