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8 Types of Data

Great summary produced by Bob Hayes, PhD, breaking down data sets in 8 categories:

  • Internal versus external
  • Structured versus unstructured
  • Machine generated versus human generated

Below is the picture (originally published here).

I would add a few more levels:

  • Static versus dynamic
  • Raw versus pre-processed
  • Transactional or not
  • Sensor data or not

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Permalink Reply by Michael Muller on January 24, 2016 at 6:20pm

I would add:

  • individual vs. networked

We can learn so much from social ties and social networks, in addition to the other dimensions that are discussed here.

Permalink Reply by RAKESH KUMAR on February 1, 2016 at 8:07am

Very crystal & crisp information about data.... Thanks

Permalink Reply by Carlos De Abreu on April 19, 2016 at 9:31am

Transactional vs Batch

Permalink Reply by Matthew A. Riebel on July 28, 2016 at 6:24am

Sounds like only 6 types.

Permalink Reply by Ziv Rubin on August 24, 2017 at 11:43pm

totaly..

Matthew A. Riebel said:

Sounds like only 6 types.

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