Types of Data

What is the name of Mr Amey's favourite vampire, who helps us to remember the difference between data types?

• Cassius Continuous

• Population Stephen

• Qualitative Fangs McGee

• Count Discrete (because discrete data is data you count!)

Another word for data is _____.

• population
• information
• birth rate
• life expectancy 

Data that uses words to describe something is called ________

• Quantitative data

• Qualitative data

_______ can take any value (within a range), is measured.

• continuous data

• discrete data

Which variable is considered continuous data?

• Number of students in a classroom

• Number of fish in a tank

• Time spent by a doctor examining a person

When you survey only a small group of the total population you are looking at, it's called a sample. When you're asking EVERYONE in the population you're looking at, it's called a...

• Mensus

• Census

• Densus

• Rensus

A car salesman records information about the cars he is selling.

The age of each car is _____ data

• Qualitative

• Continuous

• Discrete

A car salesman records information about the cars he is selling.

The colour of each car is _____ data

• Qualitative

• Continuous

• Discrete

A shop owner records information about his customers.

The distance they traveled to get to the shop is _____ data

• Qualitative

• Continuous

• Discrete

A shop owner records information about his customers.

The method of transport is _____ data

• Qualitative

• Quantitative