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The are Qualitative and Quantitative data types. There are3 types of Qualitative data:
* Binary, e.g. Yes/No, accept/reject
* Ordinal/ordered, e.g. small/medium/large
* Nominal/unordered, e.g. country of origin
Quantitative data is divided into2 types:
* Discrete/Attribute data: based on counts, cannot be subdivided meaningfully, e.g. number of children.
* Continuous/Variable data: can meaningfully be subdivided into finer elements, e.g. mass, length.
