Chapter 2, Problem 24E

To determine

To Explain: the data that W’s, name of the variables, categorical or quantitative variable and the unit used.

Explanation of Solution

What: the number of yard each was able to walk before going out of bounds, height, sex and whether each wandered off course to the right of left.

Who: People in the experiment

Cases: 32 people

When: winter 2004

Where: football field

Why: to see whether the person naturally walk in circles in the absence of visual clues

How: testing of 32 people on a football field

Variables: Handedness, Sex, Height, the number of yard each was able to walk before going out of bounds and whether each wandered off course to the right or the left

Unit: the number of yard each was able to walk before going out of bounds: yards

Type: Sex, handedness and whether each wandered off course to the right or left are Categorical. Height and the number of yards each was able to walk before going out of bounds are Quantitative.