This document defines key terms related to data collection and analysis:
- Primary data is collected directly by the investigator, while secondary data is collected by someone else.
- Raw data is organized and condensed into grouped or ungrouped frequency distributions.
- Variables are characteristics that can take different values. Class intervals are the groups into which raw data is condensed.
- Other terms defined include upper and lower class limits, class width, range, mean, median, and mode.
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