CLASSIFICATION OF DATA Flashcards
those having the same quality or are of the same kind are grouped together.
qualitative
data may be classified according to their location.
Geographical
data are grouped according to their quantity.
quantitative
data are classified according to the order of their occurrence / timeline
chronological
ex. Enrolments during school years:
1985-1986
1986-1987
1987-1988
chronological
People may be grouped into ages of:
10-14
15-19
20-24
25-29
quantitative
may be arranged:
alphabetically
biggest ▶️ smallest class (vice versa)
most to least important
qualitative
ex. Schools in secondary level in Province A may be grouped by district as:
District 1
District 2
District 3
geographical
may be arranged:
according to their numerical magnitudes
greatest to smallest (vice versa)
quantitative
listing down data that occurred first and last those that occurred last
chronological