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    There are two main types of variables: categorical and continuous. Categorical variables can be nominal, which simply categorize without order, or ordinal, which have ordered categories. Continuous variables can be interval, which are numerical but have no true zero point, or ratio, which do have a true zero point.

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    There are two main types of variables: categorical and continuous. Categorical variables can be nominal, which simply categorize without order, or ordinal, which have ordered categories. Continuous variables can be interval, which are numerical but have no true zero point, or ratio, which do have a true zero point.

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    There are two main types of variables: categorical and continuous. Categorical variables can be nominal, which simply categorize without order, or ordinal, which have ordered categories. Continuous variables can be interval, which are numerical but have no true zero point, or ratio, which do have a true zero point.

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    Variables

    Categorical Continuous
    qualitative or discrete numerical properties
    variables

    Nominal Interval Ratio

    Ordinal
    Categorical
    A. Nominal variables simply names or
    categorizes responses

    • hair color
    • marital status
    • religion
    • political party
    Categorical
    B. Ordinal variables have two or more
    categories and can be ordered or
    ranked.

    • To what extent do you agree pr disagree with the


    statement?
    1 strongly agree
    2 agree
    3 neither agree nor disagree
    4 disagree
    5 strongly disagree
    Continuous
    A. Interval variables have a numerical value
    and can be measured along a continuum.

    • temperature (degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit)


    Continuous
    B. Ratio variables are interval variables
    that meet an additional condition: a
    measurement value of 0 must mean that
    there is none of that variable.

    • height
    • weight
    • volume
    • temperature (Kelvin)

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