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Differentiate between qualitative data and quantitative data as used in statistics.

The question is asking the student to give the difference between qualitative and quantitative data.

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In statistics, qualitative data is the data which cannot be given or expressed in terms of numbers for example color while quantitative data is the data which can be expressed in numbers for example age.

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Karigi mca answered the question on December 15, 2020 at 15:34

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