Question

Qualitative, Quantitative, Discrete, Continuous.

Required:

(a) List 5 qualitative variables and 5 quantitative variables seen around the home.

(b) List 5 discrete and 5 continuous variables found at home, at work, on TV or any other location.

In each case explain the reason(s) for your answers.  

Answer 1

a) Qualitative variables around the home

1) Vibes in the family -> either good or bad

2) Smell in the house -> good or bad

3) cleaniness of floor in house -> clean or dirty

4) Behaviour of people in house

5) Taste of food

Quantitative variable:

1) Amount of water filled in tank-> in liters.

2) Temperature of room-> in celsius

3) Average height of people in house

4) Number tablets in the first aid kit

5) Fuel in the car-> in liters

b)

Discrete variables:

1) Number of keys in calculator

Reason- It is countably finite.

2) Paper in the printer

Reason- There are countable number of pages inside the printer.

3) Pencils in the pencil box.

Reason- countable number of stationary contained in the box.

4) Number of cars in house garage.

Reason- House garage can hold limited number of cars which we can count.

5) Number mobile phones house members have

Reason- There are limited members in a house and they have countable number of phones.

Continuous variable:

1) Sound from the speaker within 60Hz- 90Hz

Reason- It can vary speaker to speaker within the range provided.

2) Amount of water flowing from the tap

Reason- Water is flowing continuously from the tap i can be measured in numerics but it contains infinite values within the range.

3) Height of people at workplace.

Reason- Height can vary person to person, that is why it is continuous variable.

4) Weight of people at workplace

Reason- Weight can vary person to person, that is why it is continuous variable.

5) Score obtained in the project at workplace

Reason- Score can vary project to project it can also be lie within the interval, so it is continuous variable.