Classifying Statistical Data
Overview
Before you can analyse data, you have to understand what kind of data you have. Is it numbers or categories? Can it take any value, or only whole steps? The answers decide which charts, averages and methods make sense. Classifying data is the quiet first step that keeps every later calculation honest.
In this lesson you will sort data into qualitative and quantitative, and quantitative data into discrete and continuous. You will then organise raw data into tally and frequency tables, and group large data sets into class intervals. These skills turn a messy list of observations into a tidy table ready for analysis.
Objectives
- Classify and tabulate statistical data.
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- Which of these is continuous data? A. Number of pets B. Shoe size C. The height of a tree D. Favourite colour Answer: C
- Which of these is qualitative data? A. Mass of a parcel B. Country of birth C. Number of goals D. Time taken Answer: B
- In the frequency table (0 children:3, 1:6, 2:7, 3:3, 4:1), how many families were surveyed? A. 17 B. 18 C. 20 D. 21 Answer: C
- In the same table, how many families had at least 2 children? A. 7 B. 10 C. 11 D. 17 Answer: C
- A student is exactly 160 cm tall. Using classes 150 <= h < 160 and 160 <= h < 170, which class are they in? A. 150 <= h < 160 B. 160 <= h < 170 C. Both D. Neither Answer: B
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