Question

What type of variables are the following (categorical or numeric, ordinal or nominal, ratio or interval scale, and discrete or continuous: 2. a. Square footage of houses: b. Key on the musical scale: c. Number of Instagram likes: d. Heart beats per minute of an athlete averaged over an hour e. Stage of steak cooking (e.g. rare, medium rare, well-done, etc.) f. Dog breeds g. Year of birth h. Gender

Answer 1

2. a) numeric and continuous variable

b) categorical variable and ordinal

c) numeric discrete variable

d) numeric and continuous variable

e)  categorical variable and nominal

f) numeric discrete variable

g) numeric discrete variable

h) categorical variable and nominal