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Basic Statistics

Question 2 • Algebra D E-Learning Fall 2023 and beyond

Is the data set calories burned while running a marathon quantitative or qualitative? If it is quantitative, is it discrete or continuous?

Answer
A
qualitative
B
quantitative, discrete
C
quantitative, continuous
D
neither

Explanation

Calories burned is quantitative because it is measured as a numerical amount. It is continuous because the amount can take fractional values, not just whole-number counts. So the correct choice is “quantitative, continuous.”

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