Notes 2.1: Types of Data



Learning Target Types of DataData: Information that collected to be examined and used to help make decisions.Categorical (Qualitative) Data: Data that can be put in groups (or categories). Categorical Binary: Data that can be put into two groups (or categories)Quantitative Data: Data that uses numbers and measures amounts. Math operations make sense with this kind of data.? I can determine whether data is categorical or quantitative ?Example 1: Identify the following as categorical (C), categorical binary (CB), or quantitative (Q) data.Eye color CIncome QHeight QGender CB/CMovie Rating CTemperature QSocial security number QTime it takes to run a race QZip code CCoin toss CBOnce you can identify what type of data you have, you can select the appropriate graph. To preview the rest of the unit…Type of DataCategoricalQuantitativeTypes of GraphsPie chartBar GraphDot PlotStem PlotHistogramBox Plot ................
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