Kinds of data

  Kind Explanation Examples
  Nominal A number or value is just used as a name. Phone number, student number, credit card number, or cases where we assign numbers to things just to group them
Ordinal Numbers are assigned to things but, in addition to a name, the numbers provide a meaningful order.                                                                  
  Interval                                                                                                                                    
Ratio                                                                                                                                    


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Saline, MI 48176
September, 2020