Bridget Angus

Math 1040

Oremus

In my bag of candies I had 57 total, so my count ended up in the

approximately 32% column of the graph. The shape of the histograph data
is skewed to the left as the data(tail) is smaller in that portion. The graph
was surprising to me as it was vastly different for the one with the colors.
As for the data as a class overall I did end up with a smaller bag than most,
with the highest being 67 candies and the mean being 68.7.

What types of calculations make sense and what types of calculations do

not make sense for categorical data? For quantitative data? Explain why

The difference between categorical and quantitative is simple, quantitative

variables deal with numbers such as percent’s or a count of something
much like the total in the bag of candies. While categorical variables are
grouped by description much like the color of cadies in each bag. Using bar
graph and pie charts make more sense for categorical data because it
allows you to see clearly the amount of a characteristic of the date being
collected. Stem and leaf, histographs and boxplots work best for
quantitative data because it allows for you to see the hight or percentage of
the data being collected. Because of this the box plot and stem and leaf
graphs do not work for the categorical data.

The type of calculation that make sense for categorical data is that you
separate the different characteristic you are looking for and then add up the
frequency they show up. This is the only thing that is different that you
need to do when you count the data frequency calculations is the same
with both quantitative and categorical. The main difference for the
quantitative is that you get the mean and standard deviation for the
histogram and box plot.