Types of Data

Is shoe size discrete or continuous data?

• Discrete

• Continuous

Data collected from an original source is:

• Primary data

• Continuous data

• Secondary data

• Original data

Non-numerical data is also known as:

Discrete data is:

• non-numerical data

• exact values or whole numbers that are not rounded

• data collected from a secondary source

• measurements that are rounded

Time is an example of what kind of data?

Months in the year are an example of what kind of data?

Farah found some data on rainfall, in millimeters, in Australia over the last 3030 years from a website.

 

Which option best describes the type of data she found?

• Secondary and qualitative

• Secondary, quantitative and continuous

• Primary, quantitative and continuous

• Secondary, quantitative and discrete

Simon did an experiment measuring the length of a spring based on the force applied to stretch it.

 

Which option best describes the type of data he collected?

• Secondary and qualitative

• Secondary, quantitative and continuous

• Primary, quantitative and continuous

• Secondary, quantitative and discrete

Alice conducted a survey in her class to find the month her classmates were born.

 

Which option best describes the type of data she found?

• Primary and qualitative

• Secondary and qualitative

• Primary, quantitative and continuous

• Primary, quantitative and discrete

Which option best describes the data shown on the frequency table.

• Qualitative

• Quantitative and continuous

• Quantitative and discrete

• Secondary