Numerical Data

The number of children in your house is an example of

• Categorical Data

• Numerical Data

• Neither

How much does your backpack weigh? What kind of data would the results from this question produce?

• Categorical Data

• Numerical Data

Numerical data represents

• groups

• letters

• numbers

• answers

Numerical data is:

• Data that contains numbers

• Data that contains words or categories

• Data that comes from a Primary source

• Data collected from a survey

____________ can be counted or measured (height, weight, and age)

• Categorical Data

• Numerical Data

• Data that changes over time

Every value in the set is a number.

• Categorical Data

• Numerical Data

Data that involves numbers including measurement data

• outlier

• numerical data

• categorical data

• discrete data

What is Numerical Data?

• (qualitative data) Data that fits into one of several different groups or categories.

• (numerical data) Data can be placed on a numerical scale and can be compared.

• Data that can't be collected.

• Data that has Q's in it.

Which would be the best description of numerical data?

• Categories or groups like car brands or yes/no questions

• finite integer numbers like number of children or SAT scores

• infinite and uncountable numbers like weight that can change by small decimal quantities

• number responses

Data where the values are numbers, measurements or quantities (also called measurement or quantitative data)

• Categorical Data

• Numerical Data