Categorize each as either Quatitative or Categorical and inc

Categorize each as either Quatitative or Categorical and include if it is Nominal or ordinal, or discrete or continuous:

Lake name, pH, Chlorophyll (mg/l), Avg. mercury in fish (parts per million), Number of fish sampled, Age of data.

What individuals does this data set describe? How many variables does the data set contain?

Solution

LAKE NAME = CATEGORIAL AS NO QUANTITY IS THERE, ALSO IT IS NOMINAL BECAUSE ITS JUST CONTAIN NAME,

PH = QUANTITATIVE AS IT CANTAINS DIFFERENT VALUES, ITS CONTINUOUS AS THE DATA IS TAKING ANY VALUE BETWEEN CERTAIN POINTS

CHLOROPHYLL = CATEGORIAL AS IT REPRESENT THE CATEGORY OF PLANTS AND ITS NOMINAL BECAUSE ITS NAME HAS MEANING WHICH REPRESENT FOOD MAKING.

AVG MERCURY IN FISH = QUANTITATIVE , JUST INVOLES NUMBERS AND IT WILL DICREATE AS IT CAN TAKE ANY VALUES.

NO: OF FISH SAMPLES = QUANTITAIVE BECAUSE IT REPRESENT JUST NUMBERS AND IT IS CONTINUOUS.

AGE OF DATA = QUANTITAIVE AS IT JUST REPRESENT THE NYMBER AND IT IS ALSO A CONTINUOUS AS IT CAN TAKE DEFINITE AGE ONLY.

THERE ARE TOTAL 6 VARIABLES GIVEN IN THE DATA SET.

Categorize each as either Quatitative or Categorical and include if it is Nominal or ordinal, or discrete or continuous: Lake name, pH, Chlorophyll (mg/l), Avg.

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