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Chapter 1: Q.54 (page 53)

For the following exercises, identify the type of data that would be used to describe a response (quantitative discrete, quantitative continuous, or qualitative), and give an example of the data. percent of body fat

Short Answer

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Percentage of body fat is a sort of quantitative continuous data. For instance, body fat percentage is 33.698 percent.

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To determine

The mentioned line also gives an example of such type of data, whether quantitative discrete, quantitative continuous, or qualitative.

02

Explanation

We can watch quantitative continuous data in real time, which means we can observe data in as many decimals as we like. We must use decimals to calculate the precise body fat percentage; it cannot be an integer. As a result, quantitative continuous is the correct answer.

03

Final answer

Because body fat percentage must be measured in decimals, it must be a continuous quantity that cannot be qualitative, the solution is quantitative continuous.

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