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dakota nelson

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List the variables. Indicate whether each variable is categorical or quantitative. If the variable is quantitative, tell the units.
 
  In June 2012 Consumer Reports published an article on some sport-utility vehicles they had tested recently. They reported some basic information about each of the vehicles and the results of some tests conducted by their staff. Among other things, the article told the brand of each vehicle, its price, and whether it had a standard or automatic transmission. They reported the vehicle's fuel economy, its acceleration (number of seconds to go from zero to 60 mph), and its braking distance to stop from 60 mph. The article also rated each vehicle's reliability as much better than average, better than average, average, worse, or much worse than average.

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Describe the W's, if the information is given:
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Answer to Question 1

Categorical: species, geographic location, how new ant colonies begin, and nest design.
Quantitative: nest depth (feet), number of chambers (units), and colony size (units).

Answer to Question 2

 Who: Colonies of ants. Many species of ants, but no indication of exactly how many.
 What: scientific name, geographic location, average nest depth, average number of chambers, average colony size, how new ant colonies begin, the ant-nest design, and how nests differ in architecture.
 When: November 2003
 Where: not specified
 How: The results of some discoveries found by myrmecologist Walter Tschinkel of the University of Florida
 Why: Information of interest to readers of the magazine




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