Quantitative Methods - Unit 1 > Statistics Basics
 
 

Practice Questions - Data Type
 

State which type of data is described.

  1. The number of customers in a supermarket in one hour.
  2. A person's preferred type of music.
  3. The length of time for a visit to the dentist.
  4. The price of a packet of biscuits.
  5. The colour of a person's eyes.
  6. The time that a swimmer can stay underwater.
  7. The weight of a bag of potatoes.
  8. A person's favourite brand of cola.

Answers

  1. Discrete numeric
  2. Non - numeric
  3. Continuous numeric
  4. Discrete numeric
  5. Non - numeric
  6. Continuous numeric
  7. Continuous numeric
  8. Non - numeric