What is Data?

1. Data collection tool; list of questions used to gather information about individuals or group.
4. The facts or figures from which conclusions can be drawn.
8. Another adjective for categorical variables.
9. Type of quantitative variable; countable number of values representing only whole numbers.
11. Type of study; measures or surveys members of a group without trying to influence them.
13. The science of collecting and describing and interpreting data.
14. The whole set of individuals, items or data from which a statistical sample is drawn
17. Type of data; given to you by another person or company.

2. Any characteristic, number, or quantity that can be measured or counted.
3. Variables that categorize or describe an element of the population.
5. Type of survey where the 1st group is given a treatment; 2nd group is not.
6. Variables that give a number value to an element of the population.
7. Type of survey where every person or thing in a population is analyzed
10. Type of quantitative variable; any numerical value including decimals and fractions.
12. The group of individuals or objects that participate in your study and represent the population
15. Type of data; collected by you.
16. Used to collect information and draw conclusions.