Question

Journal Prompt:

Explain the difference between categorical and quantitative data. Give your own example of a statistical question you could investigate involving categorical data. Also, give your own example of a statistical question that you could investigate involving quantitative data.

Answer 1

Explanation:

Categorical variables take category or label values and place an individual into one of several groups. Quantitative variables take numerical values and represent some kind of measurement. An example of categorical variables is educational level. An example of Quantitative variables is the number of stars in the galaxy.