Social security number is an example of a.a numerical variable. b.a categorical variable. c.either a numerical or a categorical

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Social security number is an example of a.a numerical variable. b.a categorical variable. c.either a numerical or a categorical

variable. d.a semi-structured variable.

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satela [25.4K] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-07T09:48:20+03:00

Answer: b.a categorical variable.

Explanation:

In numerical variables, such as rainfall measured in inches or the number of sales in a day, the numbers have a numerical meaning. But a categorical variable is a category such as gender and national origin. It can be represented as a number, like the Social security number, but the numbers won´t have a numerical value. If your SSN is bigger than mine, it doesn´t mean that you are greater or at a different level on a scale, because the numbers are used as categories, not as mathematically meaningful.