Categorical vs Numerical Data

Which is an example of categorical data?

• favorite team sports?

• the number of red jellybeans in a box?

• how much money in your piggy bank?

What type of data is the topic: Favorite food

• categorical

• numerical

• data that changes over time

What type of data is the topic: Favorite colour

• categorical

• numerical

• data that changes over time

What type of data is the topic: Like or dislike of math

• categorical

• numerical

• data that changes over time

What is the area code of your school's phone number? What kind of data would the results from this question produce?

• Categorical Data

• Numerical Data

Where were you born? What kind of data would the results from this question produce?

• Categorical Data

• Numerical Data

What type of data is the topic: Favorite grade

• categorical

• numerical

• data that changes over time

What is an example of numerical data?

• most popular video game?

• how much each dog weighs (how heavy)?

• favorite day of the week

What type of data is the topic: Number of teeth lost

• categorical

• numerical

• data that changes over time

Which of the following survey questions results in categorical data?

• How much does your backpack weigh?

• What is your favorite sport?

• How much candy do you eat each week?

• How many hours a week do you talk on the phone?