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Chapter 1: Q 8. (page 8)

Social media You are preparing to study the social media habits of high school students. Describe two categorical variables and two quantitative variables that you might record for each student.

Short Answer

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Categorical variables:

  • Owner of single/multiple pages
  • type of student

Quantitative variables:

  • The number of different social media account owned.
  • Time spent on social media per day.

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Step 1. Given information.

The given statement is:

For the purpose of researching high school students' social media habits For each student, we have to describe two categorical variables and two quantitative variables.

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Step 2. Give examples of two categorical and two quantitative variables.

Variables that can be used to investigate high school students' use of social media include:

Variables in Categorical Categories:

Is she/he a high school, undergraduate, or postgraduate student, and does she/he own a single or several pages?

Quantitative Variables:

The number of time students spends on social media each day and the number of various social media accounts they have.

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