A biologist measures the mass of each newborn puppy in a litter, rounding to the nearest gram. She wants to classify this variable.
The mass of a puppy is best classified as which type of variable?
- A
Categorical ordinal
- Bcheck_circle
Quantitative continuous
- C
Categorical nominal
- D
Quantitative discrete
Explanation
Mass can take any value in an interval, making it continuous. Rounding for recording does not change the underlying continuous nature.