Classify the following data. Indicate whether the data is qualitative or quantit
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Classify the following data. Indicate whether the data is qualitative or quantitative, indicate whether the data is discrete, continuous, or neither, and indicate the level of measurement for the data. You order a pizza. The kind of pizza you order is recorded by entering the appropriate number on an order form. The numbers used are given below. Pepperoni Mushroom Black olive Sausage Answer Are these data qualitative or quantitative? Qualitative Quantitative Are these data discrete or continuous? Discrete Continuous Neither What is the highest level of measurement the data possesses? Nominal Ordinal interval RatioExplanation / Answer
1) These data are quantitative.
Quantitative research gathers data in numerical form which can be put into categories, or in rank order, or measured in units of measurement. This type of data can be used to construct graphs and tables of raw data.
2) This data is discrete.
Discrete data is information that can be categorized into a classification. Discrete data is based on counts. Only a finite number of values is possible, and the values cannot be subdivided meaningfully
3) The highest level of the measurement that the data posses is Ordinal
In ordinal measurement the attributes can be rank-ordered. Here, distances between attributes do not have any meaning. For example, on a survey you might code Educational Attainment as 0=less than high school; 1=some high school.; 2=high school degree; 3=some college; 4=college degree; 5=post college. In this measure, higher numbers mean more education. But is distance from 0 to 1 same as 3 to 4? Of course not. The interval between values is not interpretable in an ordinal measure.