dare (lat.) = to give > datum = that is given > data (pl.) = facts of information
the vast majority of data of everday life
can technically only be accessed by machine learning and AI
a somewhat artifical part of everday life
can technically be accessed with NoSQL databases or document databases
a rather small and somewhat artifical part of life
can technically be saved and queried in relational SQL databases easily
quantitative
numerical
number that can be calculated with
continious
interval
can be counted
qualitative
categorical
can be observed
nominal
unordered names
ordinal
names that can be be ordered