Which of these questions would yield Quantitative Variables, and which would yield Qualitative, and why?

Question

1. Gender?

 

2. Favorite color?

 

3. Political party affiliation?

 

4. Number of hours of sleep/night?

 

5. Favorite holiday?

 

6. Been to Disney World? (Yes/No)

 

7. Number of times to Disney

 

8. Drink coffee? (Yes/No)

 

9. Favorite social media site?

 

10. Number of states visited?

 

11. Been to a Phillies game?

 

12. Been to a Flyers game?

 

13. Been outside of the U.S.? (Yes/No)

 

14. Favorite Philly sports team?

 

15. Have a pet? (Yes/no)

 

16. Number of pets?

 

17. Right-or-Left Handed?

 

18. Eye color?

 

* 19. How organized are you? (1-10) *

 

20. Number of phone contacts?

 

I'm mainly confused on the yes/no questions and the questions that only have 2 answers, they feel like they should be qualitative, and number 19 really perplexes me, it feels like it should be quantitative.

Answer 1

Hi Mike,

 

There are some neat questions here.  Let's see if I can help . . . 

 

1. Gender?  QUALITATIVE, but you could easily make it quantitative by letting 0 = male and 1 = female.

2. Favorite color?  QUAL

3. Political party affiliation?  QUAL

4. Number of hours of sleep/night?  QUANT

5. Favorite holiday?  QUAL

6. Been to Disney World? (Yes/No)  QUAL but could make NO = 0 and YES = 1 so it could be treated as QUANT.  

7. Number of times to Disney  QUANT

8. Drink coffee? (Yes/No)   QUAL but could make it quantitative

9. Favorite social media site?  QUAL

10. Number of states visited?  QUANT

11. Been to a Phillies game?  Yes, but only to see the Cincinnati Reds . . . oops, lost focus   QUAL but could be QUANT

12. Been to a Flyers game?  QUAL but could be QUANT

13. Been outside of the U.S.? (Yes/No)  QUAL but could be QUANT

14. Favorite Philly sports team?  QUAL

15. Have a pet? (Yes/no)  QUAL  could be QUANT

16. Number of pets?  QUANT

17. Right-or-Left Handed?  QUAL but could be QUANT

18. Eye color?  QUAL

* 19. How organized  are you? (1-10) *  The responses would be QUANT.  The idea is to quantify a certain characteristic of a person (or quality a person possesses).

20. Number of phone contacts?   QUANT

 

 

Hope this helps.  :)