Types Of Data Flashcards
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Categorial Data
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Data that fits into a small number of discrete categories Either nomial (non ordered) or ordered (ordinal)
2
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Data
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Observations gathered from an experiment ex survey or study
3
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Interval data
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Data with a meaningful difference btwn two values but an arbitrary 0
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Nominal Data
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A data set can be said to be nominal if the observations belonging to it can be assigned a code
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Ordinal data
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Any data that can be ranked or rated
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Qualitative
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Data identified by something else other than numbers
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Quantitative
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Data being numerically defined
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Ratio data
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Meaningful difference btwn two values and has a meaningful zero
9
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Univariate data
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Data with a single variable
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Bivariate data
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Data involving two random variables, often on a scatter plot