Types of Data

Q. What kind of data would result from the answer of the given question?

"What is the age of different students who participated in a quiz?"

1. Numerical data
2. Categorical data

Q. Sort the following data into Numerical data and Categorical data.

1. Color = $Pink$
2. Age = $42$
3. Weight = $225lbs$
4. Name = $Nick$
5. Preferred snack = $Popcorn$
6. Height = $182cms$

1. Categorical: ($2$), ($3$), ($6$)
   Numerical: ($1$), ($4$), ($5$)
2. Categorical: ($1$), ($3$), ($5$)
   Numerical: ($2$), ($4$), ($6$)
3. Categorical: ($2$), ($4$), ($6$)
   Numerical: ($1$), ($3$), ($5$)
4. Categorical: ($1$), ($4$), ($5$)
   Numerical: ($2$), ($3$), ($6$)

Q. With respect to numerical and categorical data, choose the correct following options.

1. The data in which every value collected is a number is known as numerical data.
2. The set of numerical information that can be categorised into different groups forms a part of categorical data.
3. 
   This data is an example of numerical data.
4. 
   This forms an example of categorical data.

Q. "What is the hair colour of different students of grade $7$?"
The data collected from this question forms an example of .
(numerical data/ categorical data)

Q. Statistical data can be categorised into

1. Numerical data
2. Categorical data
3. Both numerical and categorical data
4. None of the above

Q. The security guard of the school was asked to keep the record of the number of cycles parked in the parking area each day for a week.
The data collected by the security guard will fall under which category?

1. Categorical data
2. Numerical data