Data collection & types of data

Data collection & types of data

Chp 3: Offline session 1

​Instructions

1. Learners are requested to answer all the quiz questions

2. ​Learners can note down their doubts and ask in the next session

3. ​Learners are requested to complete this activity before the next session

​Data

• ​Piece of information

• ​Gathered body of FACTS​

• In short, DATA is information or facts that can be collected to help people solve problems, understand trends or simply to entertain!

There are 2 types of data

​Qualitative Data

​Also known as CATEGORICAL data

​It categorizes or ​describes an element

​​So, operations like addition, subtraction, etc are NOT meaningful for such type of data

​Quantitative Data

It is also known as NUMERICAL data as you can count it.

So, operations like addition, subtraction, etc are meaningful for such type of data

​​It is expressed in number form (not as letters or words) such as....

There are 2 types of QUANTITATIVE data​

Ex 3.1 - Q3

Identify which type of data is it?

Multiple Choice

Gender

• Categorical

• Discrete

• Continuous

Multiple Choice

Hair colour

• Categorical

• Discrete

• Continuous

Multiple Choice

Eye colour

• Categorical

• Discrete

• Continuous

Multiple Choice

Height

• Categorical

• Discrete

• Continuous

Multiple Choice

What is an example of numerical data?

• Most popular video game

• How much each dog weighs (how heavy)?

• Favorite day of the week

• How happy is he?

Multiple Select

What are example of categorical data?

• Most popular video game

• How much each dog weighs (how heavy)?

• Favorite day of the week

• How tall is he?

Multiple Choice

Data that focuses on information that can be counted is called?

• Qualitative Data

• Quantitative Data

• Categorical Data

Multiple Choice

Data related to a person's experiences as represented through words is called

• Qualitative Data

• Discrete Data

• Continuous Data

​Let's Revise with the help of a video

​https://youtu.be/pg12U1BAnoA

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