Unit 6 Topic 9

Question 1

What is qualitative data?

Answer 1

Information that is presented in word form and is often up for interpretation and debate.

Question 2

What can qualitative data help with?

Answer 2

-Can help with government policies and decisions
-Surveys and outlets to see how propels feel or what people in a neighborhood want.

Question 3

What is quantitative data?

Answer 3

Information that can be counted and presented in number form

Question 4

What can quantitative data be used for?

Answer 4

-The government can create policies based on the demographic of a city
-The government can analyze where danger is or where hospitals need to be built
-The government can learn how to use the police better by tracking crime patterns.
-Health data can be used to track down the spread of a disease.