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A survey of families living in a certain city was conducted to collect information on the...

A survey of families living in a certain city was conducted to collect information on the following variables: age of the oldest person in the family, number of family members, number of males in the family, number of females in the family, whether or not they own a house, income of the family, whether or not the family took vacations during the past one year, whether or not they are happy with their financial situation, and the amount of their monthly mortgage or rent.

1. which of these variables are qualitative variables?

2. which of these variables and quantitative variables?

3. which of these quantitative variables of question 2 are discrete variables?

4. which of these quantitative variables of question 2 are continuous variables

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1. Which of these variables are qualitative variables?

The qualitative variables are given as: whether or not they own a house, whether or not the family took vacations during the past one year, and whether or not they are happy with their financial situation.

2. Which of these variables and quantitative variables?

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The quantitative variables are given as: age of the oldest person in the family, number of family members, number of males in the family, number of females in the family, income of the family, and the amount of their monthly mortgage or rent.

3. Which of these quantitative variables of question 2 are discrete variables?

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The discrete variables in question 2 are given as: number of family members, number of males in the family, and number of females in the family.

4. Which of these quantitative variables of question 2 are continuous variables

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The continuous variables in question 2 are given as: age of the oldest person in the family, income of the family, and the amount of their monthly mortgage or rent.

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