Question

A statistics professor collects information about the classification of her students as freshmen, sophomores, juniors, or seniors. What type of data is this?


qualitative


discrete quantitative


all of these


continuous quantitative

Answer 1

The classification of students as freshmen, sophomores, juniors, or seniors is a categorical classification, which is considered **qualitative** data. This type of data describes characteristics or qualities that cannot be measured with numbers.

So, the correct answer is **qualitative**.