FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

DATABASE FUNDAMENTALS

TYPES OF DATA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Identify the data as QuaL itative or QuaN titiative:Indentified Gender
A
Qualitative
B
Quantitiative
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

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”.

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