Data types

Understanding Data Science

Sara Billen

Curriculum manager

Why care about data types?

• Important later on when:
  • Storing the data
  • Visualizing/analyzing the data

Quantitative vs qualitative data

Quantitative data

• Deals with numbers
• Data can be measured

Qualitative data

• Deals with descriptions
• Data can be observed but not measured

Quantitative data

 

• Is 60 inches tall
• Has 2 apples in it
• Costs $1000

Qualitative data

 

• Is red
• Was built in Italy
• Smells like fish

Other data types

• Image data
• Text data
• Geospatial data
• Network data
• ...

Other data types: Image data

Other data types: Text data

Other data types: Geospatial data

Other data types: Network data

Recap

• Quantitative data
• Qualitative data
• Image data
• Text data
• Geospatial data
• Network data

Let's practice!

Understanding Data Science