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Variables: By: Karen Cahigas Kenneth Vincent Ocana

1. A variable is any characteristic of an individual that can take on different values. It is a characteristic that may assume more than one set of values to which a numerical measure can be assigned. 2. Variables can be qualitative (categorical) or quantitative. Qualitative variables cannot be numerically measured, while quantitative variables can be reported numerically. 3. Quantitative variables can be discrete, which can only assume certain values with gaps between them, or continuous, which can assume an infinite number of real values.

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Variables: By: Karen Cahigas Kenneth Vincent Ocana

1. A variable is any characteristic of an individual that can take on different values. It is a characteristic that may assume more than one set of values to which a numerical measure can be assigned. 2. Variables can be qualitative (categorical) or quantitative. Qualitative variables cannot be numerically measured, while quantitative variables can be reported numerically. 3. Quantitative variables can be discrete, which can only assume certain values with gaps between them, or continuous, which can assume an infinite number of real values.

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VARIABLES
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By:
Karen Cahigas
Kenneth Vincent Ocana
VARIABLES
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• Any characteristic of an individual.

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•A variable can take on different values
for different individuals.
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•A characteristic that may assume
more than one set of values to which a
numerical measure can be assigned.
•Characteristics which show variability or
variation.
EXAMPLES
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Types of Variables
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Qualitative Variable

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(Categorical Variable)

Quantitative Variable

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Qualitative Variable
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• Numerical measurement is not possible.

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•A numerical measurement expressed not by
means of a natural language description, but
rather in terms of numbers.
EXAMPLES
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Quantitative Variable
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The variable studied can be reported

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numerically.

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A variable for which resulting observations
can be numerically measured.
EXAMPLES
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Kinds of Quantitative Variable
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Discrete Variables

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Continuous Variable
Discrete Variables
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• Can assume only certain values and there are


usually “gaps” between the values.

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Examples.

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• The number of bedrooms in a house

• The number of students in each section of a statistics course

• Price of books in different shops

• Number of motorbikes manufactured by a company each month


Continuous variable
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• It can assume an infinite number of real values.

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• Air pressure in a tire

• Distance

• Age

• Temperature

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