DATABASE FUNDAMENTALS
TYPES OF DATA
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Qualitative
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Quantitiative
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Qualitative Information – Involves a descriptive judgment using concept words instead of numbers. Gender, country name, animal species, and emotional state are examples of qualitative information.
Detailed explanation-2: -Examples of qualitative characteristics are gender, race, genotype and vital status. Qualitative variables are also called categorical variables.
Detailed explanation-3: -Data collected about a numeric variable will always be quantitative and data collected about a categorical variable will always be qualitative. Therefore, you can identify the type of data, prior to collection, based on whether the variable is numeric or categorical.
Detailed explanation-4: -Data thatrepresent nominal scales such as gender, socieo economic status, religiouspreference are usually considered to be qualitative data. Both types of data are validtypes of measurement, and both are used in education journals.
Detailed explanation-5: -Examples of quantitative data include numerical values such as measurements, cost, and weight; examples of qualitative data include descriptions (or labels) of certain attributes, such as “brown eyes” or “vanilla flavored ice cream”.