1Primary data
Data you collect yourself
2Secondary data
Data that has been collected by others
3Quantitative data
Data which can be counted or measured
4Qualitative Data
Data which cannot be measured
5Discrete Data
Data that count be counted
6Continuous data
Where you cannot get an exact value
7Categorical data
Groups / categories
8Ordinal data
Categorical data which involves order
9Nominal data
Data that does not involve order