Week 1 Statistics Concepts And Descriptive Measures

Week 1: Statistics Concepts and Descriptive MeasuresChristina ForresterQNT/561December 13, 2017For each column, identify whether the data is qualitative or quantitative.Data contained in the columns headed Annual Food Spending, Annual Household Income, and Non-mortgage household debts is quantitative data. Quantitative data is anything expressed as a number that lends itself to arithmetic calculations. The data in the three columns mentioned is quantitative because it is a numeric measurement in currency units. Data contained in the columns headed region and location are qualitative data. Qualitative data is data that cannot be expressed in a number because they do not represent nominal values. Qualitative data represents codes ascribed to qualities to facilitate data analysis (Hopkins, Glass, & Hopkins, 1987).Identify the level of measurement for the data in each column.Data contained in the columns headed Annual Food Spending, Annual Household Income, and Non-mortgage household debts is at the interval level of measurement. Interval level of measurement not only classifies measurements but also provides information on the distances between each interval and position on the scale. Data contained in the columns headed region