types of data

Question 1

What is quantative data?

Answer 1

data that can be described in numbers.

Also any variables whos data can be counted up.

Question 2

What is qualitative data?

Answer 2

Data that cant be described in numbers.

Question 3

what are the 4 types of quantative data?

Answer 3

1.Ordinal
2.nominal
3.ratio
4.interval

Question 4

What is ordinal data?

Answer 4

when data exists in categories that do have a natural order, we call it ordinal data.

Question 5

What is nominal data?

Answer 5

when the data doesnt need to have a natural order.

Question 6

what is ratio data?

Answer 6

when we can figure out exactly how much bigger or smaller a value is, compared with another

It involves number values.

Question 7

What is interval data?

Answer 7

if the data matches the criteria of ratio data, but they can have negative values.

ex: temperature, money in bank account.

Question 8

What is continous data?

Answer 8

quantitative data that isnt restricted to a certain number.

ex: weight, and height.

Question 9

what is descrete data?

Answer 9

quantative data that is restricted to certain numbers

ex:shoe size, number of people that…

Question 10

what type of data are ratio and interval?(discrete or ordinal)

Answer 10

they can be both types of data.

Question 11

What type of data is ordinal and nominal data? (discrete or continous).

Answer 11

discrete data.