In: Statistics and Probability
A search for “car” on a shopping website gave a list of the following items:
Item |
Department |
Unit Price |
Average Reviews |
Hot Wheels 9-Car Gift Pack (Styles May Vary) |
Toy |
$9 |
5 |
Graco Nautilus 3-in-1 Car Seat, Matrix |
Baby |
$140 |
4 |
... |
... |
... |
... |
You can use the following example problem as a model.
What are the “individuals” for this data set?
1-Kids
2-Customers
3-Items for sale on this website
4-Shopping website
Which of the following statements is NOT correct?
1-“Department” is a categorical variable
2-“Department” can be visualized using a bar plot
3-“Price” is a numerical variable
4-“Price” can be visualized using a pie chart
The "individuals" for the data set are:
3-Items for sale on this website
The statement that is NOT correct is:
4- Price can be visualised using a pie chart.
VERIFICATION:
For the first problem,
Items for sale are the individuals. Because an individual is that which exists as a distinct entity. Individuals are the objects described by a set of data. Population is all individuals of interest. Sample is a subset of the population. So cars or the items for sale are the individuals here.
For the second problem,
1. Department is a categorical variable which is true because toy ,baby etc are classifiers.
2. Department can be visualised as a bar plot as it's a categorical data and have frequency for each category.
3. Price is a numerical variable. True because it takes values within intervals.
4. Price can NOT be visualised using pie chart because it's not categorical. It don't have frequencies at each category.