15 The following information is collected from students upon
1.5 The following information is collected from students upon exiting the campus bookstore during the first week of classes.
a. Amount of time spent shopping in the bookstore
b. Number of textbooks purchased
c. Academic major
d. Gender
Classify each of these variables as categorical or numerical.
If the variable is numerical, determine whether the variable is discrete or continuous.
Solution
a) amount of time spent shopping in the book store is a numerical variable that too a continuous variable
b) number of testbook purchased is a numerical variable that too a discrete variabe
c) academic subject is a categorical variable
d) gender is also a categorical variable
