Theory of attributes
Chapter 3 … Attributes Introduction: Literally an attribute means a quality. Theory of attributes deals with qualitative characteristics which are not measurable. An attribute may be marked by its presence or absence in a member of given population. There are two types of characteristics . i) Quantitative (Variable) characteristics and ii) Qualitative (Attribute) characteristics Quantitative characteristics This is a measurable characteristic. For ex: in a class of 100 students the characteristic under study be the height of a student. We can measure the height of each student. Similarly the characteristic such as age, weight and wages are measurable. Qualitative characteristics Qualitative characteristics are non-measurable characteristics and called as attributes. An attribute means a quality or characteristic which cannot be measured but which is known to be present or absent in an atom for example: for the s...