Demystifying - Qualitative and quantitative data

Drills

Telling qualities from quantities, and how the type fixes charts and averages.

Author note — to cover

Classify described variables as qualitative (categorical) or quantitative (numerical), and explain how the type fixes which charts and averages are valid, mode only for categories. Classification and short-justification questions. Discrete versus continuous is the sibling page; primary versus secondary is another. Both tiers. (S2, S4)

  • Fluency — direct questions on qualitative and quantitative data, limited to this lesson's stated scope (4 questions).
  • Application — use the same skill in unfamiliar or contextual questions without introducing a later method (4 questions).
  • Check — questions built around the exclusions and likely misconceptions named in the lesson brief (4 questions).

The test

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Where to go next

The method this drill practises is taught on Qualitative and quantitative data.