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Post by Admin on Aug 20, 2024 18:33:00 GMT 10
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Post by Admin on Aug 20, 2024 18:33:32 GMT 10
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Post by Admin on Aug 20, 2024 19:31:17 GMT 10
AC U1O1 KK02 Data are raw, unprocessed observations of reality, e.g. the current temperature. Information is data that has been processed (summarised, totalled, visualised, categorised, sorted, etc). e.g. The average temperature on this day at this time over the past decade. "Raw" data (a tautology - all data by definition are "raw") are usually bulky and impossible for humans to make sense of. Information provides data in a form that makes sense to humans (e.g. a graph of a million numbers). Warning: information may be unreliable because its data has been processed... badly (e.g. using a mode average instead of a mean), dishonestly (e.g. cherrypicking data to prevent conclusions those that don't support the processor's point of view) incompetently (e.g. confusing one set of data with another) lazily (e.g. not finding all relevant data and only using what can be easily found) without attribution (not saying where the original data came from) using worthless data from an irrelevant time and/or place The-importance-of-data.pptxPrimary-and-secondary-data.pptxData-Integrity.pptx |
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