Measuring the length and width of shells and counting the number of nuts yields what type of data?

• A. Qualitative data
• B. Categorical data
• C. Quantitative data
• D. Descriptive data

Answer: (C)

Measuring length and width, along with counting the number of nuts, produces numbers that express amounts. Data like these are quantitative because they represent quantities that can be measured or counted and used in calculations. Qualitative data would describe traits without numbers (like color or texture), and categorical data is another term for non-numeric groupings. Descriptive data is a broad term and isn’t the specific type here. Since all the measurements and counts are numeric, they fall under quantitative data.