Classify each of the following attributes as either categorical or numerical. For those that are numerical, determine whether they are discrete or continuous.

(a) Number of students in a class of 35 who turn in a term paper before the due date.

a. categorical

b. numerical (discrete)

c. numerical (continuous)

(b) Gender of the next baby born at a particular hospital.

a. categorical

b. numerical (discrete)

c. numerical (continuous)

(c) Amount of fluid (in ounces) dispensed by a machine used to fill bottles with soda pop.

a. categorical

b. numerical (discrete)

c. numerical (continuous)

(d) Thickness of the gelatin coating of a vitamin E capsule.

a. categorical

b. numerical (discrete)

c. numerical (continuous)

(e) Birth order classification (only child, firstborn, middle child, lastborn) of a math major.

a. categorical

b. numerical (discrete)

c. numerical (continuous)