Data Analysis - Type of Data

Type of Data

Data can be of several types

  • Quantitative data data is a number
    • Often this is a continuous decimal number to a specified number of significant digits
    • Sometimes it is a whole counting number
  • Categorical data data one of several categories
  • Qualitative data data is a pass/fail or the presence or lack of a characteristic

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