Types of data

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T R M D L U R E W B S T U D Q I U Q C Y Q
A L W B G K L Q S D E J M P P N A U A O G
T D K I G Q A K U C C G O T B L K A N P O
A P B R N U C F O H O S Q A H L S N G W S
D J N W I A I L U I N I C T R Q A T D Y Y
E I R R L L R O N D D Q K A I C J I M S D
T X H X P I O K I C A C T D B D X T G R N
A D F U M T G U T A R K Y Y D M C A D N T
I Q U V A A E L N E Y O S R H O G T A X S
R S X H S T T C O L D E W A P J N I O G F
A S A L T I A E C M A I G M H J C V R Q V
V F V O N V C W A F T G U I C W B E D R P
I E H J E E G R G C A G E R J G S X I W F
T B U Q M F B H C F F N L P V Q K O N M H
L O W U E B I V A R I A T E D A T A A K L
U A X J G Y D H J H E P D S J K I D L F J
M X X I D P Y A P I F O T S W G M H D V G
I O K H U N A O D S J S Q P A T U H A P M
W E J W J Q P K W R T K K G R W T D T W Q
P T B T I K Q O L P I U P I J S V E A O T
S I M Y M Y R A R Y V Y T L F X Y G P C H

Clues

  • Can be sorted into categories that don't overlap (11)
  • Can be written in order or given a rating on a scale (7, 4)
  • Can take any value on a numerical scale (e.g. length or mass) (10)
  • Collected by or for the person who will use it (7, 4)
  • Collected by someone else (e.g. websites or databases) (9, 4)
  • Non-Numerical observations (e.g. gender or animal) (11)
  • Numerical observations (e.g. measurements) (12)
  • Pairs of related data (e.g. age and height) (9, 4)
  • Sets of three or more related data values (12, 4)
  • Using judgement to select a sample of the population (9, 8)

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