5 W's and How

Earlier this week we learned about the five W's and How. They are who, what, where, when, why and how. Each one helps us determine information about our data. The what is the most important because it tells us what kind of data is being collect and the type of units. The what is then put into two different types of variables. There is a categorical variable which is characteristics and then there is quantitative which is numbers. But you got to be careful with the quantitative because some numbers sad categorical. A way to determine if the number is quantitative or categorical is if the number can be measured, if yes then it's quantitative. It the number is giving a characteristic to something, then it's categorical. The who is also important because it tells you who collected the data and from who did you collect the data. You can collect the data several ways. Some are; surveying people, this people are then called respondents, experimenting on people, they are then called subjects or participants and then you could experiment on other thing like animals, plants or objects, those are then called experimental units. The who helps you determine who was the data collected from. The 5 W's help you determine information about the data, who collected or from who, what was collected, where was the data collected, when was the data collected, why was that data collected and how was the data collected.