McGuire Is Classifying and Arranging Data from His Recent Park

question 42

Multiple Choice

McGuire is classifying and arranging data from his recent park observations. He has grouped participants into three classifications: parents, children, and youth. McGuire is grouping the participants based on a(n) :

• A) interval variable.
• B) continuous variable.
• C) ordinal variable.
• D) categorical variable.

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Definitions:

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