The Language of Variation: Variables

AP Statistics· difficulty 2/5

A teacher records the number of correct answers (out of 20) on each student's quiz.

Quiz Scores (out of 20) 15 19

The variable "number correct" is best classified as:

  • A

    Quantitative continuous

  • B

    Categorical ordinal

  • C

    Categorical nominal

  • D

    Quantitative discrete

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Explanation

The number correct can only take whole-number values from 0 to 20 — quantitative and discrete.

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