Count data

In <a href="/facts/Statistics/DNPsKGYU">statistics</a>, count data is a <a href="/facts/Statistical_data_type/gReAezfK">statistical data type</a> describing <a href="/facts/Countable_quantity/TINrpQIq">countable quantities</a>, <a href="/facts/Data/AUBFN97o">data</a> which can take only the <a href="/facts/Counting_number/u65og8JE">counting numbers</a>, non-negative <a href="/facts/Integer/PUwwrawx">integer</a> values {0, 1, 2, 3, ...}, and where these integers arise from <a href="/facts/Counting/DsRhH9RT">counting</a> rather than <a href="/facts/Ranking/9unRtwbc">ranking</a>. The statistical treatment of count data is distinct from that of <a href="/facts/Binary_data/PSFa5S2Q">binary data</a>, in which the observations can take only two values, usually represented by 0 and 1, and from <a href="/facts/Ordinal_data/kgLhAaCn">ordinal data</a>, which may also consist of integers but where the individual values fall on an arbitrary scale and only the relative ranking is important.[example needed]

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Count data