Descriptive Statistics- Part 1

Data is defined as

• distinct pieces of information

• similar pieces of data

• similar pieces of data

• finding wrong information

Quantitive data takes on _____ values

• proper

• normal

• numeric

• odd

Data type:

Ratings on a survey (Poor, Ok, great)

• quantitative

• categorical

Data type:

Income

• Categorical

• quantitative

Data do not have an order or ranking

• ordinal

• nominal

data take on a ranked ordering

• ordinal

• nominal

Discrete data type is

• data can be split into smaller and smaller units, and still a smaller unit exists

• data that only takes on countable values

• data that comes in order

• data that cannot be split into smaller units

data can be split into smaller and smaller units, and still a smaller unit exists

• data types

• discrete

• continuous

• nominal

type of dog breeds (German Shepard, Collie, etc) is

• nominal

• discrete

Four aspects to Quantitative data:

• measures of center->shape of data->measures of spread->outliers

• measures of center->shape of data->measures of spread->median

• measures of center->shape of spread->measures of data->outliers

• measures of bottom->shape of data->measures of spread->outliers

• None of above