For the year 2006 , a large record company reported the following sales figures for various music media. $$\begin{array} { l | l }
\text { Media } & \text { Sales (\$ millions) } \
\hline \text { CD } & 1477.3 \
\text { CD single } & 1.8 \
\text { MP3 } & 65.9 \
\text { Vinyl } & 2.6 \
\text { Music video } & 531.4 \
\text { Mini Disc } & 0.3 \
\text { DVD } & 108.2 \
\text { Cassette } & 3.4
\end{array}$$ What kind of data is provided by the information in the first column?
A)Qualitative
B)Quantitative

Question

For the year 2006 , a large record company reported the following sales figures for various music media. $$\begin{array} { l | l } 
\text { Media } & \text { Sales (\$ millions) } \
\hline \text { CD } & 1477.3 \
\text { CD single } & 1.8 \
\text { MP3 } & 65.9 \
\text { Vinyl } & 2.6 \
\text { Music video } & 531.4 \
\text { Mini Disc } & 0.3 \
\text { DVD } & 108.2 \
\text { Cassette } & 3.4
\end{array}$$ What kind of data is provided by the information in the first column? 
A)Qualitative
B)Quantitative

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The first column provides names of different music media types, which are categories and therefore represent qualitative data.

For the Year 2006 , a Large Record Company Reported