CHAPTER 12: DATA HANDLING

DATA COLLECTION, ORGANISATION AND REPRESENTATION

PROCESS AND INTERPRETTION OF DATA REPRESENTATIONS.
1. Data can be collected through:
a. ………………………………..
b. ………………………………..
c. ……………………………….
d. ……………………………….

2. Data collected can be classified into:

a. ………………………………
b. ……………………………...

3. The differences between categorical data and numerical data.

Categorical data Numerical data
 Based on ……………………….  Based on …………………….
 Cannot be ……………………….  Can be ……………………
……………… but are put in groups and the values are stated using
or categories. numbers
 Example : gender, religions, academic  Example : height , mass ,
qualification and etc. income , age.

Numerical data

Discrete data Continuous data

Obtained by ..................... Obtained by ........................

Exercise
1. Classify each of the following data as categorical data or numerical data.
a. Amount of pocket money received by each student.
……………………….
b. Blood pressure of the patients in a hospital.
…………………..........
c. Favourite sport of a group of students.
………………………..
d. Time used for exercise among group of adults.
………………………..
e. Types of blood among a group of students.
………………………..
f. Leisure activities for a group of students.
......................................

2. State whether each of the following numerical data is discrete data or

continuous data.
a. Number of colour cards in a box
…………………………
b. Lengths of leaves of a tree.
…………………………
c. Distance travelled by a taxi driver each day
………………………….
d. Numbers of tails obtained when two coins are tossed.
………………………....

3. The data shows the sizes of the pants recorded by a hawker when checking
the stock.
Organise the data by constructing a frequency table.
4.