dumb question (statistics)

[gopunk]

i know this is probably really easy, but i'm just sitting here arguing myself back and forth...

is the age of someone a qualitative or quantitative statistic?

 

[NewCompGeek]

quantitative statistic

most likely that

 

[BlueApple]

I vote quantitative.

 

[gopunk]

ok cool, thanks guys.

 

[Jfur]

it is quantitative because you can give it a hard number

 

[Logix]

Yep, a specific age of a person would be quantitative, because it's a numerical quantity.

If you said someone looks "old", "over twenty", or "about 55", for example, I'd call that qualitative, because you're basically describing qualities of the person.

 

[gopunk]

k, thanks. yea i guess now that i think about it, that should have been more obvious. i guess i was just not thinking correctly because i was thinking maybe age was a "quality" or something, but it makes sense, since you're counting the years an individual has.

 

[jeremyja]

I think it also can work with your weight too Ummm how much weight did my wife gain after all of the food that she gained last night...? that is the question...