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1.2 Exercise 5

Avg difficulty 2.5

Work collaboratively to determine the correct data type: quantitative or qualitative. Indicate whether quantitative data are continuous or discrete. Hint: Data that are discrete often start with the words the number of.

  • the number of pairs of shoes you own
  • the type of car you drive
  • the distance from your home to the nearest grocery store
  • the number of classes you take per school year
  • the type of calculator you use
  • weights of sumo wrestlers
  • number of correct answers on a quiz
  • IQ scores (This may cause some discussion.)

OpenStax Statistics, 1.2 Data, Sampling, and Variation in Data and Sampling, exercise 5

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