Classifying Variables – Challenge Chido

Qualitative

Quantitative

Ratio

Interval

Ordinal

Nominal

Not always right but...... Better than guessing, right?

You can make an average of it

Is a numerical measurement of something

You can make an average of it

refers to a "quality" or categorical characteristic of something

from samples and populations

Involve methods of organizing, picturing and summarizing information

from samples and populations

from a sample to draw conclusions about the population

involves methods of using information

from a sample to draw conclusions about the population

A population is a group of peple or objects

with a common theme

When every member of the group is considered

It is a population

A small portion of the population

is a sample

Can be a representative sample

or a biased sample

Data from every individual

is available in population data

Entire population

Census

Sample data is only available from

some of the individuals in the population

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