Question

An animal shelter created a dataset for all of the puppies in the shelter. The variables they recorded were tag number, breed, weight (in lbs), age (in years), size (as small, medium, or large), and cuteness (on a scale of 1 to 5). Identify the type of each variable recorded.

Answer 1

Quantitative, categorical, continuous, quantitative, categorical, quantitative

Explanation:

Tag number will be quantitative, as it is giving the dog a particular number.

Breed will be categorical, as it dividing the dogs in different categories.

Weight (in lbs) will be continous as weight can have infinite values.

Age will be quantitative, as age is a numeric value.

Size will be categorical, as its dividing the dogs in different categories of small, medium or large dog

Cuteness will be a quantitative value, as you are rating them from 1 to 5.