Collecting Data

Question 1

What is qualitative data?

Answer 1

Data that can only be written in words, not numbers.

Question 2

What is quantitative data?

Answer 2

Data that can be written in numbers.

Question 3

What is discrete data?

Answer 3

Numerical data that cannot be shown in decimals.

Question 4

What is continuous data?

Answer 4

Numerical data that can be shown in decimals.

Question 5

What is primary data?

Answer 5

Data that has been collected from the original source for a specific purpose.

Question 6

What is secondary data?

Answer 6

Data that is not originally collected by a group for a specific purpose.