Statistics Vocabulary (1)

What is numerical data? (more than one correct answer)

• Data involving numbers

• Data involving categories or terms

• Quantitative data

• Qualitative data

What is categorical data? (more than one correct answer)

• Data involving numbers

• Data involving categories or terms

• Quantitative data

• Qualitative data

What is discrete data? (more than one correct answer)

• A type of numerical data

• A type of categorical data

• Data that can be counted

• Data that can be measured

What is continuous data? (more than one correct answer)

• A type of numerical data

• A type of categorical data

• Data that can be counted

• Data that can be measured

What is nominal data? (more than one correct answer)

• A type of numerical data

• A type of categorical data

• Data where the categories are just names

• Data that have an order

What is ordinal data? (more than one correct answer)

• A type of numerical data

• A type of categorical data

• Data where the categories are just names

• Data that have an order

What is primary data?

• Data you collect yourself

• Data already collected by someone else

• Data about primary school students

• The first data point on a scatter plot

What is secondary data?

• Data you collect yourself

• Data already collected by someone else

• Data about high school students

• Poor quality data

What is a census?

• Everyone in the group you are researching

• A survey of everyone in the group you are researching

• A small proportion of the group you are researching

• A survey of a small proportion of the group you are researching

What is observational data?

• Data collected by observing something and recording the results

• Data found in the newspaper

• Data already collected by someone else

• Data collected through a survey

Tags

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3