DATABASE FUNDAMENTALS
TYPES OF DATA
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Where were you born?
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Categorical data
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Quantitative data
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Categorical variables represent types of data which may be divided into groups. Examples of categorical variables are race, sex, age group, and educational level.
Detailed explanation-2: -In your example, income and tax paid are numbers, they are continuous, but name, gender and DOB would be categorical.
Detailed explanation-3: -A survey asks “On which continent were you born?” This is a categorical variable because the different continents represent categories without a meaningful order of magnitudes.
Detailed explanation-4: -There are two main types of categorical data: nominal data and ordinal data.
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