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- Any characteristic which varies or changes when moving
from individual to individual or object to object in a population.
- (Qualitative) Variable A variable whose values cannot
be interpreted as numbers.
- (Quantitative) Variable Measurements or counts,
values which have meanings as numbers.
- set A collection of observations on one or more
variables.
Jan Lethen
Wed Nov 13 16:20:46 CST 1996