In order to study the effects of student-faculty ratio on achievement, a researcher decides to investigate a number of different educational institutions (i.e., colleges and universities).If the researcher categorizes the institutions as either public or private, what type of variable is “institution”?Group of answer choicesQualitative discreteQualitative continuousDiscrete quantitativeQuantitative continuous

In order to study the effects of student-faculty ratio on achievement, a researcher decides to investigate a number of different educational institutions (i.e., colleges and universities).If the researcher categorizes the institutions as either public or private, what type of variable is “institution”?

Consider the following statements about a particular traditional class of statistics students at State U related to discrete and continuous variables. Which of the following is a true statement? Check all that apply.Group of answer choicesThe room number of the class is a continuous variable variable.The average weight of the students is a discrete variable.The average age of the students in the class is a continuous variable.A student's GPA is a continuous variable.The number of students in the class is a discrete variable.

The Department of Statistics at University of Kentucky surveyed 1111 students asking them the following question: “What is your major?” This is an example of:Group of answer choicesQuantitative Discrete VariableNumerical VariableQuantitative Continuous VariableQualitative Variable

A researcher records the number of hours spent studying each week by a group of students. What type of variable is this?Group of answer choicesDiscreteOrdinalCategoricalContinuous

"The educational level of a person can be categorized as: 1. Elementary school education 2. High school graduate 3. College graduate 4. Graduate degree. To what type of variables does educational level belong?"a.Ratiob.Intervalc.Ordinald.Nominal