1.2 qualitative/quantitative data

Question 1

qualitative data

Answer 1

classify individuals into categories (i.e. gender, color of a car)

Question 2

quantitative data

Answer 2

tell how much or how many of something there is (i.e. age, mileage of a car, ticket sales, release year, running time of movies)

Question 3

what two ways can qualitative data be divided?

Answer 3

Ordinal and nominal

Question 4

ordinal variables

Answer 4

have a natural ordering (i.e. small, medium, large drink,, letter grade in a class like A,B,C,D,F, movie title)

Question 5

nominal variables

Answer 5

do not have a natural ordering (i.e. state of residence, gender, genre of movies)

Question 6

what two ways can quantitative data be divided?

Answer 6

discrete and continuous

Question 7

discrete variables

Answer 7

possible values can be listed (i.e. number of siblings someones has, age) cant change immediately unlike continuous

Question 8

continuous variables

Answer 8

can take on any value in some interval (i.e. height, distance a person commutes to work)