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Business and Economic Statistics: 5. Descriptive Analytics - Numerical Data, Distributions
Business and Economic Statistics: 5. Descriptive Analytics - Numerical Data, Distributions
DATA TYPES
Data
Numerical
Discrete
(count)
Continuous
(measure)
Categorical
Qualitative
300
200
100
0
1-3
4-6
7-9
10-12
>12
Positively Skewed
70
60
Frequency
50
40
30
20
10
0
0-10
Symmetric
(almost)
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
61-70
71-80
81-90
91-100
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70
60
50
F req u en cy
11-20
40
30
20
10
0
0-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
61-70
71-80
81-90
91-100
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70
60
F req u en cy
50
Negatively skewed
40
30
20
10
0
0-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
61-70
71-80
81-90
91-100
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