2

VARIABLES
1
4
0011 0010 1010 1101 0001 0100 1011

By:
Karen Cahigas
Kenneth Vincent Ocana
 VARIABLES
0011 0010 1010 1101 0001 0100 1011

• Any characteristic of an individual.

2
•A variable can take on different values
for different individuals.
1
4
•A characteristic that may assume
more than one set of values to which a
numerical measure can be assigned.
•Characteristics which show variability or
variation.
 EXAMPLES
0011 0010 1010 1101 0001 0100 1011

1
2
4
 Types of Variables
0011 0010 1010 1101 0001 0100 1011

Qualitative Variable

1
2
(Categorical Variable)

Quantitative Variable

4
 Qualitative Variable
0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 (Categorical
0001 0100 1011 Variable)

• Numerical measurement is not possible.

1
2
4
•A numerical measurement expressed not by
means of a natural language description, but
rather in terms of numbers.
 EXAMPLES
0011 0010 1010 1101 0001 0100 1011

1
2
4
 Quantitative Variable
0011 0010 1010 1101 0001 0100 1011

The variable studied can be reported

1
2
numerically.

4
A variable for which resulting observations
can be numerically measured.
 EXAMPLES
0011 0010 1010 1101 0001 0100 1011

1
2
4
 Kinds of Quantitative Variable
0011 0010 1010 1101 0001 0100 1011

1
2
Discrete Variables

4
Continuous Variable
 Discrete Variables
0011 0010 1010 1101 0001 0100 1011

• Can assume only certain values and there are

usually “gaps” between the values.

1
2
Examples.

4
• The number of bedrooms in a house

• The number of students in each section of a statistics course

• Price of books in different shops

• Number of motorbikes manufactured by a company each month

 Continuous variable
0011 0010 1010 1101 0001 0100 1011

• It can assume an infinite number of real values.

1
2
– Examples.

4
• Air pressure in a tire

• Distance

• Age

• Temperature