Data types

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Each data to be graphically represented has the following attributes:

1. Nature of the data
   • Numerical data
   • Ordinal data
   • Categorical data
2. Number of data dimensions
   • Univariate data
   • Bivariate data
   • Trivariate data
   • Multivariate data
3. Structure of the data
   • Linear data
   • Temporal data
   • Spatial data (or geographic data)
   • Hierachical data
   • Network data
   • Textual data