Question

1 You record the age, marital status, and earned income of a sample of 1463 women. The number and type of variables you have recorded are

a. 3 quantitative, 0 categorical.

b. 4 quantitative, 0 categorical.

c. 3 quantitative, 1 categorical.

d. 2 quantitative, 1 categorical.

e. 1 quantitative, 2 categorical.

Short answer

The correct option (d)

d. 2 quantitative, 1 categorical.

Step-by-step solution

Step 1. Given information

The number and type of variables you have recorded are

a. 3 quantitative, 0 categorical.

b. 4 quantitative, 0 categorical.

c. 3 quantitative, 1 categorical.

d. 2 quantitative, 1 categorical.

e. 1 quantitative, 2 categorical.

Step 2. The best option.

The topics investigated are the variables.

Age, marital status, and earned income are variables.

Categorical/qualitative variables categorise individuals, whereas quantitative variables are numerical variables.

Age is a quantitative variable because it has numerical values (such as 24 years).

Because the categories are Single, Married, Divorced, Widowed, and so on, marital status is a categorical variable.

Earned income is a quantitative variable because it has numerical values (such as 3000 dollars).

We then notice that there are two quantitative variables (age and earned income) as well as one categorical variable (earned income).

As a result:

d. 2 quantitative, 1 categorical.