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What is primary data?

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What is primary data?
Data collected first-hand by the person carrying out the investigation.
What is secondary data?
Data that has already been collected by someone else.
What is discrete data?
Data that can only take specific, separate values.
What is continuous data?
Data that can take any value within a given range.
Which diagram is best for categorical data showing proportions of a whole?
A pie chart.
Which diagram is best for ungrouped discrete numerical data?
A vertical line chart.
Which diagrams are best for time series data?
Tables and line graphs.
Is 'number of goals scored in a match' discrete or continuous?
Discrete — it can only take whole number values.
Is 'time taken to finish a race' discrete or continuous?
Continuous — it can take any value within a range.
Name three diagrams suitable for categorical data.
Bar charts, pie charts and pictograms.