QUESTION 1 Identify each variable as categorical NominalOrdi

QUESTION 1

Identify each variable as categorical (Nominal/Ordinal) or quantitative (Continuous/Disrete).

a. Number of pets in a family

b. Country of residence

c. Choice of car domestic or import

d. Distance in miles to work

e. Choice of diet (lacto-vegetarian, Pescatarian, Lacto-Ovo vegetarian, Flexitarian, Vegan)

d. Time spent browsing the web per week in minuites

e. Number of people you have known who have AIDS

f. Attitude towards legalization of marijuana (strongly Favor , Favor, neutral, oppose, strongly oppose)

g. Highest degree attained (none, High school, Bachelor’s, master’s, doctorate

QUESTION 2

In a recent Miss America beauty pagent, television viewers could cast their vote on whether to cancel the swimwear parade by phoning a number the network provided. About 1 million viewers called and registered their opinion, of whom 79% said they wanted to see the contestants dressed as bathing beauties. True or false: Since everyone had a chance to call, this was a random sample of all the viewers of this program. Explain.

Solution

This is not a random sample as the telephone network provided is not the population of viewers of this show.

i.e. if viewers are selected at random only this is random sampling.