Categorical Variable/Examples/Marital Status

Example of Categorical Variable

Let $X$ be a random variable whose values take on various classifications of marital status:

$\set {\text {single}, \text {married}, \text {widowed}, \text {divorced} }$

Then $X$ is classed as a categorical variable.

Sources

• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): categorical variable