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Nominal data is a categorical type of qualitative data. It is very binary - for example, you are either infected with COVID-19, or you are not infected with COVID-19.

The number of children in a family would be quantitative data, more specifically, discrete data.
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Nominal
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The number of children in a family is discrete data.

Discrete data is a quantitative form of data, which has to be a whole number. For example, you cannot have 5.7 children in a family.
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Discrete
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Descriptive data is qualitative data, written in text - such as interview quotes.

The number of children in a family is discrete data, which is a type of quantitative data.
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Descriptive
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Ordinal data is a type of qualitative data that assigns data into groups. Body Mass Index (BMI) is a type of ordinal data.

BMI < 18 = category 1
BMI 18 - 25 = category 2
BMI 25 - 30 = category 3
BMI 35+ = category 4

The number of children in a family is quantitative, discrete data.
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Ordinal
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Continuous data is a quantitative form of data, which can have any numerical value.

For example, temperature is a continuous form of data - you can have 38 degrees, 89.5 degrees, or 4536.25 degrees.

The number of children in a family has to be a whole number - you cannot have 2.5 children in a family. There are either 2 children or 3 children. This type of data is known as discrete.
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Continuous
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Medical Statistics
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You are gathering data about the number of children per family across the country.

Which type of variable best describes this measure?
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