meeting 02 Statistical data type

2/20/2011

Statistical data type
Presented by:
Mahendra Adhi Nugroho

Rationale
Š The key understanding that what we can do
with statistics, both from creator and from
use point
i t off view,
i
is
i to
t know
k
the
th
characteristics the data is being examined.

Source:

http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=TMh2802
Anderson, Sweeney,wiliams, Statistics for Business and Economics , 10 e, Thomson, 2008
Sugiyono, Statistika untuk penelitian, alfbeta, Bandung, 2007

Objectives
After successfully completing this learning
object, you will be able to:
Š Determine the word “data” is being
g used in a
singular or plural context.
Š Determine is the data is quantitative or
qualitative.
Š Determine is the data is nominal or ordinal.
Š Determine is the data is interval or rational.
Š Determine is the data is discrete or continuous.

© Mahendra Adhi Nugroho, M.Sc, Accounting Program Study of Yogyakarta State University
For internal use only!

1


2/20/2011

© Mahendra Adhi Nugroho, M.Sc, Accounting Program Study of Yogyakarta State University
For internal use only!

2

2/20/2011

© Mahendra Adhi Nugroho, M.Sc, Accounting Program Study of Yogyakarta State University
For internal use only!

3

2/20/2011

© Mahendra Adhi Nugroho, M.Sc, Accounting Program Study of Yogyakarta State University
For internal use only!


4

2/20/2011

Measurement Levels

Other Categorization
Differences between
measurements, true
zero exists

Ratio Data

Data

Qualitative
(Categorical)

Nominal


Ordinal

Quantitative Data
Differences between
measurements but no
true zero

Quantitative
(Numerical)

Discrete

Continuous

Ordinal

Interval

Ordered Categories
(rankings, order, or

scaling)

Interval Data

Ordinal Data
Qualitative Data

Ratio

Categories (no ordering
or direction)

Nominal Data

© Mahendra Adhi Nugroho, M.Sc, Accounting Program Study of Yogyakarta State University
For internal use only!

5