Definition:Variable/Descriptive Statistics/Qualitative Variable
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Definition
A qualitative variable is a variable such that:
- The variable is not a quantitative variable
- The variable describes each individual as either having, or not having, some specific property.
Sources
- 2011: Charles Henry Brase and Corrinne Pellillo Brase: Understandable Statistics (10th ed.): $\S 1.1$