In the Following Table, Gender Is a Categorical Variable

question 24

Essay

In the following table, gender is a categorical variable. Give one possible way the variable could have been coded.

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Definitions:

Hydroxide Ions

Negatively charged ions made of oxygen and hydrogen (OH-), which characterize basic solutions.

pH

A numeric scale used to specify the acidity or basicity of an aqueous solution, ranging from 0 to 14.

Strong Acids

Acids that completely dissociate into their ions in water, significantly increasing the concentration of hydrogen ions in a solution.

Reduced

Reduced typically refers to a chemical reaction in which atoms gain electrons, or in a broader sense, the diminishment in size, amount, or intensity of something.