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1.2 Exercise 21

Avg difficulty 2.5

Use the following information to answer the next four exercises: A study was done to determine the age, number of times per week, and the duration (amount of time) of residents using a local park in San Antonio, Texas. The first house in the neighborhood around the park was selected randomly, and then the resident of every eighth house in the neighborhood around the park was interviewed.

The colors of the houses around the park are what kind of data?

  1. a. qualitative (categorical)
  2. b. quantitative discrete
  3. c. quantitative continuous

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