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A golf course has 18 holes. A guidebook provided to golfers includes useful information about each hole. The individuals in this data set are shown below.

A 4-column table with 6 rows. Column 1 is labeled hole number with entries 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Column 2 is labeled yards with entries 312, 530, 147, 350, 410, 185. Column 3 is labeled bunkers with entries 2, 5, 1, 0, 2, 1. Column 4 is labeled difficulty level with entries moderate, moderate, easy, moderate, hard, moderate.

Which of the variables in the data set is a categorical variable?

hole number
yards
bunker
difficulty level

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Answer :

The categorical data in the table is the number of holes (option 1).

What is a categorical data?

Categorical variables are variables that can only take on a fixed or a limited number of values. Categorical variables are examples of qualitative data.

Categorical variables can be binary. This mean that they can either have two values. An example of categorical variable is yes or no. Binary variables can also be called  dichotomous variable. A categorical variable is polytomous if can have more than two values.

In this question, the maximum hole number possible is 18 holes. The number of holes cannot exceed this number. Thus, the hole number is limited or fixed. Thus, hole number is a categorical data.

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