Types of Data

Match

Match each word with its definition

• statistics collected from every member of the population

• a group chosen from a population

• a tool used to collect statistical data

• the factual information collected from a survey or other source

• all the people or objects in question

census

sample

survey

data

population

• census

• sample

• survey

• data

• population

Match

Match each word with its definition

• data that are numbers

• numerical data that take any value in a given range

• numerical data that take on a limited number of values

• data that can be divided into categories

• categorical data that can be ordered

numerical

continuous

discrete

categorical

ordinal

• numerical

• continuous

• discrete

• categorical

• ordinal

Categorize

Options (3)

red, blue, yellow, blue, red, green

4.7, 3.8, 1.6, 9.2, 4.8

low, medium, high, low, low, medium

Classify each set of data as categorical or numerical

Categorical

Numerical

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following survey questions would generate categorical data?

• How many times do you eat your favourite food in a typical week?

• How much do you usually spend buying your favourite food?

• How many items did you buy the last time you went to your favourite food place?

• Which is your favourite fast-food?

Multiple Choice

What type of data would the following survey questions generate? How many televisions do you have in your home?

• Categorical and ordinal

• Numerical and discrete

• Categorical and nominal

• Numerical and continuous

Multiple Choice

What type of data would the following survey questions generate? To what type of music do you most like to listen?

• Categorical and ordinal

• Numerical and discrete

• Categorical and nominal

• Numerical and continuous