roup of boys believe that there is a relationship between the act of sending flowers to a girl and texts received as a result. A study was carried out in which a sample of girls were asked whether they received any flowers and how many texts they sent in response. a)What type of variable is the explanatory

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A group of boys believe that there is a relationship between the act of sending flowers to a girl and texts received as a result. A study was carried out in which a sample of girls were asked whether they received any flowers and how many texts they sent in response.

a)What type of variable is the explanatory variable?

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Categorical
 
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What type of variable is “number of texts sent in response?”

Categorical
Quantitative
 
c)What type of visual display should be used to summarize this data?
 
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