1b. I can tell the difference btwn Numerical vs Categorical Data

Match the following

• What pizza toppings are most popular in this class?

• Statistical Question that generates numerical data

• How many pizzas are in this room right now?

• Non-Statistical Question

• On Average, how many times does your family eat pizza each week?

• Statistical Question that generates categorical data

Match the following

• What percentage of students in the school have a cell phone?

• Statistical Question that generates categorical data

• What is the most common color of the cars in the school parking lot?

• Non-Statistical Question

• What color is the principal’s truck?

• Statistical Question that generates numerical data

Match the following

• What percentage of students in the school have a cell phone?

• Non-Statistical Question

• Does Daniel have a cell phone?

• Statistical question that generates categorical data

• What brand of cell phone do you own?

• Statistical question that generates numerical data

Numerical Data

• Measurement of quantities

  (Quantitative)

• Measurements of non-quantities. Can be sorted into categories

  (Qualitative)

Categorical Data

• Measurement of quantities

  (Quantitative)

• Measurements of non-quantities. Can be sorted into categories

  (Qualitative)

Classify each type of data as numerical or categorical

People's hair colors

• Numerical Data

• Categorical Data

Classify each type of data as numerical or categorical

Heights of bridges

• Numerical Data

• Categorical Data

Classify each type of data as numerical or categorical

Countries where cars are manufactured

• Numerical Data

• Categorical Data

Classify each type of data as numerical or categorical

Times taken for athletes to run 100 meters

• Numerical Data

• Categorical Data

Measurable

Represents objects or individuals by numbers assigned to certain measurable properties like age or length

Measurements such as time, height, temperature, and weight or numbers such as the number of teeth lost by first graders or ages of elementary school students

• Numerical Data

• Categorical Data