L1 - Introduction to Statistics

Question 1

What are the 2 types of data?

Answer 1

Categorical and Continuous

Question 2

What is categorical data?
Give examples

Answer 2

Discrete groups e.g., sex, species, treatment (1=treated 2=not treated), birth order, diagnostic label

Question 3

What kind of data is categorical data?

Answer 3

Qualitative

Question 4

What is continuous data?
Give examples

Answer 4

Numbers that can take any value
e.g., body weight, height, reaction time, IQ, calorie intake

Question 5

What type of data is continuous data?

Answer 5

Quantitative

Question 6

What are the 2 sub-sections of categorical data

Answer 6

Nominal
Ordinal

Question 7

What are the 2 sub-sections of continuous data?

Answer 7

Interval
Ratio

Question 8

What is nominal data?
Give examples

Answer 8

Dara that’s used to label variables WITHOUT providing any quantitative value.
e.g., sex, ethnicity, eye colour

Question 9

What is ordinal data?
Give examples

Answer 9

Data that can be ranked or ordered
e.g., position in a race/ career

Question 10

What is interval data?
Give examples

Answer 10

Data that is measured along a scale, where each point is placed at equal distance from each other.
e.g., temperature, calendar year

Question 11

What is ratio data?
Give examples

Answer 11

Same as interval data but there’s an “absolute zero” which is treated as the starting point.
e.g., mass, length, time