Imagine you look at a recipe. Data are your ingredients and Statistics are the final product.
| Data Type | Definition / Example |
|---|---|
| Observational | What you capture in real-time |
| Experimental |
What you produce in your lab classes |
| Simulation | Modeling / Machine-generated |
| Derived | E.g., Text mining, 3D Models |
| Textual | Field / Lab notebooks |
| Discipline-specific | E.g., Viewing stars through a telescope |
| Instrument-specific | E.g., Taking your body temperature |
