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Collecting data
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Conducting an investigation
Conducting an investigation
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Three types of data
Can you count it, measure it, or neither?
DISCRETE
you COUNT it
number of brothers
CONTINUOUS
you MEASURE it
mass of a baby
CATEGORICAL
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it is a NAME
favourite sport
you cannot have 2.4 brothers โ but a baby really can weigh 3.24 kg
Match the collection method to the question: opinions โ
ask
, quantities โ measure.
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DISCRETE โ you count it, always whole numbers.
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