Data Types and Levels of Measurements

Students measure the height of a sunflower over 10 weeks.

• Categorical

• Numerical

• Continuous

• Discrete

______ can only take certain values.

• continuous data

• discrete data

Numerical data is...

• information that is divided into groups and is not measured.

• information that is divided into groups.

• information that is only letters.

• information that is something that is measurable.

The amount of books on a bookshelf isa type of (a)   data.

The amount of time is take runners to finish a race is a type of (a)   data.

Students measure the length of their shoes and record the data.

• Change over time

• Numerical

• Categorical

Students record how long they can keep their eyes open without blinking in seconds.

• Change over time

• Numerical

• Categorical

Students respond to a survey where they identify whether they prefer to write with mechanical pencils, wooden pencils, pens, markers, or type.

• Categorical

• Change over time

• Numerical

Students tell how many years they have attended school.

• Change over time

• Numerical

• Categorical

Students collect data on which place they would like to visit for a vacation.

• Categorical

• Numerical

• Change over time