Understanding Data Types and Dot Plots

Distance between home and school in miles

Number of children per class

Weight of an elephant in pounds

Points received on a homework assignment

One type of social media platform

One minute spent on social media

One person’s time on social media

One hour spent on social media

Fractional data

Ordinal data

Categorical data

Numerical data

Favorite color

Number of siblings

Favorite movie

Type of pet

Ordinal data

Categorical data

Interval data

Numerical data

Ordinal data

Numerical data

Categorical data

Interval data

It is always whole numbers

It cannot be plotted on a graph

It represents different categories

It can be compared and measured

To compare and measure data

To categorize data

To list data alphabetically

To create a pie chart

Categorical data

Numerical data

Ordinal data

Interval data

3 square units

6 square units

2 square units

4 square units