Introductory Statistics Plus Mylab Statistics With Pearson Etext -- Access Card Package (3rd Edition)
Introductory Statistics Plus Mylab Statistics With Pearson Etext -- Access Card Package (3rd Edition)
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Publisher: PEARSON
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The data in Table 1A were collected from one of the authors’ statistics classes. The first row gives the variable, and each of the other rows represents a student in the class.

Chapter 1, Problem 9SE, The data in Table 1A were collected from one of the authors’ statistics classes. The first row gives

TABLE 1A

Coding Explain why the variable Female, in Table 1A, is categorical, even though its values are numbers. Often, it does not make sense, or is not even possible, to add the values of a categorical variable. Does it make sense for Male? If so, what does the sum represent?

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Introductory Statistics Plus Mylab Statistics With Pearson Etext -- Access Card Package (3rd Edition)

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