Numerical or Categorical Data

What type of data is the weights of food items?

• Numerical

• Categorical

What type of data is the height of students?

• Numerical

• Categorical

Mood can be measured as sad, flat, ambivalent or happy. What type of data is this?

• Numerical

• Categorical

Shirt size can be measured as XS, S, M, L, XL. What type of data is this?

• Numerical

• Categorical

Shirt size can be measured as 32, 34, 36, 38. What type of data is this?

• Numerical

• Categorical

The isles in a supermarket are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. What type of data is isle number?

• Numerical

• Categorical

The number of students in each year level is counted. What type of data is number of students?

• Numerical

• Categorical

The number of students in each year level is counted. What type of data is year level?

• Numerical

• Categorical

The number of people on each floor of an office building is counted. What type of data is floor number?

• Numerical

• Categorical

The number of people on each floor of an office building is counted. What type of data is number of people?

• Numerical

• Categorical