Question

Which of the following is not true Categorical data are also referred to as nominal or qualitative data. Numerical data can be either discrete or continuous. Categorical data have values that are described by words rather than numbers. All listed statements are true The number of checks processed at a bank in a day is categorical data.

Answer 1

The number of checks processed at a bank in a day is categorical data.

Explanation:

In Mathematics, a categorical data can be defined as a statistical data type that is used to group informations having the same attributes or characteristics. Some examples of a categorical data are age, gender, race, religion etc.

A numerical data can be defined as a data set that is expressed in numbers only or a data set consisting of numbers rather than words. A numerical data is also known as a quantitative data.

Basically, numerical data are classified into two (2) main categories and these are;

1. Discrete data: a discrete data is a data set in which the number of possible values are either finite or countable. For instance, the value of a fair die, number of sweets in a jar, number of eggs in a crate etc.

2. Continuous data: a continuous data is a data set having infinitely many possible values and those values cannot be counted, meaning they are uncountable. Any quantity such as height, volume, weight, density, length, pressure, temperature, speed, distance, time are generally a continuous data.

Hence, the number of checks processed at a bank in a day is discrete data.