So,
Mr. Yamamoto,
what must I
learn first?
1. Categorical Data and Numerical Data
We...
A simple
example wi
be beer for
a begier...
Oh! You have the
whole series
of melon High
Schl Story!
Yes, it's my
favorite
comic.
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I confe, I kind
of like this
comic t.
But what does it have to
do with statistics?
Aha, found it!
Melon High School Story Vol. 5
Reader Questionnaire
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION. YOUR VALUABLE
OPINION WILL BE REFLECTED IN OUR FUTURE PUBLICATIONS.
A Rina keychain will be
given away to 30 lucky
winners among those
who send back this
questionnaire!
Q1. What is your impression of
Melon High School Story Vol. 5?
1. Very fun
2. Rather fun
3. Average
4. Rather boring
5. Very boring
Q2. Sex
Q3. Age
Q4. How many comics do you
purchase per month?
1. Female
2. Male
years old
titles
kind of like...?
You obviously
like it!
Determining Data Types 15
What about this
questioaire?
If you
answer that
questioaire...
I
believed
you!
I'
do my
best!
I made
this.
But
I like
you!
You might be able to
get a rina keychain!
(If you are lucky
enough...)
God, I wish I could win one...
You dork!
Now, back to studying...
Just answer that
questioaire.
Gd.
A right.
Done!
So
suenly?
Flash!
Scri bb le
scri bb le
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Suose the
results of the
questioaire
lked like this.
Yeah?
Rui
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
...
Very fun
Rather fun
Average
Rather boring
Rather fun
Very boring
Very fun
Rather fun
Average
Average
...
Female
Female
Male
Male
Female
Male
Female
Female
Male
Female
...
17
17
18
22
25
20
16
17
18
21
...
2
1
5
7
4
3
1
2
0
3
...
Questioaire Results
Q1
Your Impreion of
melon High Schl Story
Q2
Sex
Q3
Age
Q4
Comic Bk
Purchases
per Month
Respondent
Determining Data Types 17
Personay, I am
extremely anxious
to know if melon
High Schl Story
was we received
by the readers!
When you lk at data,
there are two types:
Data that you can
measure and data that
you caot measure.
But let's stay
focused. The point
of today's leon
is to categorize
data.
What
do you
mean?
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