Descriptive Data

Peter Kenny

Chapter Chapter 6 in Better Business Decisions from Data, 2014, pp 47-53 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract There is not much that can be done to characterize a sample of descriptive data in comparison with the options available for numerical data. The latter has had the advantages of centuries of development of mathematics. Where possible, and usually by simply counting, descriptive data is rendered numerical. In addition, the frequent use of diagrams provides neat summaries of the data, though there are many ways in which diagrams can mislead.

Keywords: Descriptive Data; Venn Diagram; Ordinal Data; Sport Club; Nominal Data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4842-0184-8_6

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