Question

Which of the following data sets are the examples of numerical data?

• A.
• B.
• C.
• D.

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (C)

If in the collection of data every value obtained is a number, then the data constitutes numerical data.

And the non-numerical information that can be categorised into different groups falls under categorical data.

Observe the following data sets,



Since in both the sets, each value obtained is a numerical value, therefore these sets constitute numerical data.

While the other two data sets can be divided into different categories, thus those sets are examples of categorical data.