Question 1.9

1.9 Survey of customers.

A survey of customers of a restaurant near your campus wanted opinions regarding the following variables: (a) quality of the restaurant; (b) portion size; (c) overall satisfaction with the restaurant; (d) respondent’s age; (e) whether the respondent is a college student; (f) whether the respondent ate there at least once a week. Responses for items (a), (b), and (c) are given a scale of 1 (very dissatisfied) to 5 (very satisfied). Classify each of these variables as categorical or quantitative, and give reasons for your answers.

1.9

(a) Quantitative. (b) Quantitative. (c) Quantitative. (d) Quantitative. (e) Categorical. (f) Categorical. For all quantitative variables, numerical summaries would be meaningful; for categorical variables, numerical summaries are not meaningful.