Question

Ryan called each school in the district to determine whether or not they have a recycling program. What is true about Ryan’s data collection? Ryan conducted a survey where he asked about qualitative data. Ryan conducted a survey where he asked about quantitative data. Ryan conducted an observational study where he asked about qualitative data. Ryan conducted an observational study

Answer 1

When we talk about recycling of data we are talking about the quality of the data available.

If we talk about the amount of data then we are talking about the quantitative survey.

Ryan wanted to know whether the schools have a recycling program.

This is centered on the quality of the data rather than the quantity.

The answer is thus :

Ryan conducted a survey where he asked about qualitative data.