Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis
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Author: PECK
Publisher: Cengage
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Chapter 1.4, Problem 13E
Classify each of the following variables as either categorical or numerical. For those that are numerical, determine whether they are discrete or continuous.
- a. Brand of computer purchased by a customer
- b. State of birth for someone born in the United States
- c. Price of a textbook
- d. Concentration of a contaminant (micrograms per cubic centimeter) in a water sample
- e. Zip code (Think carefully about this one.)
- f. Actual weight of coffee in a 1-pound can, labeled as containing 1 pound
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