Group: 7 Date: 8-30-2021

Names:
Dellaba, Loi Jane Dipatuan, Norlayla Dumago, Rennier Lyne
Lykha
Derogongan, Jemima Dolar, Mary Chelsey
Ferdaussah Ehimplar, Rina Almira
Dolorito, Yssah Kimberly
Diasana, Hannah Joy Elondo, Aj Fahrenheit
Domaub, Walid

GROUP WORK: Different Types of Data

QUALITATIVE QUANTITATIVE
Nominal Ordinal Interval Ratio
• Nominal data is a type • Ordinal variables • Interval data is a • Ratio data is similar to
of qualitative data are defined by the type of numerical interval data wherein
which groups variables relationship of order data where the differences in the
into categories. between various intervals or number depicts real
• You can think of these categories. differences differences in the
categories as nouns or • It is not quantified by between values value.
labels; they are purely numbers, rather it is are meaningful • It has a “true” zero
descriptive, they don't defined by the and consistent. value which means
have any quantitative information • It has a fixed unit of that if the value is “0”, it
or numeric value, and contained in within measurement and represents the total
the various categories the given category. can represent absence of the
cannot be placed into • It is “in-between” quantities with variable.
any kind of meaningful qualitative and meaningful zero
order or hierarchy. quantitative data. points.
• It can be divided into • However, interval
various groups that do data lacks a true
not overlap. zero point,
• Data is not measured meaning that a
or evaluated in this value of zero does
case; it is just assigned not indicate the
to multiple groups. absence of the
These groups are measured
unique and have no attribute.
common elements.
Examples
1. Blood type 1. Agreement Level 1. pH level 1.Height in centimeters
2. Eye color (strongly agree, 2. IQ 2.Weight in kilograms
3. Age agree, neutral, 3. Time (hours, 3.Age in years
4. Nationality disagree, strongly minutes, and 4. Income in dollars
5. Names disagree) seconds) 5. Dosage amount
6. Gender 2. Income (low, 4. Calendar dates 6. Distance traveled in
7. Hair color medium, high) 5. Voltage (ex. 110 kilometers
8. Religion 3. Educational volts and 120 volts) 7. Volume of liquid in
9. Ethnicity Attainment (primary, 6. Test scores (ex. liters
10. Marital status secondary, post- SAT scores) 8. Number of products
secondary) 7. Decibel levels of manufactured in a
4. Expertise sound factory
(beginner, 8. Yearly income 9. Price of a product in
intermediate, expert) 9. Temperature (F dollars
5. Economic status and C) 10. Speed of a vehicle in
(wealthy, middle 10. Age kilometers per hour
income, poor)
6. Pain tolerance
scale (mild pain,
 moderate pain,
severe pain)
7. Urinalysis results
(few, many, too
numerous to count)
8. Order of siblings
(Eldest, middle child,
youngest)
9. Frequency (always,
often, seldom, never)
10. Hierarchy (Cell,
tissue, organ, organ
system, organism)

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