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Types of data
• Categorical data
• Measurement data
Categorical Data
• The objects being studied are grouped into
categories
g based on some q
qualitative trait.
• The resulting data are merely labels or
categories.
categories
Examples: Categorical Data
• Hair color
– blonde, brown, red, black, etc.
• Opinion of students about riots
– ticked off,
off neutral,
neutral happy
• Smoking status
– smoker,
k non-smoker
k
Categorical data classified as
Nominal, Ordinal, and/or Binary
Categorical data
Nominal Ordinal
data data
Discrete Continuous
Discrete Measurement Data
Only
O l certain
t i values
l are possible
ibl (there
(th are
gaps between the possible values).
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Continuous data -- Theoretically,
no gaps between possible values
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Examples:
Discrete Measurement Data
• SAT scores
• Number of students late for class
• Number of crimes reported to SC police
• N b off times
Number i the
h wordd numberb iis usedd