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Is the gender of the next baby born at a particular hospital categorical or numerical?
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Is gender a categorical variable?
yes a gender is a categorical variable
What is the difference between a categorical and a numerical variable?
Categorical data (or variable) consists of names representing categories. For example, the gender (categories of male & female) of the people where you work or go to school; or the make of cars in the parking lot (categories of Ford, GM, Toyota, Mazda, KIA, etc) is categorical data. Numerical data (or variable) consists of numbers that represent counts or measurements. For example, the number of males & females where you work or go to school; or the number of the make of cars Ford, GM, Toyota, Mazda, KIA, etc is numerical data.
Is Gender nominal or ordinal?
Gender is nominal. Nominal is categorical only; no ordering scheme. Ordinal level of measurement places some order on the data, but the differences between the data can't be determined or are meaningless.
What is the probability of the next four births at a hospital being all girls?
Assuming that the births at the hospital are equally likely to be of either gender then the answer is (1/2)4 = 1/16
What does a dummy variable mean?
It is a variable which usually the values 0 and 1 depending on the presence and absence of a particular factor in a set of trails. Similarly, the gender of a person could be coded as 0 (= Male) and 1 (= Female) - or the other way around. The actual coding does not matter but it allows for comparisons between the two sub-sets of the population.
Is gender a categorical variable?
yes a gender is a categorical variable
What is the difference between a categorical and a numerical variable?
Categorical data (or variable) consists of names representing categories. For example, the gender (categories of male & female) of the people where you work or go to school; or the make of cars in the parking lot (categories of Ford, GM, Toyota, Mazda, KIA, etc) is categorical data. Numerical data (or variable) consists of numbers that represent counts or measurements. For example, the number of males & females where you work or go to school; or the number of the make of cars Ford, GM, Toyota, Mazda, KIA, etc is numerical data.
What is catigorical data?
Categorical data is a type of data that represents categories or groups. It is qualitative data that includes labels or names that have no specific order or numerical value. Examples include gender, color, and type of fruit.
What type of variable is gender?
Nominal (categorical), and Dependent (it is measured and accounted for, but a researcher cannot manipulate gender).
Is gender a numerical variable?
No, it is not.
Is Gender nominal or ordinal?
Gender is nominal. Nominal is categorical only; no ordering scheme. Ordinal level of measurement places some order on the data, but the differences between the data can't be determined or are meaningless.
Prejudice against a particular gender?
sexism
How can i get a gender predictor?
There is no such thing as a gender predictor you will need to wait until the hospital discloses the information to you on her next scan, this will be the point in which you can determine the babies gender.
What do you call prejudice against a particular gender or sex?
Sexism?
What is a qualitative variable in statistics?
A variable that is not numerical but descriptive or categoric. Answers to what colour is your car, what is your favourite fruit/ band/ movie, your gender: male/female,
What word has a suffix ism prejudice against a particular gender or sex?
chauvinism
What is the feminine of belle?
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female. The noun 'belle' is a gender specific noun for a beautiful girl or woman, especially the most beautiful at a particular event or in a particular group. There is no equivalent gender specific noun for a male of this description.
