Elementary Statistics 2nd Edition Navidi Test Bank

Qualitative variable:

A Qualitative variable represents the non-numeric terms.

For example, Honesty is a qualitative variable because it is not numeric in value and cannot be measurable. Some more examples for the qualitative variable are given below.

Examples: Gender, marital status, hair colour and religion.

Quantitative variable:

Quantitative variables represents the numeric terms.

For example, Student IQ is a quantitative variable because it is a numeric representation of an individual’s intelligence. Some more examples for the qualitative variable are given below.

Examples: Weight of certain group of persons, annual income of employee in a company.