Intro to Statistics and Data

Statistics is the study of...

• Shapes and Figures

• Numbers and Operations

• Information

• Infinity

In Statistics, information is often referred to as...

• Data

• Polygons

• Radicals

• Exponents

Is the "weight of newborn babies in a hospital" qualitative or quantitative data?

• Quantitative

• Qualitative

Is "color of your favorite hat" qualitative or quantitative data?

• Quantitative

• Qualitative

Categorize the following data as categorical, ordinal, discrete, or continuous:

Height of a 12-year person.

• Categorical

• Ordinal

• Discrete

• Continuous

Categorize the following data as categorical, ordinal, discrete, or continuous.:

Number of WHOLE books read during the summer.

• Categorical

• Ordinal

• Discrete

• Continuous

Categorize the following data as categorical, ordinal, discrete, or continuous:

Your rating of a movie on a scale from 1 to 5 stars.

• Categorical

• Ordinal

• Discrete

• Continuous

Categorize the following data as categorical, ordinal, discrete, or continuous:

Whether you are right-handed or left-handed.

• Categorical

• Ordinal

• Discrete

• Continuous

Categorize the following data as categorical, ordinal, discrete, or continuous:

Money earned in a month by a family.

• Categorical

• Ordinal

• Discrete

• Continuous

Categorize the following data as categorical, ordinal, discrete, or continuous:

Number of students in a class.

• Categorical

• Ordinal

• Discrete

• Continuous