Identifying Data Types

Practice identifying data types

Try your hand at identifying datatypes below. The first exercise has you look at a simple table, while the second requires you to decipher a more complicated data visualization.

Data types

QUIZ QUESTION::

Identify correct data types for the following example dataset:

|Survey| Height (cm)| Sex| Scratches (cat)
|----|----|----|----|----|
|1| 173.57| F| 1|
|5 |199.13 |M| 0|
|4| 186.41| M| 1|
|2 |169.98 |F |3|
|4| 164.39| F |2|
|3 |170.67 |M |5|

ANSWER CHOICES:

Variable	Data Type
Ordinal
Categorical
Continuous
Discrete

SOLUTION:

Variable	Data Type
Categorical
Continuous
Discrete

Now take a look at the visualization below, and complete the quiz below by identifying each of the data types. You can also find the graphic HERE.

Identify Data Types 2

QUIZ QUESTION::

Correctly identify the data type for each variable.

ANSWER CHOICES:

Variable	Data Type
Ordinal
Categorical
Continuous
Discrete
Continuous

SOLUTION:

Variable	Data Type
Ordinal
Categorical
Continuous
Continuous
Continuous
Continuous