Writeaparagraphdiscussingyourfindingsaboutthevariable

Totalcandiesineach
bag.
Addressthefollowinginyourwriting:
1. Whatistheshapeofthedistributionofthisvariable?
a. Theshapeofthedistributionappearstobesymmetrical,thewhiskersare
evenlengthsandthemeaniscentral.
2. Dothegraphsreflectwhatyouexpectedtoseeoraretheresomesurprises?
a. ThegraphsshowwhatIexpectedtosee,whichwasthemajorityofthe94
bagscontaining60skittles.
3. Doestheoveralldatacollectedbythewholeclassagreewithyourownsingle
bagdata?
a. Yes,theamountofskittlesIhadinmybag,59,fallsintheBoxpartofthe
boxandwhiskerplot.

Inhalfapage,
explainthedifferencebetweencategoricalandquantitativedata
.

Categoricaldatabasicallymeansqualitativedata.Qualitativedataismeasured
bycategories,hencewhyitiscalledcategoricaldata.Inourstudythe
Categorical/Qualitativedataaretheskittlecolors:Red,Orange,Yellow,Green,and
Purple.Thereisnotabettercategory,meaningthatRedisnotbetterthanYellow,or
Green.Thedata,beingtheskittlescanbesortedintothesecategories,basedofftheir
qualities.Piecharts,BarGraphs,ParetoCharts,etc,aregreatoptionsfordisplaying
categoricaldata.Thefollowinggraphscanbelabeledappropriatelysothatthereisno
misinterpretation,andaregoodforshowingnotonlythetotalamountfoundineach
categorybutwhichoneisthemostandleastabundant.
Quantitativedataisbasedaroundnumericalmeasures.Inthestudyweare
conductingthiswouldbetheamountofskittlesintotalperbag,ignoringcolor
completely.Thevariablesforthisexamplewouldhavetobewholenumberssinceyou
canthavehalfaskittle.1,2,3,4,5,6Thedatabeingtheskittleswouldntbesorted,

insteadtheywouldbecounted.Boxplots,andHistogramsarethebetterchoicesfor
qualitativedatabecausetheydisplaythefrequencyateachvalue,mean,modes,and
outliers.Outliers,means,medians,andrangescannotbecalculatedinqualitativedata,
becauseitisnotnumericaldata.