So these were the types of data. I think youll want the demographic data for the measurements you mention. Most data fall into one of two groups. All nominal data may be treated as ordinal data. Age height data concerning body measurements from 507 adults retrieved from bodydattxt for more information see bodytxt. The diabetes 130us dataset from the uci repository also has genderageweight not height for some diabetes patients in the us not random in the sense they are all diabetic but may be useful depending on what you are trying to do.
The tool that provides useful information about a data set by breaking it down into subpopulations is. Census data temperature age mark grading annual income time height iq cgpa etc. Weight and height are also examples of quantitative variables. In our medical example age is an example of a quantitative variable because it can take on multiple numerical values. 500 person gender height weight body mass index height and weight random generated body mass index calculated. We are constrained when measuring weight height area distance and time by our technology but in general they can take on any value.
It also makes sense to think about it in numerical form. In this example we will use the variables of age in years and height in centimeters. Reference was found in mcelreath. Or theyre a count such as the number of stock shares a person owns how many teeth a dog has or how many pages you can read of your favorite book before you fall asleep. The data contained in data howell1 are partial census data for the dobe area kung san compiled from interviews conducted by nancy howell in the late 1960s. These numerical examples either in countable numbers as in discrete data or measurement form like continuous data call all be labelled as an example of numerical data.
Difference between numerical and categorical variables. We gave examples of both categorical variables and the numerical variables. Age height and weight are examples of numerical data. Okay this is a very specific dataset for the kung san people but it has height weight sex and age fields. Phone numbers social security numbers and zip codes are examples of numerical variables. That is a person can be 18 years old or 80 years old.
Numerical data examples which are usually expressed in numbers includes. These data have meaning as a measurement such as a persons height weight iq or blood pressure.