Question 1.115

1.115 Beer variables.

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Refer to Exercises 1.56 through 1.58 (page 36). The data set BEER contains values for five variables: (1) brand; (2) brewery; (3) percent alcohol; (4) calories per 12 ounces; and (5) carbohydrates in grams.

  1. Identify each of these variables as categorical or quantitative.
  2. Is there a label variable in the data set? If yes, identify it.
  3. What are the cases? How many are there?

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(a) Brand—categorical, brewery—categorical, percent alcohol—quantitative, calories per 12 ounces—quantitative, carbohydrates in grams— quantitative. (b) Brand is the label. (c) A case is a domestic brand of beer; there are 175 cases.