MA, Stanford University
Teaching in the San Francisco Bay Area
Alissa is currently a teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area and Brightstorm users love her clear, concise explanations of tough concepts
When we collect data about the real world, the data we collect could be one of two types: categorical or quantitative. Categorical data is when we are putting things in categories, like hair color, favorite kind of pizza, or state of residence. Quantitative data is when we are collecting numerical data, like age, height in inches, salary, etc. Be careful, though- not all numbers are quantitative- I could collect data about grade level in school or zip code that involves numbers, but actually represents categories. We use different types of graphs to represent the different types of data.
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