Relier Pairs Statistics TerminologyVersion en ligne Learn the definitions of words related to statistics par Leanne Pace 1 Census 2 Data 3 Sample 4 Discrete data 5 Numerical data 6 Categorical data 7 Continuous data Data is given in number form a collection of facts, such as numbers, words, measurements, observations or just descriptions of things. a particular quality or characteristic. can be divided into categories can take any value (within a range). It is measured when we collect data just for selected members of the group. can only take certain values (like whole numbers). It is counted when we collect data for every member of the group (the whole "population").