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    Dec 4, 2009, 12:52 PM
    Is my data categorical or quantitative
    I have a data set of: the average number of comedies released worldwide and the average number of dramas released worldwide.

    I think that data is quantitative because the number and comedies and the number of dramas is a number, and not a yes/no answer (which would make it categorical data).

    Am I correct in this decision?
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    Dec 4, 2009, 12:56 PM

    Yes, you are correct. :)
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    Dec 6, 2009, 03:10 PM

    I only have two numbers:
    163 comedy movies were released worldwide in 2008 and 251 drama moves were released worldwide in 2008.

    I got a mean of 207 and the standard deviation of 44.

    Is this correct as well?
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    Dec 6, 2009, 09:57 PM

    Yes
    :)
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    Dec 7, 2009, 05:01 PM

    Okay, just one more question. Since my data is categorical, I have can either be discrete or continuous.

    I am pretty sure it is discrete.

    Am I right?
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    Dec 7, 2009, 08:07 PM

    Hm... is there anywhere your data was categorical :confused:

    In your first question, it was quantitative.
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    Dec 7, 2009, 09:26 PM

    Ah, sorry. I meant "since my data is quantitative..." Sorry for the confusion.
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    Dec 7, 2009, 09:34 PM

    Yes, you're right. We cannot have half a movie being released :p
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    Dec 10, 2009, 08:20 PM

    Thank you very much for all of your help. :D
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    Dec 13, 2009, 12:16 PM

    You're welcome! :)
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    Dec 13, 2009, 01:16 PM

    Just out of curiosity, was there a number that you came across about movies that were categorized as both? And then how would you go about analyzing this?
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