Types of data

Question 1

Types of data?

Answer 1

1. Categorical
2. Numeric

Question 2

Types of categorical data?

Answer 2

1. Nominal
2. Ordinal

Question 3

Types of numeric data?

Answer 3

1. Continuous
2. Discrete

Question 4

Sub-type of nominal data?

Answer 4

Binary

Question 5

Nominal data?

Answer 5

Nominal data is data that can be labelled or classified into mutually exclusive categories within a variable.

Question 6

What is the criteria of nominal data?

Answer 6

1. Mutual Exclusive Categories
2. No order to the categories

Question 7

Binary data?

Answer 7

a statistical data type consisting of categorical data that can take exactly two possible values, such as “A” and “B”, or “heads” and “tails”. It is also called dichotomous data

Question 8

Ordinal data?

Answer 8

Ordinal data is a type of qualitative (non-numeric) data that groups variables into descriptive categories. A distinguishing feature of ordinal data is that the categories it uses are ordered on some kind of hierarchical scale, e.g. high to low

Question 9

What are the features of ordinal data?

Answer 9

1. Mutually exclusive categories
2. Logical Ordering to the catergories

Question 10

Numeric data?

Answer 10

Numerical data refers to the data that is in the form of numbers, and not in any language or descriptive form.

Question 11

Continuous data?

Answer 11

Continuous data is data that can take any value within in a measuring range.

Question 12

What is precision and range dependent on?

Answer 12

1. Range
2. Precision of the measuring device

Question 13

Discrete data?

Answer 13

Discrete data is a type of quantitative data that includes nondivisible figures and statistics you can count.

Question 14

Levels of measurement for categorical?

Answer 14

Nominal: Name only

Ordinal: Name + Ordered

Question 15

Levels of measurement for numeric?

Answer 15

Interval: named+ordered+equal distance between intervals

Ratio: named+ordered+equal distance between intervals + True Zero