Question

Determine whether the data described below are qualitative or quantitative and explain why.

Answer 1

Answer:

The data are qualitative because they don't measure or count anything.

Step-by-step explanation:

Qualitative  data are data that are collected or obtained from variables or items of information that have no notion of numerical magnitude. They are essentially categorical and can only be measured on the nominal or ordinal scale. Because each category is associated with an attribute of the variable, it is also called attributive data. When the variable or item of information has only two possible categories, it is called Binary Data. An example of this is sex which can be categorized as (male and female)