1.2 Variables

Question 1

What is the difference between Quantitative and Categorical data?

Answer 1

Quantitative data can only have numerical responses that would make sense to average or arrange in a certain order. Categorical data can be numbers as well, but only if the numbers act more like a label.

Question 2

How can you tell who/what the individuals of a study are?

Answer 2

Who/what did they record data about? If you were to make a small table, what would each row be? Those are the individuals

Question 3

What makes something a statistics problem?

Answer 3

Does it involve gathering or analyzing data instead of just reporting a fact or answer.

Question 4

What is the difference between these vocab words: variables and values?

Answer 4

A variable is any characteristic observed (height, grade, gender, etc…). Values are any possible “answer” a variable could have (68 in., soph., male, etc…)