What are the four data types?

The first time you view a specific dataset, YFD will ask you a little about your data, namely a short description and what type of data it is. You will have the choice of 4 data types:

Categorical - If you're interested in the occurrence of the same action with different units e.g. ate corn
Event - If the point of interest is when something happens e.g. goodnight or pooped
Counter - If you're mostly interested in total times you've done something e.g. smoked 5 cigarettes
Measurement - If you want to see the trend over time of some value e.g. weigh 160 or blood-pressure 170

The views for each data type are not especially different right now, but there is a difference in the way the way results are calculated. You can edit the details of your data at any time.

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