SMS Data Science Session 3

What is Data?

• Collection of raw facts, figures, or statistics

• Collection of meaningful facts, figures, or statistics

What is Information

• Same as data

• Data that has meaning

• Collection of raw facts, figures or statistics

Select the types of quantitative data.

• Discrete

• Continuous

• Nominal

• Ordinal

Select the types of Qualitative data

• Discrete

• Continuous

• Nominal

• Ordinal

What kind of data is used to count something?

• Discrete

• Continuous

• Nominal

• Ordinal

What kind of data is used to measure something?

• Discrete

• Continuous

What kind of data is measured using numbers?

• Quantitative

• Qualitative

What kind of data can take the form of text or documents?

• Quantitative

• Qualitative

The number of likes on Facebook is an example of what kind of data?

• Discrete

• Continuous

Room temperature is an example of what kind of data?

• Discrete

• Continuous