Categorical Data
Definition
Categorical data refers to data that can be divided into categories or groups based on qualitative characteristics.
Analogy
Imagine you are collecting data on favorite ice cream flavors among your classmates. Categorical data would be when you categorize each person's response into different flavors like chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry.
Related terms
Frequency Table: A frequency table displays how often each category occurs in categorical data.
Bar Graph: A bar graph visually represents categorical data by using bars to show the frequency or proportion of each category.
Mode: The mode is the category with the highest frequency in categorical data.
"Categorical Data" appears in:
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AP Statistics - 2.1 Introducing Statistics: Are Variables Related?
AP Statistics - 6.2 Constructing a Confidence Interval for a Population Proportion
AP Statistics - 7.10 Skills Focus: Selecting, Implementing, and Communicating Inference Procedures
AP Statistics - 8.1 Introducing Statistics: Are My Results Unexpected?
AP Statistics - 8.5 Setting Up a Chi-Square Test for Homogeneity or Independence
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