Typen von Daten

See Scale of measure.

• Quantitative Data
  • Numeric real (continous)
  • Numeric discrete
• Categorical Data
  • Ordinal Scale
  • Nominal Scale
  • Binary (Nominal but with only two states)
    • symmetric (outcomes eqully important)
    • asymmetric
• Other structures like graphs or geographical data
• raw text

Interval-Scaled

• measured on a scale of euqually sized units
• no true zero
• values have order
• e.g. temperatur

Ratio-Scaled

• have zero point
• lengths, counts, temperature in kelvin
• being an order of magnitude larger than the unit