Content description

Identify everyday questions and issues involving at least one numerical and at least one categorical variable, and collect data directly from secondary sources (ACMSP228)

Source: Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA)

Revision of types of data and 
statistical variables

When we collect or observe data, the ‘what’ we are going to observe is called a statistical variable. You can think of a statistical variable as a description of an entity that is being observed or is going to be observed. Hence when we consider types of data, we are also considering types of variables. There are three main types of statistical variables: continuous, count and categorical.