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Classifying Data, SM-Bank 016 MC

The following question was asked in a survey.

'What month were you born?'

How would the responses be classified?

  1. Categorical, ordinal
  2. Categorical, nominal
  3. Numerical, discrete
  4. Numerical, continuous
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\(A\)

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\(\text{Months are names and so categorical data and}\)

\(\text{they are ordered}\)

\(\longrightarrow\ \text{Categorical, ordinal.}\) 

\(\Rightarrow A\)