Collecting Information Flashcards

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What is Data?

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Individual facts

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Who collects data?

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A statistician

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Which is Singular for Data?

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Datum

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The Data Handling Cycle is:

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1⃣Ask a question
2⃣Collect Data
3⃣Analyse the Data ~ study the data
4⃣Interpret the results ~ the data is examined

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Primary Data

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Data one carried out itself

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Secondary Data

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Data token from another source

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Categorical Data

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Can ONLY be described using words e.g:what is the name of your best friend?

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Nominal Data

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Categorical data that CANNOT be put in order

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Ordinal Data

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Categorical Data that CAN be put in order

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Numerical Data

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Questions that can ONLY be answered using numbers e.g:the amounts people in a house

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Discrete Data

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Numerical Data that has a definite answer

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Continuous Data

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Numerical Data that keep changing e.g:the temperature of the weather

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What Are The 2 Types Of Data

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Numerical and Categorical

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