Types of Data

Quantitative

Data that can be measured easily.

• Measurable (ex: Memory usage, CPU usage, Number of Likes, Share, ReTweets)

• Collected through reality.

• Close-ended.

Discrete

Numerical values fall under whole numbers. Ex: Number of cameras in a phone. Memory size

Continuous

Fractional numbers. ex: CPU usage, memory usage, temperature

Qualitative

Data cannot be measured easily using numbers, so it's divided into categories.

ex: Gender, Types of Smart Phones

• Abstract / Descriptive (Random sample)

• Data extracted from Audio, Image

• Interviews, Survey, Conversations.

• Open-ended.

Nominal

Data that doesn't possess any natural order.

Red, Blue, Green

Can you fit them in any hierarchy?

Ordinal

Small - Medium - Large

Grading system A-B-C-D-E-F