AACPS Statistical Analysis Categorical Vs. Quantitative

What's your favorite subject in school?

• Categorical
• Quantitative

Tags

CCSS.HSS.ID.B.5

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.1

Where do you plan on attending college?

• Categorical
• Quantitative

Tags

CCSS.HSS.ID.B.5

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

CCSS.HSS.IC.B.4

What is your favorite type of food?

• Categorical
• Quantitative

Tags

CCSS.HSS.ID.B.5

CCSS.HSS.CP.A.4

How many states have you visited in your lifetime?

• Categorical
• Quantitative

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.A.1

CCSS.6.SP.A.2

CCSS.6.SP.A.3

CCSS.6.SP.B.5

How many siblings do you have?

• Categorical
• Quantitative

Tags

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.1

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

Tags

CCSS.HSS.ID.B.5

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. 

If your teacher asked you to make categorical observations about the class’s pet hamster, which group of words might be used?

• A mass of 3 kg, 11 cm long, age of 16 months

• A mass of 3 kg, 11 cm long, cute

• A long hair, white and brown colored, soft

• A temperature, length, weight

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

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

Which of the following is an example of quantitative data? 

• The color of your car
• A person's state of residence
• A person's Zip Code
• A Person's Height

Tags

CCSS.7.SP.B.3