Determine whether the following statement refers to categorical data, qualitative data, quantitative data, or some combination of these:
Mrs. Smith gave a test on which the maximum possible score was 100. The actual scores students received were 92, 87, 86, 85, 72, 70, 70, and 61.
Answer
Quantitative.
Mrs. Smith gave an exam on which one student received an A, three students received B's, three students received C's, and one student received a D.
Qualitative and categorical.
Mr. Lee ran 63 km last week.
Five students had blue backpacks, ten students had red backpacks, and three students had green backpacks.
Luisa's hair is reddish-blonde.
Qualitative, not categorical (not enough information to determine categories).
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