Question

A census determines the number of people living in the United States. Identify the type of data.


A.

categorical data


B.

quantitative data


C.

continuous data


D.

attribute data

Answer 1

B the number of people is quantity or quantitative

Answer 2

Answer with explanation:

Census Evaluates number of people Living in the United States.

There are two kinds of Data

1. Qualitiative----Which Says about the Quality Possessed by variate in Data set.

2. Quantitative----Variate in Data set is represented through numerical value.

    Quantitative Data set has two attributes

(a) Discrete Data Set

(b) Continuous Data set

In this Question , it has been asked about number of people living in United states , which is Numerical Representation.As when number of People will get counted , it will keep on increasing, but population measurement which is represented by Natural number can't be continuous.

So, it is Quantitative data.

Option (B)--- Quantitative data.