D Question 7 1 pts Enteroliths are calcifications that form in the gut of horses

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D Question 7 1 pts Enteroliths are calcifications that form in the gut of horses. The stones can cause considerable morbidity and mortality. A study was conducted to investigate factors such as diet and environment that may be related to the formation of enteroliths. Housing is a variable that is coded 1 for horses that live in a stall, 2 for horses that have access to a small paddock, 3 for horses that have a large paddock, 4 for horses that live in pasture, and 5 for other. Housing is a: O categorical variable. O quantitative variable. O numerical category. None of the answer options is correct

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This is clearly a categorical variable, where the categories for the housing variable are:

Note that thouse we are having numerical notations for the categories, it does not mean that it is a numerical variable because here the number just denotes the notations for the different categories.

Therefore a) categorical variable is the correct answer here.

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