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Should Marijuana Be Made Legal – Categorical Variable- Nominal
1. A frequency distribution. According to Wagner (2020), a categorical frequency is a table you use to organize nominal or ordinal-level data that can be placed in a particular category (2020, pp.53).
2. An appropriate measure of variation. According to Wagner (2020), the measure of variation tells how far the values in the data points are apart. Such as, the lowest points of data are subtracted from the highest point of data and are described in percentages, ranges, and quartiles. For example, the measure of variation in the chart below is .497, the standard deviation.
3. How variable are the data? According to Wagner (2020), data is organized by variables, also called data items. And data is the set of values. Such as described below, how the simple graph bar chart shows the results on marijuana should be made legal.
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