Unit 2 | ES I | Quantitative vs Qualitative

5.90 ml of water

10 fingers

brown hair, hazel eyes

5 leaves

5.55 lb dog

6 ft tall teacher

gooey dough

23.5 grams of sugar

red, splotchy, and irritated skin

55 Lions

smooth and silky fur

12 stairs

True

False

True

False

True: Because Cakes is a descriptive term.

False: Because one this is numerical data, and Cake is the UNIT. Therefore it is Quantitative Data.

Quantitative Data

Qualitative Data

Countable/whole numbers

a range of numbers

includes descriptive terms

Quantitative Data

Qualitative Data

Countable/whole numbers

a range of numbers (ex: length measurements)

includes descriptive terms

can be graphed.

includes numerical data.

can be either discrete or continuous.

includes descriptive terms.

can be graphed.

includes numerical data.

can be either discrete or continuous.

includes descriptive terms.

True

False

Data is used to prove whatever we want.

Data is information that guides our reasoning.

Data can be both Quantitative or Qualitative.

Data helps us answer questions and make decisions.

Collecting data is a necessary part of scientific research.