Question 1

Antonio makes and sells flower displays. He keeps a record of each display he makes. Below is one of his completed records.

Write down **one** qualitative variable from the record.

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Qualitative data is descriptive information (it describes something). Quantitative data is numerical information (numbers). Look at the record and identify a variable that is a word or category, not a number.

Question 2

What mistakes do candidates make on this AQA GCSE question?

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✗ Choosing a numerical value like "9" or "4.20". These are quantitative variables.
✗ Writing down a value (e.g., "Rose") instead of the variable name (e.g., "Flowers"), although "Rose" would likely be accepted as it implies the category.

Antonio makes and sells flower displays. He keeps a record of each display he makes. Below is one of his completed records.

Write down one qualitative variable from the record.

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