统计学 入门基础概念篇 - Descriptive Statistics: Quantitative Measures(个人笔记)

Qualitative variable: qualitative variable take on values that are names or labels. The color of a ball or the breed of a dog.

Quantitative variable: are numeric. it represent a measurable quantity. 

Discrete variable and continuous variable: 离散数据和连续数据.  离散数据大多数 count 点数。 连续数据是一个值得范围.

univariate data:   when we conduct a study that looks at only one variable, we say that we are woking with univariate data.

bivariate data: when we conduct a study that examine the relationship between two variables, we working with bivariate data.