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Chuanliang Jiang
2009 Fall
Example:
Choose a sample
Determine what to measure and how to measure it ?
Nominal Variable
Marriage status, gender, · · ·
Ordinal Variable
The survey of quality rating of product(poor, average, good,
excellent), the preference among three vacation places (most
preferred, second choice, third choice), · · ·
Interval Variable
Temparature, calendar, · · ·
Ratio Variable
Weight, height, age, income, · · ·
4−2
k=8 w= = 0.25
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