Classwork 8

Taxonomy of Data

Author

Byeong-Hak Choe

Published

October 7, 2026

NoteNote

Please complete the question in this Classwork, and submit your response in the corresponding Brightspace page.


Consider the following data.frame, netflix_data, displayed below:

Description of Variables in netflix_data:

  1. UserID: Identifier for each user
  2. Age: Age of the user in years
  3. Gender: Gender of the user
  4. SubscriptionPlan: Type of Netflix subscription
  5. FavoriteGenre: User’s favorite genre
  6. HoursWatched: Average hours watched per week
  7. LastLoginTime: Time of last login in hours since midnight
  8. AccountMonths: Age of the account in months
  9. Satisfaction: User satisfaction rating (1 to 5 stars)
  10. nDevices: Number of devices connected
  11. LastMovieRating: Rating of the last watched movie (1.0 to 10.0)
  12. nProfiles: Number of profiles on the account
  13. Language: User’s preferred language

Question 1

What type of variable is FavoriteGenre in the dataset?

  1. Nominal
  2. Ordinal
  3. Interval
  4. Ratio

Question 2

What type of variable is SubscriptionPlan in the dataset?

  1. Nominal
  2. Ordinal
  3. Interval
  4. Ratio

Question 3

What type of variable is LastLoginTime in the dataset?

  1. Nominal
  2. Ordinal
  3. Interval
  4. Ratio

Question 4

What type of variable is Satisfaction in the dataset?

  1. Nominal
  2. Ordinal
  3. Interval
  4. Ratio


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