Types of Data

What type of data is: Favourite TV programs of each student in your year level

• Numerical Data

• Categorical Data

What type of data is: Shoe size of the top ten international models

• Numerical Data

• Categorical Data

What type of data is: Hours of games played at home each week by each student in your class

• Numerical Data

• Categorical Data

What type of data is: Birth weight of each baby in a mothers’ group

• Numerical Data

• Categorical Data

What type of numerical data is: Length of a stride of each golfer in a local golf club

• Discrete

• Continuous

What type of numerical data is: Distance travelled on one full tank from the top ten most popular vehicles

• Discrete

• Continuous

What type of numerical data is: Rainfall recorded for each day during spring

• Discrete

• Continuous

What type of numerical data is: shoe size of each student in your class

• Discrete

• Continuous

What type of categorical data is: Satisfaction levels of customers (Satisfied, Indifferent, Dissatisfied)

• Nominal

• Ordinal

What type of categorical data is: Favourite magazine of each student in your year level

• Nominal

• Ordinal