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Classifying Data, SM-Bank 004 MC

The variables age (under 55 years, 55 years and over) and preferred travel destination (domestic, international) are

  1. both categorical variables.
  2. both numerical variables.
  3. a numerical variable and a categorical variable respectively.
  4. a categorical variable and a numerical variable respectively.
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\(A\)

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\(\text{Age is a categorical ordinal variable}\)

\(\text{because it is categorical data that can}\)

\(\text{have an order.}\)

\(\text{Preferred travel destination is a categorical}\)

\(\text{nominal value because the data has a name.}\)
 

\(\Rightarrow A\)