An office supply catalog gives a description of bookshelves that includes the following variables. Which of these variables is c
ategorical?The width of a bookshelf in inches The width of a bookshelf in feet The weight of a bookshelf The color of the bookshelf The height of a bookshelf in inches
Categorical variables can assume values from a range of possible options, whereas quantitative variables can assume possibly infinitely many values from a certain number range.
So, the answer is "the colour of the bookshelf", because there can only be a limited number of possible colours for the bookshelf, whereas its width (no matter the unit measure) and height could be any number.
There are many different kinds of quadrilaterals, but all have several things in common: all of them have four sides, are coplanar, have two diagonals, and the sum of their four interior angles equals 360 degrees. This is how they are alike, but what makes them different?