"The plant produced yellow flowers," is an example of
data. "The
plant with fertilizer A produced 5 flowers," is an example of
data.
What are the data for both?
The first example is a qualitativedata while the second example is a quantitativedata.
TYPES OF DATA:
Data refers to raw information. It is important to collect data in an experiment. There are two major types of data namely:
Quantitative data: This refers to numerical information i.e. involves numbers that are countable. e.g. 10 houses, 5 goats.
Qualitativedata: This refers to information regarding the quality of something. They cannot be counted as opposed to quantitativedata, they can only be described. For example, yellow bag etc.
Therefore, the expression that "plant produced yellow flowers" is a qualitativedata while "fertilizer A produced 5 flowers" is a quantitativedata.
