{"id":1880,"date":"2023-07-19T19:09:07","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T19:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.one.lumenlearning.com\/introstatstest\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=1880"},"modified":"2025-10-05T14:26:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T14:26:41","slug":"module-2-background-youll-need-2","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/content.one.lumenlearning.com\/introstatstest\/chapter\/module-2-background-youll-need-2\/","title":{"raw":"Module 2: Background You'll Need 2","rendered":"Module 2: Background You&#8217;ll Need 2"},"content":{"raw":"<section class=\"textbox learningGoals\">\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Name variables by type<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/section>\r\n<h2>Types of Variables<\/h2>\r\n<p><strong>Categorical <\/strong>or [pb_glossary id=\"5660\"]qualitative data[\/pb_glossary] are the result of categorizing or describing attributes of a population. 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