nature of the data

1. Scaled data is data that gives you exact amounts.
Central Tendency, Spread, or Symmetry?
80 Miles per hour 12.5 feet
60 degrees
Ranked data is data that gives you comparative amounts.
1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place
Nominal data is categorical.
Republican or DemocratFor or Against Mexican, Canadian, or American

2. Let’s Practice!

3. Determine the type of data in each question
that follows:

4. Scaled Ranked
Which product has the highest profit margin in
terms of $$?
Nominal

5. Scaled Ranked
Which product has the highest profit margin in
terms of $$?
Nominal

6. Scaled Ranked
Which product has the highest profit margin in
terms of $$?
Nominal

7. Scaled Ranked
Which product has the highest profit margin in
terms of $$?
Nominal
Scaled data is data that gives you exact amounts.
80 Miles per hour 12.5 feet
60 degrees

8. Next Question

9. Scaled Ranked
Does where you grow up influence your
religious affiliation?
Nominal

10. Scaled Ranked
Does where you grow up influence your
religious affiliation?
Nominal

11. Scaled Ranked
Does where you grow up influence your
religious affiliation?
Nominal

12. Scaled Ranked
Does where you grow up influence your
religious affiliation?
Nominal
Nominal data is categorical.
Republican or DemocratFor or Against Mexican, Canadian, or American

13. Final Question

14. Scaled Ranked
Which school places higher in terms of overall
ACT scores?
Nominal

15. Scaled Ranked
Which school places higher in terms of overall
ACT scores?
Nominal

16. Scaled Ranked
Which school places higher in terms of overall
ACT scores?
Nominal

17. Scaled Ranked
Which school places higher in terms of overall
ACT scores?
Nominal
Ranked data is data that gives you comparative amounts.
1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place