Identify cases, variables and any units.
-A popular travel magazine regularly reviews hotels worldwide. In a recent issue, it
Focused on hotels in Hawaii. Among the variables for which it provided data was
Whether or not the hotel included a spa. This is a
A) quantitative variable.
B) identifier variable.
C) ordinal variable.
D) categorical variable.
E) transactional variable.

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The variable "whether or not the hotel included a spa" is a categorical variable because it classifies hotels into categories (with spa or without spa) without implying any order or numerical value.

Identify Cases, Variables and Any Units