Question

The State Education Department requires local school districts to keep these records on all students: age, race or ethnicity, days absent, current grade level, standardized test scores in reading and mathematics, and any disabilities or special educational needs the student may have.

Which of the following are categorical (or qualitative) variables in these records?
Current Grade Level
Mathematics Test Score
Disabilities or Special Needs
Reading Test Score
Days Absent
Age
Race or Ethnicity

Answer 1

Answer:

Disabilities or Special Needs, Race or Ethnicity

Step-by-step explanation:

these are categories, while the rest are numbers

Answer 2

According to the given data, the categorical (or qualitative) variables are Disabilities or Special Needs, Race or Ethnicity.

What is categorical (qualitative) variables?

A qualitative variable is a categorical variable which is not numerical, it is based on quality that describes the characteristic of an individual.

What is Disability or Special Need?

"In clinical diagnostic and functional development, special needs refers to individuals who require assistance for disabilities that may be medical, mental, or psychological."

What is Race?

"The belief that some races of people are better than others; unfair ways of treating people of different races"

What is Ethnicity?

"An ethnic group or an ethnicity is a grouping of people who identify with each other on the basis of shared attributes that distinguish them from other groups."

As we know each discussed variable Disability or Special Needs, Race, and Ethnicity describes the characteristics of an individual. Hence, Disabilities or Special Needs, Race or Ethnicity are the qualitative variables.

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