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Numerical and Categorical Data

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Is the marital status of a person categorical data?

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The correct option is A yes
The non-numerical information which can be categorised into different groups comes under categorical data.

As marital status of a person divides the information into a group, i.e., single/married/divorced, thus it is an example of categorical data.

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