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Chapter 1: Q.55 (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. favorite baseball team.

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A qualitative type of data is 'favourite baseball team.'

Example : Favourite baseball team is japan.

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01

To determine

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

02

Explanation

We cannot observe qualitative data on a real line, but we can observe data in a list, thus there is no mathematical calculation. We don't need decimals to find our favourite baseball team, and it should be a name. As a result, the correct response is qualitative.

03

Conclusion

Favourite baseball team must be collected into a list, thus it can't be a number or quantitative, so the answer must be qualitative.

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