Categorical Data Lessons

Categorical or Quantitative?
Years of schooling completed

• Categorical
• Quantitative

Categorical or Quantitative?
College Major

• Categorical
• Quantitative

Which of the following is an example of categorical data?

• High School Graduate or Not
• Annual Income
• Years of Schooling Completed
• Years of playing an instrument

Is the information collected during the survey numerical or categorical data?

• Numerical data. I know this because the y-axis is labeled with numbers. 
• Numerical data. I know this because the surveyor counted how many people that they surveyed. 
• Categorical data. I know this because the responses to the survey are names. 
• Categorical data. I know this because each column is a different color. 

Class Types (Math, SS, ELA, Science)

• Categorical
• Quantitative

Age

• Categorical
• Quantitative

Distance from School

• Categorical
• Quantitative 

Hair Color

• Categorical
• Quantitative

Time

• Categorical
• Quantitative

Days of the week

• Categorical
• Quantitative