Question

Show all work to receive credit. Write verbal questions in at least one complete sentence.For each of the following questions, decide if the data is qualitative or quantitative. If it is quantitative, decide if it’s discrete or continuous. Explain the reason for your answer. a)Janelle is collecting data on the number of ounces of water drank by college students during a typical math class. What type of data is this?

Answer 1

To answer this question let's remember the definitions of qualitative and quantitative data:

• Qualitative data is data that describes the attributes or properties of what we are studying.

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• Quantitative data that describes certain quantity or amount. It is usually express by numbers with some unit associated it with it and it can be discrete or continuous. Discrete data is described by particular numbers in a range and continuos data is described by any number in any range.

With this in mind we conclude that Janelle is measuring qualitative data, since she is measuring the amount of water the student takes, furthermore this is continuous data since each student can drink any amount of water, that is, we can even divide the ounces in any decimal.