Data that result from counting are called:
AQualitative ordinal
BQuantitative discrete
CQuantitative continuous
DQualitative categorical
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Quantitative discrete
1. Numerical data split by whether the values can be subdivided.
2. All data that are the result of counting are called quantitative discrete data.
3. Counting phone calls gives values such as zero, one, two, or three.
4. Data that may include fractions, decimals or irrational numbers are quantitative continuous data instead.
_Source: OpenStax Introductory Statistics 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 1 'Sampling and Data', sections 1.1-1.4_
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