DATABASE FUNDAMENTALS
TYPES OF DATA
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Question
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discrete
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continuous
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Nominal data are used to label variables without any quantitative value. Common examples include male/female (albeit somewhat outdated), hair color, nationalities, names of people, and so on. In plain English: basically, they’re labels (and nominal comes from “name” to help you remember).
Detailed explanation-2: -Nominal scale is often used in research surveys and questionnaires where only variable labels hold significance.
Detailed explanation-3: -Nominal Data is qualitative data used to name or label variables without providing numeric values. It is the most straightforward form of a level of measurement. Ordinal data is also qualitative data that groups variables into ordered categories.
Detailed explanation-4: -An ordinal variable is a categorical variable for which the possible values are ordered. Ordinal variables can be considered “in between” categorical and quantitative variables. Example: Educational level might be categorized as. 1: Elementary school education. 2: High school graduate.