Numerical or Categorical?

All of the following are examples of categorical data EXCEPT:

• age

• eye color

• favorite cupcake

• best talent

How many categories or groups can categorical data have?

• 4

• 2

• 10

• All of the above

In the following example, how many categories are there?

For physical education today, we'll be playing tennis, basketball, baseball, soccer, and football.

• 5

• 2

• 4

• 3

Categorical data is one kind of data that has two or more:

• Numbers

• Colors

• Titles

• Groups

You have collected categorical data and would like to make it easy to read and understand. What should you use?

• Photo Album

• Table

• Graph

• List

Elizabeth asks her friends how many brothers and/or sisters they have at home. What type of data is she collecting?

• Categorical

• Statistical

• None of these answers are correct

• Numerical

Data that is collected in number form and can be ordered in ascending and descending order. Answers could be in the form of fractions or decimals.

• Categorical Data

• Numerical Data

• Descending

• Ascending

Jean is making costumes for the school play. She gets each student's height and asks them for their favorite color. Which piece of information is considered numerical data?

• Height

• Favorite article of clothing

• Favorite color

• Hair color

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Michael is collecting data for a science project. He will go to the gas station everyday and record how much gas each person purchases and which kind of gas. Which piece of data collected is numerical data?

• How much gas each person purchases.

• None of these answers are correct

• Which kind of gas each person buys.

• Both how much gas and type of gas.

Travis worked 50 hours last week and earned $600 in his paycheck. He took the bus twice, drove his car three times, and road with a friend five times to work. Which information is numerical data?

• The different methods of transportation and the number of times he used each method.

• There is no numerical data in this example.

• The number of hours and the amount of money earned.

• All is numerical data.