levels and types of data

Question 1

nominal data

Answer 1

lowest level of data
headcount
the number of participants who are recorded for doing something compared to other participants

Question 2

ordinal data

Answer 2

medium level data
no attempt to analyse in groups, but analysis is made through individuals scores

Question 3

interval data and ratio data

Answer 3

highest level of data
carefully calibrated through the measurement and mathematical differences
can go into the negatives whereas ratio data has a zero point

Question 4

quantitative data

Answer 4

about the quantities of things
numbers, raw score, measurements of things

Question 5

qualitative data

Answer 5

qualities of things
words, meaning, opinion, written answers
come from asking open ended questions which cannot be quantified when analysed

Question 6

primary data

Answer 6

collecting data directly by the original researcher of the study

Question 7

secondary data

Answer 7

data already used in different research, and taken from that research to analyse information which already exists