1.1 - 1.2 Practice

The science and art of collecting, analyzing and drawing conclusions from data:

• individual

• statistics

• variable

• data

Numbers with content with makes the numbers informative

• individual

• statistics

• variable

• data

A person, animal or thing described in a data set.

• individual

• statistics

• variable

• data

Any attribute that can take different values for different individuals (hint: it varies!)

• individual

• statistics

• variable

• data

A type of variable that takes on a number value (it makes sense to take an average)

• categorical variable

• quantitative variable

A type of variable where individuals can be placed into groups/categories

• categorical variable

• quantitative variable

Quantitative variable or Categorical variable?

HEIGHT

• quantitative

• categorical

Quantitative variable or Categorical variable?

AGE

• quantitative

• categorical

Quantitative variable or Categorical variable?

BIRTH MONTH

• quantitative

• categorical

Quantitative variable or Categorical variable?

AREA CODE

• quantitative

• categorical