Collecting Information Flashcards
What is Data?
Individual facts
Who collects data?
A statistician
Which is Singular for Data?
Datum
The Data Handling Cycle is:
1⃣Ask a question
2⃣Collect Data
3⃣Analyse the Data ~ study the data
4⃣Interpret the results ~ the data is examined
Primary Data
Data one carried out itself
Secondary Data
Data token from another source
Categorical Data
Can ONLY be described using words e.g:what is the name of your best friend?
Nominal Data
Categorical data that CANNOT be put in order
Ordinal Data
Categorical Data that CAN be put in order
Numerical Data
Questions that can ONLY be answered using numbers e.g:the amounts people in a house
Discrete Data
Numerical Data that has a definite answer
Continuous Data
Numerical Data that keep changing e.g:the temperature of the weather
What Are The 2 Types Of Data
Numerical and Categorical